Dantewada district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Dantewada.
Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district
Dantewara district
District of Chhattisgarh
Danteshwari Maa temple, Dantewada
Interactive map of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district
Country India
StateChhattisgarh
DivisionBastar
HeadquartersDantewada
Tehsils5
Government
 • District CollectorShri Mayank Chaturvedi (IAS)
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies1
Area
 • Total
3,410.50 km2 (1,316.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
283,479
 • Density83.1195/km2 (215.278/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy42.12 per cent
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitedantewada.nic.in

Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, also known as Dantewara 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.

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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