Dantewada (also known as Dantewara) is a town and a municipality, (nagar palika) in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dantewada District, and the fourth largest city of Bastar division.
Geography Dantewada is located at .Falling Rain Genomics.Dantewara It has an average elevation of 351 meters (1154 feet). The town is situated on the banks of the Shakini and Dakini rivers.
Notable site Maa Danteshwari temple
Administrative divisions Dantewada Tehsil is divided into thirty eight gram panchayats, each one of which has jurisdiction over one or more villages.
Demographics As of the 2011 census, Dantewada had a population of 13,633. 53% of the population was male and 47% female. Dantewada had a literacy rate of 70%, compared to the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 78% and, female literacy was 61%.
Notable people Mahendra Karma: an Indian National Congress politician who was assassinated by Maoists in 2013
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