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Dantewada district | |
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.svg) Location in Chhattisgarh | |
 Dantewada district | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Division | Bastar |
| Headquarters | Dantewada |
| Tehsils | 5 |
| Government | |
| • District Collector | Shri Mayank Chaturvedi (IAS) |
| • 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 |
Dantewada District, also known asDantewara District orDakshin Bastar District (South Bastar District), is a district in theIndianstate ofChhattisgarh.Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part ofBastar Division. Until 1998, Dantewada District was atehsil of the largerBastar District.
As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of18), afterNarayanpur andBijapur.[1]
The present collector of Dantewada is Shri Deepak Soni.[2]
Before Indian Independence, the district was part of theprincely state ofBastar. After Independence in 1947, Bastar's ruler acceded to the government of India, and the erstwhile state became part of Bastar District ofMadhya Pradesh state. Bastar District was divided into the districts of Bastar, Dantewada, andKanker in 1998. In 2000, Dantewada was one of the 16 Madhya Pradesh districts that constituted the new state ofChhattisgarh. Dantewada was bifurcated in 2007, resulting in a new districtBijapur district, Chhattisgarh with four tehsils: Bijapur, Bhairamgarh, Usoor and Bhopalpatnam. It was further bifurcated in 2012, resulting in another new district,Sukma, with three tehsils:Chhindgarh, Sukma andKonta. InRamayana this region considered as Dandakaranya .
The district is currently a part of theRed Corridor.[3] Over the last year,[when?] more than 350 people have been killed and 50,000 moved into camps in the Dantewada district, as a result of aMaoist uprising.
In April 2010, the Maoist terrorists killed at least 75 Indian soldiers ina series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada.[4] In May 2010, the Naxalstargeted theSpecial Police Officers traveling in a civilian bus, killing around 31,[5] to 44,[6] including several Special Police Officers and civilians.[7]
Dantewada is the worst affected Maoist region, but the students still managed to perform well in their high-school board examinations. In 2017, their pass percentage crossed 80 for the first time, making Dantewada the best performing district on the board exam.[8]
The average literacy rate of Dantewada (Dantewara) district is 42.12 percent.
Dantewada received the Prime Minister's award for convertingPalnar into a cashless village.[9] After the November 8 demonetization of high-value notes, The then district collector Saurabh Kumar and his team managed to procure fiber and bandwidth fromEssar Steel under its corporate social responsibility to create a free wi-fi zone of two and half square km area to kick-start digital payments in the village market that houses 14 shops.[10]
1- Government Danteshwari PG College Dantewada
http://www.pgcollegedantewada.com
2. College of Agriculture, Chitalanka, Dantewada
3. Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Dantewada
http://www.kvdantewada.com/home.phpArchived 2018-06-22 at theWayback Machine
4.Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barsoor, Dantewada
http://www.jnvbarsoor.inArchived 2018-06-11 at theWayback Machine
5. Govt Model Higher Secondary School, Dantewada
6. NMDC Polytechnic College Dantewada
Dantewada District has an area of 3,410.50 km².
Encompassing with hilly tracks, dales and valleys, numerous brooks and rivers, and many forests, Dantewada is home to many species of wildlife such as the tiger, leopard, deer, bison, etc. Two species characteristic to the area are thepahadi maina and theWild Asian Water buffalo.
Dantewada District's culture represents a unique blend of influences of Tribal, Chhattisgarhi, Oriya, Telugu & Marathi culture.
Dantewada district is divided into five tehsils, and four "development blocks". It is further divided into 143gram panchayats.[11] The five tehsils are:[12]
| Religions in Dantewada district (2011)[14] | ||||
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| Religion | Percent | |||
| Hinduism | 96.92% | |||
| Christianity | 1.19% | |||
| Islam | 1.19% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.70% | |||
According to the2011 census the undivided Dantewada district had apopulation of 533,638,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Cape Verde.[15] This gives it a ranking of 540th in India (out of a total of640).[1] The district has a population density of 45 inhabitants per square kilometre (120/sq mi) .[1] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 15.56%.[1] Dantewada has asex ratio of 1016females for every 1000 males,[1] and aliteracy rate of 42.27%.[1]
After the separation of Sukma district, the residual district has a population of 283,479, of which 68,031 (24.00%) live in urban areas. Dantewada has a sex ratio of 1023 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 42.12%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.61% and 71.07% of the district's population. The district is divided into five tehsils,Dantewada,Gidam,KuwakondaKatekalyan, and Bade Bacheli.
At the time of the2011 Census of India in the divided district, 60.14% of the population in the district spokeGondi, 17.79%Halbi, 9.50%Hindi, 4.26%Chhattisgarhi, 1.98%Odia, 1.81%Bengali and 1.17%Telugu as their first language.[16]
Cape Verde 516,100 July 2011 est.
Places adjacent to Dantewada district | |
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