[3] The present collector of Bijapur is Shri Rajendra Kumar Katara (IAS).

Nearby railway station is Dantewada, which is 92 km west of district headquarter.

The track belongs to East Coast Railway zone which further connects to Jagdalpur, Jeypore and Koraput Junction .

It connects Bijapur to Jagdalpur towards the east and to Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh in the west while passing through Maharashtra.

A Bridge which has been made and started across the river and the ferry system which was a trouble has been solved.

The indravati bridge now operates 24x7 in all weather connecting the district to States of Maharashtra and Telangana .

[8] According to the 2011 census, Bijapur district has a population of 255,230,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.