Dantewada

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Dantewada district.

Dantewada Dantewara
Town
Danteshwari Mai Mandir
Nickname:  City of Maa Danteshwari
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Coordinates: 18°54′00″N81°20′20″E / 18.9000°N 81.339°E / 18.9000; 81.339
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bastar
District	Dantewada
Named after	Danteshwari Temple
Elevation	351 m (1,152 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,633
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi [1]
• Regional	Gondi, Halbi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	494xxx (Dantewada) [2]
Vehicle registration	CG-18

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.^{[ citation needed ]} The town is named after the goddess Danteshwari,^{[ citation needed ]} whose temple is located there.

Geography

Dantewada is located at 18°54′00″N81°21′00″E / 18.9000°N 81.3500°E / 18.9000; 81.3500 . ^[3] It has an average elevation of 351 meters (1154 feet). The town is situated on the banks of the Shakini and Dakini rivers.^{[ citation needed ]}

Dantewada is well-connected by a broad-gauge railway line from Visakhapatnam. The nearest major city to Dantewada is Jagdalpur. The two are connected with bus services.^{[ citation needed ]}

Places of interest

Danteshwari temple

One of the Shakti Peethas of India, Maa Danteshwari temple is in Dantewada. The presiding deity of Dantewada is goddess Danteshwari. The festival of Bastar Dussehra starts from Dantewada Shaktipeeth.^{[ citation needed ]}

Barsoor

Known as "the city of temples and lakes", Barsoor contains many shrines and temples. Twin Ganesha idol, Mama Bhancha temple, Chandraditya temple, and Battisha temple are some of them.^{[ citation needed ]}

Saathdhara waterfalls

6 kilometers from Barsoor, there is a bridge which connects Abujhmarh with Barsoor. It is on the Indravati river and before it, there is a trek of around two kilometers to reach the Saathdhara waterfall.^{[ citation needed ]}

Administrative divisions

Dantewada Tehsil is divided into thirty eight gram panchayats, each one of which has jurisdiction over one or more villages. ^[4]

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, ^[5] 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%. ^[5]

Schools

Dantewada contains six schools:

• Government Danteshwari PG College Dantewada
• College of Agriculture, Chitalanka, Dantewada
• Kendriya Vidyalaya, Chitalanka, Dantewada
• Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barsoor, Dantewada
• Govt Model Higher Secondary School, Dantewada
• NMDC Polytechnic College Dantewada

Notable people

• Mahendra Karma: an Indian National Congress politician who was assassinated by Maoists in 2013

References

1. "The Chhattisgarh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2007" (PDF). indiacode.nic.in. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
2. Dantewada
3. Falling Rain Genomics.Dantewara
4. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Dantewada, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh". Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
5. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.