Mahasamund district

Mahasamund District is an administrative district in state in eastern. The city of is the district headquarters.

Mahasamund District covers an area of 3902.39 km² in the central eastern part of the Chhattisgarh. The district lies between 20°47' to 21°31'30" latitude and 82°00' and 83°15'45" longitude, surrounded by and  of Chhattisgarh and  and  of.

Granite rocks can be found in the Bagbahra, Basna and Pithora region. rocks of Chhattisgarh group contemporary to Cuddapah group of Upper Pre-Cambrian age and comprising of limestone layers,, , or can be predominantly found. ,, and in intrusive forms are also found in the district.Hence there is a great scope of intense mining activity.

The district has a tribal population of 28.9%. The tribes living in the district are Bhujia, Binjhwar, Dhanwar, Halba, Kamar, Kanwar, Kharai, Munda, Pardhi, Bahalia, Saur, Saharia, Sonar, Sanwara and Kharwar.