Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or 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, the Dantewada District was a tehsil of the larger Bastar District. India is subdivided into 28 states, 6 union territories and a national capital territory. ... Chhattisgarh (छत्तीसगढ़), a state in central India, formed when the sixteen southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ... The present Dantewada district has come into existence in 1998. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A tehsil or taluk is an administrative subdivision or tier found in several South Asian countries. ... Bastar is a district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. ...

Dantewada District has an area of 10,238.99 km². It is bounded on the north and northeast by Bastar District, on the east by Malkangiri District of Orissa state, on the south and southwest by Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh state, and on the east by the Indravati River, which forms the boundary with Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra. Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... Khammanm is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra Prādesh), is a state in south-eastern India and is part of the linguistic-cultural region of South India. ... The Indravati River is a tributary of the Godavari River, located in central India. ... Karimnagar is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. ... Gadchiroli District is an administrative district in Maharashtra, India. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ...

The state has a population of 719,065 (2001 census), of which 476,945 (66%) are tribal peoples (adivasis). The district is divided into four tehsils, Bhopalapattanam, Bijapur, Dantewada, and Konta. Ādivāsīs (आदिवासी) or tribal peoples comprise a substantial minority of the population of India. ... A tehsil or taluk is an administrative subdivision or tier found in several South Asian countries. ... The present Dantewada district has come into existence in 1998. ...

Before Indian Independence, the district was part of the princely state of Bastar. After Indian Independence in 1947, Bastar's ruler acceded to the government of India, and the erstwhile state became part of Bastar District of Madhya Pradesh state. Bastar District was divided into the districts of Bastar, Dantewada, and Kanker in 1999. In 2000, Dantewada was one of the 16 Madhya Pradesh districts that constituted the new state of Chhattisgarh. A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince, both terms being taken in the broad sense. ... Madhya Pradesh (मध्य प्रदेश) is a state in central India. ... Chhattisgarh (छत्तीसगढ़), a state in central India, formed when the sixteen southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ...

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 the pahadi maina and the wild buffalo. Binomial name Bubalus arnee (Kerr, 1792) The Water Buffalo is a very large ungulate. ...

Dantewada District's culture represents a unique blend of influences; well as being part of Chhattisgarh, Dantewada shares borders with the states of Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.

External link

Dantewada District website

Districts of Chhattisgarh, India
Baster | Bilaspur | Dantewada | Dhamtari | Durg | Janjgir-Champa | Jashpur | Kanker | Kawardha | Korba | Koriya | Mahasamund | Raigarh | Raipur | Rajnandgaon | Surguja