Dantewada district
Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District (South Bastar District), is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division. Until 1998, Dantewada District was a tehsil of the larger Bastar District.
Dantewada district | |
|---|---|
District of Chhattisgarh | |
Location in Chhattisgarh | |
| Country | India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Division | Bastar |
| Headquarters | Dantewada |
| Tehsils | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 1 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,410.50 km2 (1,316.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 283,479 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 42.12 per cent |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | dantewada |
As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of 18), after Narayanpur and Bijapur.
The present collector of Dantewada is Shri Deepak Soni.
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