Rajnandgaon district is situated in the western part of newly created Chhattisgarh state, the district lies between latitude 20°70- 22°29 North latitude and 80°23 to 81°29 East longitude covering an area of 8172.33 sq.kms. Physiographically, the district can be divided into three parts. (i) Hilly part of the west, (ii) Southern plateau and (iii) Plain region of the eastern part. The total irrigated area during monsoon and non monsoon period is about 94275.87 ha in Rajnandgaon district and out of this the gross surface water irrigated area is about 71102.24 ha which is the 75.15% of the total irrigated area and ground water gross irrigated area is about 23173.63 ha (24.85%). This means that the surface water irrigation facilities in the district are fairly good as compared to other districts of Chhattisgarh state.

Systematic Hydrogeological studies were taken up in 2018-19 to generate a scientific database for planning and successful implementation of ground water development and management. Geophysical studies were also carried out to supplement Hydrogeological findings.

The total ground water recharge from all the sources is 45130.11 ham. The net ground water is 42873.59 ham. Existing gross ground water draft for all purposes is 23105.24 ham out of which 20584.80 ham is for irrigation and 2520.44 ham is for domestic and industrial water supply. The stage of the ground water development in the district is 53.89%. The Rajnandgaon block 72.64% has the highest stage of ground water development followed by the Khairagarh (67.68%) and the Dongargaon (66.94%) blocks. Rajnandgaon block has been categorised as semi-critical and all other blocks are safe for future groundwater development as per ground water resource estimation 2019.