Unchaai: 318 m
Rashtriya Rank: 438
(2021-22 aaunkda)
6 Kasbe · 1,145 Gaon
Kul bhoomi ka bhaag
Mahasamund Chhattisgarh ke madhya-poorvi bhaag mein sthit hai. Uttar mein Raigarh aur Baloda Bazar, dakshin mein Odisha ke Bargarh aur Nuapada, tatha paschim mein Gariaband aur Raipur zile ki seemaen isse gherate hain. Mahanadi nadi yahan ki bhoomi ko upjau banati hai aur jeevanrekha ki bhumika nibhati hai.
Ramayan aur Mahabharat mein is kshetra ka bhaugolik ullekh milta hai. Yahan ki sanskriti ke praman paashaan yug tak pahunchte hain. Yeh anchal prachin kaal se manav basti ka kendra raha hai.
Kalchuri, Somvanshi, Panduvanshi, Sarabhpurniya aur Nagvanshi shasakon ne is kshetra par shasan kiya. Yeh “Dakshin Kosala” ka mahatvapurn rajnaitik aur sanskritik kendra tha.
Mahanadi ke kinare sthit Sirpur Dakshin Kosala ki rajdhani thi. Yahan ke prachin mandir, stupa aur sthapathya ke namoone antarrashtriya star par prasiddh hain.
Khalari (Khalvatika) mein Kalachuri vansh ke raja Haribrahmadeva ka shilalekh mila hai jo Vikram Samvat 1470 ka hai — yeh kshetra ki aitihasik dharohar hai.
Mahasamund ko ek swatantra jila ka darja mila. 1 November 2000 ko Chhattisgarh rajya bana aur Mahasamund uska poorva aur abhinya bhaag ban gaya.
Sirpur — Mandir Nagri
Prachin Hindu, Bauddh aur Jain mandiron ka samuh; Mahanadi ke teer par sthit aitihasik paryatan sthal.
Krishi — Dhan ki Fasal
Dhaan (chaawal) pradhan fasal hai. Naharein aur kuen sinchai ke pramukh sadhan hain.
Khanij Sambhavna
Limestone, Quartz, Granite; 2025 mein Nickel-Copper-Platinum Group bhandaar ki khoj.
Vividh Janjatiyan
Kanwar, Kamar, Halba, Dhanwar, Munda aur anya janjatiyan sadiyon se yahaan nivaas karti hain.
Mahanadi Nadi
Zile ki jeevanrekha; upjau maidaani kshetra ka nirman karti hai aur jal aandholan ka aadhar.
Shiksha Kshetra
71.02% saksharata dar (2011). Hindi prashasanik bhasha; shiksha mein nirrantar pragati.
Mahasamund mein kai vividh janjatiyan sadiyon se apni sanskriti, bhasha aur parampara ke saath nivaas karti aai hain. Yeh zile ki pahachan aur virasat ka ek aham hissa hain:
NH-217 (Raipur–Vizag)
NH-216
Raipur–Vizag Rail Route
Kai shehaon se seedha juda
Mahasamund Railway Station se Raipur, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal, Visakhapatnam, Puri, Bilaspur, Ajmer aur Ahmedabad ke liye seedhi train seva uplabdh hai. NH-6 par Arang–Mahasamund–Saraipali tak 4-lane highway nirmaan bhi poora ho chuka hai.