Dantewada district

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Dantewada district
District of Chhattisgarh
Danteshwari Maa temple, Dantewada
Location in Chhattisgarh
Dantewada district
Country	India
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.nic.in

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.

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]