The district's headquarters, Janjgir, is the city of Maharaja Jajawalya Dev of the Kalachuri dynasty.

Champa is the city named after Raja Veer bahadur's Horse called "Champak".

Janjgir- Champa is also a place where one can find a number of temples having very versatile history.

[2] KSK Energy Venture (6 x 600 MW) is one of the major thermal power plant of the district.

According to the 2011 census, Janjgir–Champa has a population of 1,619,707,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Guinea-Bissau[6] or the US state of Idaho.