Before the independence of India, it also served as the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Bastar.

The weather cools off somewhat for the monsoon season from June to September, which features very heavy rainfall.

Nagarnar Steel Plant, being set up at its outskirts, is at an advanced construction and is slated for commissioning in October 2018.

[8][9] Nagarnar Steel Plant National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), as part of its diversification, value addition and forward integration programme is setting up a 3 MTPA capacity greenfield Integrated Steel Plant based on HiSmelt technology in Nagarnar, located 16 km from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh state with an estimated outlay of Rs 20000 crore.

[11] Baijendra Kumar, Chairman cum managing director, NMDC has set October 2018 as the deadline to commission the plant.

The city is an abode of many wildlife, temples, waterfalls, caves, lakes, museums, historic monuments and what not.

NH 30 at Raipur connects Jagdalpur to Asian Highway 46 leading to Nagpur and Kolkata.

[13] Jagdalpur-Rowghat Rail Line Status NMDC, IRCON, SAIL and CMDC have signed an agreement on 20 January 2016 and pursuant to the same, a company named Bastar Railway Private Limited (BRPL) has already been formed on 5 May 2016 [14] for undertaking implementation of the railway line from Jagdalpur to Rowghat.

the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this section of the rail line has already been sanctioned by the Railways Board.

In the name of Maa Danteshwari Airport, Jagdalpur has started daily flight services between Jagdalpur, Raipur, Hyderabad by Alliance Air under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of Government of India.