Bhanupratappur is a town and a Notified Area Council in Kanker district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

[1] It is the administrative headquarters of its eponymous development block, tehsil, and constituency of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.

The town derives its name from King Bhanupratap Deo, the last ruler of erstwhile Kanker princely state.

[2] A few years after the death of the last king of Kanker, Bhanupratap Deo (1969), a village was established in his memory, named Bhanupratappur.

Being an important transit stop in the region, it is well connected to all major towns and cities in the state by regular bus service.