It is carved out from Raigarh and Baloda Bazar districts.

[1][2][3][4] At the time of the 2011 census, Sarangarh-Bhilaigarh district had a population of 607,434, of which 43,396 (7.14%) live in urban areas.

Sarangarh-Bhilaigarh district has a sex ratio of 1005 females to 1000 males.

[7] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 89.99% of the population in the district spoke Chhattisgarhi, 7.69% Odia and 1.79% Hindi as their first language.

[8] This article related to a location in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh is a stub.