Dantewada district

Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or South Bastar District, is a district in the n of. is the district headquarters. The district is part of. Until, the Dantewada District was a of the larger.

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 of  state, on the south and southwest by  of  state, and on the east by the, which forms the boundary with  of Andhra Pradesh and  of.

The state has a population of 719,065 (2001 census), of which 476,945 (66%) are tribal peoples (s). The district is divided into four s,, , , and.

Before Indian Independence, the district was part of the of. After Indian Independence in 1947, Bastar's ruler acceded to the government of India, and the erstwhile state became part of Bastar District of state. Bastar District was divided into the districts of Bastar, Dantewada, and in 1999. In 2000, Dantewada was one of the 16 Madhya Pradesh districts that constituted the new state of.

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 and the wild.

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.

Maoist rebellion
Over the last year, more than 350 people have been killed and 50,000 moved into camps in the Dantewada district, as a result of a uprising. The uprising was triggered by the formation in 2005 of, an anti-Maoist movement..