Sakti is a city and a district in the state of Chhattisgarh. The assembly constituency number of District Sakti is 33, Earlier it was the only Education District of Chhattisgarh. There are 245 panchayats and 458 villages under Sakti district. Sakti district was formed on 15 August 2021 And came into complete district existence on 9 September 2022 by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The current 2018 - 2023 MLA here is Shri Charan Das Mahant , who is the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative assembly. The First Collector and District Magistrate of Sakti is Nupur Rashi Panna I.A.S, First Superintendent of Police is M.R. Ahire I.P.S and First District Education Officer is B.L. Khare, who was also the last District Education Officer of Education District Sakti. Geography Sakti is located at . It has an average elevation of 237 metres (777 feet). Sakti is a hill station situated on the banks of Borai river and foothills of Udaigiri Mountain range of Chhattisgarh. It gets its name from age old temple of Maa Mahamaya in the Heart of Sakti. Town comes in the drainage system of Mand river, The Mand river originates from the Mand mountain range. Surrounded by hills from Northern Direction, it has beautiful waterfalls and famous tourist places around like Damau which has Ancient hand written scripts on walls of its cave with a perennial waterfall, Rainkhol which is a forest cut area, The Chandrahasini Sakti Peath and The Adbhar Aastbhuji Maa Sakti Peath which is an archaeological site. Main flora is Sal, Mahua and fauna is the Indian Bear, Hyena. Soil is found to be rich in Iron, with some traces of Pitchblende Sakti district is surrounded by Korba district in the North-West, Janjgir-Champa District in the West, Raigarh district in the East, Sarangarh district in the South. History During the British Raj era, Sakti was the capital of Sakti State, one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency. The rulers of this princely state bore the title of 'Rana'. .... – .... Rudra Singh .... – .... Udai Singh .... – .... Kiwat Singh .... – .... Kagan Singh .... – 1837 Kalandar Singh 1837–19 Jun 1850 Vacant 19 Jun 1850 – 1875 Ranjit Singh (b. 1836 – d. ....) 1875 – Feb 1892 Vacant Feb 1892 – Jul 1914 Rup Narayan Singh 4 July 1914 – 15 August 1947 Liladhar Singh (b. 1892