Analysis of Facility Location for the Assembly House of

Chhattisgarh State
O.M 1, Term Paper
Under The Supervision of Prof. P Charan

byChandan Parsad (13FPM002)

T. Sai Vijay (13FPM006)
Vaneet Bhatia (13FPM008)
Sushil Kumar (13FPM010)
Rohan Kumar Jha (13FPM004)
Vivek Roy (12FPM005)

1. Introduction
The state of Chhattisgarh came into existence on November 1, 2000. The state is known
as rice bowl of India and is larger than Tamil Nadu. The nations 12% of forest resources
lies in this state. 44% of this state is covered by forests. One-third of the states population
is tribal. Male literacy is higher than Indias average.
Soon after the formation the Assembly House is temporary located at Vidhan Sabha
Marg (known as Zero Point) near VIP Road. The State Government soon came with
Naya Raipur plan. According to this plan, The new city was to be built and government
planned to move the Assembly house there. This location is near Mandirhasaud.
2. Objective
Objective is to Support or Contradict the State Governments decision to keep the
Assembly House near Raipur. As there are other locations within Raipur district and
outside Raipur district which may or may not be considered for the location of the
Assembly house.
Two concept of Facility Location is used, namely Centre of Gravity Technique and
Load Distance Method. Using these two techniques, the objective is to arrive at the
location which is most convenient for the Population and the MLAs.
3. Analysis
Centre of Gravity and Load Distance methods are used for the analysis. Analysis is based
on certain assumptions.

Population and No. of Constituencies are taken as Weight/Load for the respective
methods
Road route is considered for the distance
More the Population, more the people are travelling
More the no. of constituencies, more the M.L.As are travelling
9 additional districts of Chhattisgarh(Post 2012) are not considered, since the 2011
census data is not available for those new districts

3.1 Centre of Gravity Method

Following are the data collected for the analysis. The population data (district-wise) is
collected from 2011 census. The co-ordinates for the districts are collected using Google
search engine.

Table 1: Data for C.O.G Analysis

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District

Population

Constituencies

Latitude

Longitude

in Lacs

Nos

North

East

Koriya

6.59

21.525

82.308

Sarguja

23.61

23.343

83.196

Jashpur

8.52

22.884

84.143

Raigarh

14.94

21.895

83.395

Korba

12.07

22.35

82.75

Janjgir Champa

16.21

22.004

82.577

Bilaspur

26.62

22.067

82.167

Kabirdham

8.22

22.01

81.238

Rajnandgaon

15.38

21.1

81.029

Durg

33.43

12

21.189

81.283

Raipur

40.62

13

21.251

81.629

Mahasamund

10.32

21.107

82.097

Dhamtari

7.99

20.71

81.55

Kanker

7.49

20.272

81.493

Bastar

14.12

19.2

81.933

Narayanpur

1.4

19.715

81.254

Dantewada

5.33

18.889

81.349

Bijapur

2.55

18.791

80.818

255.41

90

Total

Population as Weight:
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Population is taken as the weight and C.O.G Technique is applied. The result obtained can be
seen in Table 2.
Table 2: C.O.G (Population as Weight)

District

Population

Latitude

Longitude

C.O.G

C.O.G

in Lacs

North

East

WiXi

WiYi

Koriya

6.59

21.525

82.308

141.8498

542.4097

Sarguja

23.61

23.343

83.196

551.1282

1964.258

Jashpur

8.52

22.884

84.143

194.9717

716.8984

Raigarh

14.94

21.895

83.395

327.1113

1245.921

Korba

12.07

22.35

82.75

269.7645

998.7925

Janjgir Champa

16.21

22.004

82.577

356.6848

1338.573

Bilaspur

26.62

22.067

82.167

587.4235

2187.286

Kabirdham

8.22

22.01

81.238

180.9222

667.7764

Rajnandgaon

15.38

21.1

81.029

324.518

1246.226

Durg

33.43

21.189

81.283

708.3483

2717.291

Raipur

40.62

21.251

81.629

863.2156

3315.77

Mahasamund

10.32

21.107

82.097

217.8242

847.241

Dhamtari

7.99

20.71

81.55

165.4729

651.5845

Kanker

7.49

20.272

81.493

151.8373

610.3826

Bastar

14.12

19.2

81.933

271.104

1156.894

Narayanpur

1.4

19.715

81.254

27.601

113.7556

Dantewada

5.33

18.889

81.349

100.6784

433.5902

Bijapur

2.55

18.791

80.818

47.91705

206.0859

Summation

5488.373

20960.73

21.48848

82.06701

Total

255.41

C.O.G

Number of Constituencies as Weight:

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No. of constituencies is taken as the weight and C.O.G Technique is applied. The result
obtained can be seen in Table 3.
Table 3: C.O.G (No. of Constituencies as Weight)

District

Constituencies

Latitude

Longitude

No's

North

East

Koriya

21.525

82.308

64.575

246.924

Sarguja

23.343

83.196

186.744

665.568

Jashpur

22.884

84.143

68.652

252.429

Raigarh

21.895

83.395

109.475

416.975

Korba

22.35

82.75

89.4

331

Janjgir Champa

22.004

82.577

132.024

495.462

Bilaspur

22.067

82.167

198.603

739.503

Kabirdham

22.01

81.238

44.02

162.476

Rajnandgaon

21.1

81.029

126.6

486.174

Durg

12

21.189

81.283

254.268

Raipur

13

21.251

81.629

276.263

975.396
1061.17
7

Mahasamund

21.107

82.097

84.428

328.388

Dhamtari

20.71

81.55

62.13

244.65

Kanker

20.272

81.493

60.816

244.479

Bastar

19.2

81.933

96

409.665

Narayanpur

19.715

81.254

19.715

81.254

Dantewada

18.889

81.349

37.778

162.698

Bijapur

18.791

80.818

18.791
1930.28
2
21.4475
8

80.818
7385.03
6
82.0559
6

Summation
Total

90

C.O.G

C.O.G

C.O.G

WiXi

WiYi

The average of final co-ordinates, obtained from both the cases is taken. So the final coordinates according to C.O.G Method is (21.46, 82.06). The C.O.G co-ordinate so obtained is
entered in Google Maps to find the location. The result obtained is shown in fig. 1.

