Sukma district

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Sukma district is a tribal-dominated and forested district in the southern part of Chhattisgarh, India, known for its location in the Bastar region and its history of Naxalite–Maoist insurgency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
administrativeLanguage Hindi NERFINISHED
borderWith Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
Odisha NERFINISHED
Telangana NERFINISHED
capital Sukma NERFINISHED
climate tropical monsoon
country India
countrySubdivisionName Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
countrySubdivisionType state
economicActivity agriculture
forest-based livelihoods
ethnicGroup Adivasi communities
Gond tribe NERFINISHED
formationReason administrative reorganization of Chhattisgarh
formedFrom Dantewada district NERFINISHED
governingBody Sukma district administration NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic forested
tribal-dominated
hasDemographicFeature high proportion of Scheduled Tribes
hasForestType tropical dry deciduous forest
hasIssue infrastructure challenges
underdevelopment
headquarters Sukma NERFINISHED
knownFor Naxalite–Maoist insurgency NERFINISHED
left-wing extremism
lawEnforcement Border Security Force NERFINISHED
Central Reserve Police Force NERFINISHED
Chhattisgarh Police NERFINISHED
locatedIn Bastar region NERFINISHED
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
Red Corridor NERFINISHED
central India NERFINISHED
southern Chhattisgarh
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
majorLanguage Gondi NERFINISHED
Halbi NERFINISHED
Hindi NERFINISHED
partOf Bastar division NERFINISHED
politicalConstituency Bastar Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED
regionType tribal area
securityIssue Maoist insurgency NERFINISHED
Naxalite violence
state Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
terrain dense forests
forested hills
timeZoneOffset +05:30

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Bastar region contains Sukma district