Kondagaon district

Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012.^[1] with headquarters in Kondagaon. It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. It is also known as the Shilp sheher (lit. craft city) of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area.

Kondagaon district
District of Chhattisgarh
NH-43 near Keskal
Location in Chhattisgarh
Kondagaon district
Coordinates (Kondagaon): 19.59°N 81.65°E / 19.59; 81.65
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bastar
Established	24 January 2012
Headquarters	Kondagaon
Area
• Total	7,768 km2 (2,999 sq mi)
Population
• Total	578,326
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	https://kondagaon.gov.in/

The common name for Kondagaon is Kondanar, which means 'village of horses' in Gondi. On 15 August 2011, Chief Minister Raman Singh declared Kondagaon as a separate district.

Demographics

Religions in Kondagaon district (2011)[2]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			83.96%
Other (Tribal religion)			14.58%
Islam			0.74%
Other or not stated			0.72%

According to the 2011 census, the population was 578,824, of which 57,983 (10.02%) live in urban areas. Kondagaon has a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 57.31%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 23,204 (4.01%) and 411,001 (71.01%) of the population respectively.^[3][4]

Languages of Kondagaon district (2011 census)^[5]

1. Halbi (42.41%)
2. Gondi (28.04%)
3. Chhattisgarhi (22.2%)
4. Hindi (3.4%)
5. Bhatri (1.39%)
6. Others (2.56%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 42.41% of the population spoke Halbi, 28.04% Gondi, 22.20% Chhattisgarhi, 3.40% Hindi and 1.39% Bhatri as their first language.^[5]

Administrative Division

There are 5 Tehsil in Kondagaon District^[6] -

1. Kondagaon
2. Keshkal
3. Baderajpur
4. Pharasgaon
5. Makdi

Tourism

Covered by green forest, Kondagaon is known for its natural environment and archeology.^{[citation needed]} In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon, more a dozen of waterfall and few caves have been found out a couple of years ago.^[when?] Some of the best known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites include:^{[citation needed]}

Waterfalls

• Katulkasa Waterfall, Honhed
• Bijkudum Waterfall, Uper-murvend
• Umradah Waterfall
• Ling-Darha Waterfall
• Amadarha-1 Waterfall
• Amadarha-2 Waterfall
• Hankhi-kudum Waterfall
• Ghumur Waterfall
• Kudarwahi Waterfall
• Uperbedi Waterfall
• Mirde Waterfall
• Mutte-Khadka Waterfall
• Cherbeda Waterfall

Caves

• Alor cave
• Bijkudum cave
• Satnam dham hathi pahad
• Katthan-gundi cave

Valleys

• Keshkal Valley

Archeological sites

• Gobrahin
• Garh-dhanora
• Amrawati

Megalithic sites

• Umradah (Here rock paintings have been found)
• Hata Pathra(Here rock paintings have been found)
• Ling-Darha Waterfall(Here rock paintings have been found)