Fig 1. Location with respect to C.O.G Technique

On entering the co-ordinates in Google Maps, Sandi is the area shown, which comes in
Baloda Bazar City
3.2 Load Distance Method
Unlike C.O.G method, this method doesnt give the single location. As a practical implication
is that, C.O.G can give us a location which may not be available or optimal choice with
respect to other constraints.
Population and No. of Constituencies are taken as load in the respective cases. The
distances between each of the districts are found manually using Google Maps. Table 4 show
the data for distance between the districts.
Three major cities of Chhattisgarh: Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur and Baloda Bazar (Given
by COG method) are considered for load distance method. Other three cities are also near to
the COG point.
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Table 4: Distance Data

District

Distances
between two
locations (KM)

Raipur

Bilaspur

Durg

Baloda Bazar

Koriya

344

231

395

279

Sarguja

364

251

415

300

Jashpur

462

306

502

332

Raigarh

249

172

289

154

Korba

217

105

269

124

Janjgir Champa

173

60.6

231

78.1

Bilaspur

113

147

78

Kabirdham

117

119

102

131

Rajnandgaon

73.6

202

29.9

171

Durg

40.9

148

139

Raipur

113

40.8

86

Mahasamund

55.7

150

95.9

79.3

Dhamtari

64.5

176

69.5

159

Kanker

126

238

118

221

Bastar

284

396

276

385

Narayanpur

232

343

195

325

Dantewada

346

457

309

115

Bijapur

409

521

373

506

Population as Load:
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Population is taken as the load and Load Distance Technique is applied. The result obtained
can be seen in Table 5.
Table 5: Load Distance (Population as Load)
District

Population

Load Diatances

in Lacs
L

LiDi: Raipur

LiDi: Bilaspur

LiDi: Durg

LiDi: Baloda Bazar

Koriya

6.59

2266.96

1522.29

2603.05

1838.61

Sarguja

23.61

8594.04

5926.11

9798.15

7083

Jashpur

8.52

3936.24

2607.12

4277.04

2828.64

Raigarh

14.94

3720.06

2569.68

4317.66

2300.76

Korba

12.07

2619.19

1267.35

3246.83

1496.68

Janjgir Champa

16.21

2804.33

982.326

3744.51

1266.001

Bilaspur

26.62

3008.06

3913.14

2076.36

Kabirdham

8.22

961.74

978.18

838.44

1076.82

Rajnandgaon

15.38

1131.968

3106.76

459.862

2629.98

Durg

33.43

1367.287

4947.64

4646.77

Raipur

40.62

4590.06

1657.296

3493.32

Mahasamund

10.32

574.824

1548

989.688

818.376

Dhamtari

7.99

515.355

1406.24

555.305

1270.41

Kanker

7.49

943.74

1782.62

883.82

1655.29

Bastar

14.12

4010.08

5591.52

3897.12

5436.2

Narayanpur

1.4

324.8

480.2

273

455

Dantewada

5.33

1844.18

2435.81

1646.97

612.95

Bijapur

2.55

1042.95

1328.55

951.15

1290.3

Total

255.41

39665.804

43070.456

44053.031

42275.467

Summation

Number of Constituencies as Load:

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No. of Constituencies is taken as the load and Load Distance Technique is applied. The result
obtained can be seen in Table 6
Table 6: Load Distance (No. of Constituencies as Load)
District

Load
Diatances

Constituencies
No's
W

LiDi:
Raipur

LiDi:
Bilaspur

LiDi:
Durg

LiDi: Baloda
Bazar

Koriya

1032

693

1185

837

Sarguja

2912

2008

3320

2400

Jashpur

1386

918

1506

996

Raigarh

1245

860

1445

770

Korba
Janjgir
Champa

868

420

1076

496

1038

363.6

1386

468.6

Bilaspur

1017

1323

702

Kabirdham

234

238

204

262

Rajnandgaon

441.6

1212

179.4

1026

Durg

12

490.8

1776

1668

Raipur

13

1469

530.4

1118

Mahasamund

222.8

600

383.6

317.2

Dhamtari

193.5

528

208.5

477

Kanker

378

714

354

663

Bastar

1420

1980

1380

1925

Narayanpur

232

343

195

325

Dantewada

692

914

618

230

Bijapur

409

521

373

506

Total

90

14211.7

15557.6

15666.9

15186.8

Summation

Both the results show Raipur as best location, as the minimum values for load-distance is
obtained for Raipur.

4. Result and Discussion

The COG method gave Baloda Bazar as the best location. But considering the constraints of
Quality Route, Supply of inputs like electricity, water, man power and equipments already
downgrades this selection. Further the Load distance method give the Raipur as the best
possible location with lowest load distance score.
Another interpretation is that Baloda Bazar is the most optimum with respect to air
route. But this city is not connected by air. So this cant be a selection. So the State
government has rightly selected Raipur as location for the Assembly House.
5. Conclusion

Baloda Bazar can be a location only if it is well equipped and when travelling by air
The most optimum location with respect to other constraints is Raipur
State Government has taken correct decision with locating its Assembly House at
Raipur

References
https://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&authuser=0, accessed on 29-09-13
http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/chhattisgarh.html, accessed on 29-09-13