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Dantewada district
District of Chhattisgarh in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Dantewada.
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.
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Dantewada district | |
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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 |
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As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of 18), after Narayanpur and Bijapur.[1]
The present collector of Dantewada is Shri Deepak Soni.[2]