How many Naxal district are there in Chhattisgarh?

In Chhattisgarh, 14 districts will be covered under SRE — Balrampur, Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Dhamtari, Gariyaband, Kanker, Kondagaon, Mahasamand, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Sukma, Kabirdham and Mungeli.

Is Chhattisgarh a Naxalite area?

In 2021, the Naxalites operated mainly in the states of Jharkhand (14 affected districts), Bihar (10), Odisha (5), Chhattisgarh (10), Madhya Pradesh (8), West Bengal (8), Maharashtra (2) and Andhra Pradesh, which are listed below: Jharkhand-Bihar-West Bengal cluster.

Which district is Naxalite movement?

Naxalbari uprising was an armed peasant revolt in 1967 in the Naxalbari block of the Siliguri subdivision in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. It was mainly led by tribals and the radical communist leaders of Bengal and further developed into Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) in 1969.

How many districts are Naxal affected in India?

The home ministry, upon considering the improved security situation, reduced violence and development work, decided to revise the list from July 1. According to the list, only 70 districts in 10 states are affected and are covered under the SRE scheme.

Is Chhattisgarh safe?

Based on my personal experience, I can confidently say – there is no reason for tourists to be scared of traveling to Chhattisgarh; it is as safe as any other State in the country. Chhattisgarh is actually safer than what people perceive it to be! In any case, no one is absolutely safe even at his/her home.

How safe is Chhattisgarh?

Is Chhattisgarh a poor state?

Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is one of the poorest states in India. About 1/3 of the population of Chhattisgarh lives below the poverty line. 93% of the people in the state of Chhattisgarh are poor.

Which is the Naxalite hit area in Chhattisgarh?

Growth of population in Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite-hit areas like Bijapur and Dantewada has seen a sharp decline and the number of people residing in Raipur, the capital of the state, has increased rapidly, according to the recently-released census figures of 2011 for the state.

How many districts are affected by Naxal in India?

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy had said that 90 districts in 11 states in the country were considered left-wing extremism (LWE) affected and covered under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme of the MHA.

Which is the population decline in Chhattisgarh?

Out of these, population numbers in Bijapur, Koriya and Dhantar have seen maximum decline. In Bijapur, the population growth rate in 1991 was 32.10 per cent which reduced to 19.30 per cent in 2001 and declined further to 8.78 per cent in 2011. The figures for Koriya stand at 30.15 per cent in 1991, 17.09 per cent in 2001 and 12.38 per cent in 2011.

Where did the Jharkhand Naxal attack take place?

Earlier this year on March 4, three jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ), a special unit of the state police department, lost their lives and two others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast planted by Naxals in the Jharjhara area of the state’s West Singhbhum district.