Jagdalpur is a city in Bastar district in the Indian state of  Chhattisgarh. Jagdalpur is the administrative headquarters of Bastar District and  Bastar Division. It was earlier the capital of the erstwhile princely state of  Bastar.

Jagdalpur is the tourism capital of Chhattisgarh and is the 3rd largest city of state. It is well known for many nearby tourist attractions, greenery, dense forests, streams, waterfalls, caves, natural parks, natural resources, herbs, exuberant festivity and peaceful solitude.

Jagdalpur is now well connected by trains to other cities. Rail network in and around Jagdalpur can be seen from the map of the area.

There have been series of efforts in the past three decades to have meaningful rail connectivity between Jagdalpur and Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh and succeeded so far.

The history of Jagdalpur takes us as deep into the past as Valmiki's Ramayana. It was the famous Dandakaranya through which Lord Rama is supposed to have passed. Scholars have also identified Valmiki's ashram here.

The best time to visit the destination is from October to February.