About District

District Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai was separated from the erstwhile Rajnandgaon district and came into existence as the 31st district on 03 September 2022. Known as Music City Khairagarh, the foundation of Asia’s first art and music university and the first university of Chhattisgarh state was laid here by the then ruler King Virendra Bahadur Singh and Queen Padmavati in 1956. He named this university in the memory of his daughter Indira and donated his Raj Bhavan for the establishment of Music and Fine Arts University. Which reflects the rich cultural heritage of Khairagarh dedicated to visual and performing arts.
It is located in the western central part of Chhattisgarh state. Whose western border touches the border state of Madhya Pradesh. Its district headquarters is Khairagarh. Khairagarh is 91.4 km from the state capital Raipur. (Via National Highway 53) and the distance from mother district Rajnandgaon to headquarter Khairagarh is about 40 km. Is. The nearest airport of the district is Swami Vivekananda Airport Raipur 103.6 km. (Via National Highway 53) away.