The Virateshwara Temple in Sohagpur Vangana is the most important tourist destination of Shahdol and a structural masterpiece.

The town Sohagpur (Shahdol) was established by the Baghel king Sohag Deo.

The fort of Bhandavgarh in modern-day Umaria district passed as dowry from the Kalachuris to the Baghels of Rewa, and they gradually conquered the surrounding territory from the Gonds.

Later a small portion of the district was taken by a minor branch of the Baghels descended from Jamuni Bhan Singh, a younger brother of the king, who were not subsidiary to Rewa.

Eventually the Bhonsles of Nagpur took over the territory, and after the Second Anglo-Maratha War it was ceded to the British.

After the Maharaja of Rewa supported the Britishers during the 1857 rebellion, the district was returned to him in gratitude.

Shahdol was at this time sparsely settled, and the Baghels invited many cultivators into the district from other parts.

Shahdol District is situated in the north-eastern part of the Madhya Pradesh province of India.

Since the Kaimore Range extends along the Son just across the northern boundary, the District may be divided into three physiographic divisions.

Minerals found in district are coal, fire clay, ochers and marble.

District Shahdol is only uranium producer in state The current source of gas is Coal Bed Methane (CBM) blocks in Sohagpur East (SP-E) and Sohagpur West (SP-W) located in Shahdol.

RIL has been awarded by the Government of India the Coal Bed Methane (CBM) blocks, located in the districts of Shahdol and Annupur in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Total reserves estimated at 3.75 trillion cubic feet of in-place gas reserves under coal seams in Sohagpur coal bed methane (CBM) blocks[2] In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Shahdol one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

Mahua fruit, wood & seeds are source of income for tribe area people.

According to the 2011 census Shahdol District has a population of 1,066,063,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[6] or the US state of Rhode Island.

Their houses are made of mud, bamboo sticks, paddy, straw and local tiles.

[citation needed] This 70 feet tall temple is one of the most famous architectures of the Kalchuri Age.

Bansagar or Ban Sagar Dam is a multipurpose river Valley project on Son River situated in the Ganges Basin in Madhya Pradesh, India with both irrigation and 435 MW of hydroelectric power generation .