Kanker

Kanker district is now known as North Bastar district. This district is in the State of Chhattisgarh in India. Previously, Kanker was a part of old Bastar district. But in 1999, Kanker got it's identity as an independent district. Now it is surrounded by four districts of chhattisgarh state, named Bastar, Dhamtari, Durg and Rajnandgaon. Kanker is situated within the longitudes 20° 6' - 20° 24' and latitudes 80° 48 - 81° 48'. The total area of the district is 5285.01 suare kilometers.

At present the Kanker district has 6 tehsils named Kanker, Charama, Narharpur, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh and Pakhanjoor and 7 blocks named Kanker, charama, bhanupratapur, Narharpurn Antagarh, Durgu kondal and Koyali beda. The total number of villages is 1074. The number of revenue villages is 988, whereas forest villages are 47. The nuber of Gram Panchayats is 362. The literacy percentage in district is 74.71 and the total population of the district is 651333. The ratio of male female is 106. The density of population is 100 per square kilometer.

Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies and their areas after delimitation order of 2008

79 Antagarh Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - I. Antagarh Tehsil and II. Pakanjur Tehsil

80 Bhanupratappur Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - I. Charama Tehsil and II. Bhanupratappur Tehsil

81 Kanker Vidhan Sabha Constituency (ST) - I. Kanker Tehsil (Including M + OG) and II. Narharpur Tehsil