In the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the town of Saraipali is located in the Mahasamund district. From here, Madhya Pradesh elected Ravishankar Shukla as its first chief minister.

Situated in the state of Chhattisgarh, India, Saraipali Tahsil is the third most populous subdistrict in Mahasamund district. The subdistrict has 23,500 villages, the most populated of which is Deogaon (287,865), while the least populated is Kabaripali. With an area of 10,000 square kilometers, Pali is the largest hamlet in the subdistrict, while Sarangarh is the smallest, covering less than 1 square kilometer.