Bhanupratappur
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Bhanupratappur | |
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Town | |
    From top: "Left to right" Downtown at Sambalpur Road, Maharana Pratap Chowk, Netaji Bose Path, Gurudwara | |
| Nickname: Gateway of Bastar | |
 Interactive map of Bhanupratappur | |
  Bhanupratappur Location in Chhattisgarh, India  Bhanupratappur Bhanupratappur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20°18′36″N 81°04′19″E / 20.310079°N 81.071930°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Kanker |
| Government | |
| • Type | Notified Area Council |
| • Body | Nagar Panchayat Bhanupratappur |
| • Council President | Nikhil Singh Rathore (BJP) |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | Savitri Manoj Mandavi (INC) |
| • Sub-Divisional Magistrate | Gangadhar Wahile |
| • Additional Superintendent of Police | Akash Shrimal |
| • Sub-Divisional Police Officer | Sher Bahadur Singh |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 8,856 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Chhattisgarhi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 494 669 |
| Telephone code | +91 7850 |
| Vehicle registration | CG 19 |
Bhanupratappur is a town and a Notified Area Council in Kanker district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.[1] It is the administrative headquarters of its eponymous development block, tehsil, and constituency of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The town derives its name from King Bhanupratap Deo, the last ruler of erstwhile Kanker princely state.[2]
A few years after the death of the last king of Kanker, Bhanupratap Deo (1969), a village was established in his memory, named Bhanupratappur.