Bastar district covers 6596.90 square kilometres and is run from Jagdalpur in seven blocks
Background
Bastar is the district that gives its name to the whole Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. The district administration states its area as 6596.90 square kilometres. Jagdalpur is the headquarters both of Bastar district and of Bastar division. The district is divided into seven blocks or tehsils, among them Jagdalpur, Bastar, Bakavand, Lohandiguda and Darbha. The 2011 Census counted 14,13,199 people in the district, made up of 6,98,487 men and 7,14,712 women, a count taken before Kondagaon was separated out. Bastar is the base of the tribal belt of southern Chhattisgarh.
Area:
6596.90 square kilometers
Headquarters:
Jagdalpur
Population (2011):
14,13,199
Blocks:
seven
Why it matters for exams: District area, headquarters and census figures for Bastar are standard State Focus questions.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Tehsil Tehsil — A revenue sub-division of a district in most Indian States.