[1] It included 117 villages and had an area of 2,330 square kilometres (899 sq mi) with a 1941 population of 21,266 people.

After the Anglo-Maratha war in the early nineteenth century, Changbhakar became a tributary state of British India.

In October 1905, it was brought under the control of the Commissioner of Chhattisgarh division of Central Provinces.

It acceded to the Union of India on 1 January 1948 and was placed under Surguja district of Central Provinces and Berar.

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