The State of Chhattisgarh has the geographical are of 1,37,360
Sq.km . The State is divided into 5 river basins. Mahanadi Basin
drains out 75546 Sq.km., Godavari Basin drains out 39577 sq.km.,
Ganga basin drains out 18808 Sq.km and Narmada basin drains out
2113 Sq.km. of catchment area in the state. 44.84% of the area
is covered with forest. Net sown area is 4.828 Million hectares
and gross sown area is 5.788 Million hectares. The usable water
wealth in the state has been assessed as 41720 Million Cubic
meter out of which,7603 M.Cum of water is being utilized by
completed and ongoing projects in the state. The total potential
of 1.55 hectares has been created as on 31st March2004. At the
time of formation of the state, the created potential was 1.328
Million hectares. Thus additional potential of 0.222 Million
hectares has been created after the formation of the state, up
to March-2004. The irrigation percentage to net sown area is
32.10% and with respect to gross sown area is 26.78%. There are
3 major, 30 me