If not on your own conveyance,and intend to get to Raipur, catch one of those numerous sleeper non-a/c buses to Raipur.
If you intend to go to Vishakapatnam, catch the return 2VK passenger that arrives at Jagdalpur at around 9:30AM Daily service.
If you intend to go to Hyderabad/Vijayawada, start early, catch the NH 221 to Bhadrachalam, and onwards to Hyderabad/Vijayawada.
BEWARE OF NH-16 TOWARDS NIZAMABAD - Never even think of going west, towards Nizamabad In Andhra Pradesh. Maps show the existence of NH16, linking Jagdalpur & Nizamabad via Gidam, Bijapur, Madded & Bhopalapatnam, but in reality, the road NH-16 starts getting bad to worse from Bijapur onwards, and abruptly comes to a halt at Bhopalapatnam. Lack of a bridge across the Indrawati near Bhopalapatnam is the main culprit.
So, if you are planning to get to Hyderabad via Bhopalapatnam & Warangal NH - 202 - don't even think about it!
