Bilaspur
a district in the chief commissionership of the Central provinces of India, lying between 21° 22′ and 23° 6' N. lat., and between 80° 48′ and 83° 10' E. long. Area, 7,798 square miles. Pop. about 1,200,000. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Bilaspur, which is also the principal town. It is pleasantly situated on the S. bank of the Arpa, and has a population of about 20,000.