Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the east, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital.
On May 21, 2025, a Maoist insurgency operation carried out by Indian security forces marked a decisive moment in the country's..
Twenty-seven rebels are reported to have been killed in a gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh.