{{About|the municipality in India|its namesake district|Dantewada district}}{{sources|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities for details -->{{Infobox settlement | name = Dantewada | other_name = Dantewara | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |size = 250 |photo1a = Mai ji mandir dantewada.jpg |photo2a = Danteswari Temple 0034.jpg}} | image_alt = | image_caption = Danteshwari Mai Mandir | nickname = City of Maa Danteshwari | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|18.9000|N|81.339|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Chhattisgarh | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Bastar | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Dantewada | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = Danteshwari Temple | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 351 | population_total = 13,633 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi, Chhattisgarhi<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12800/1/the_chhattisgarh_official_language_act%2c_1957_no._5_of_1958%2c_date_24.01.1958.pdf |title=The Chhattisgarh Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2007 |publisher=indiacode.nic.in |year=2008 |access-date=25 December 2022 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225172224/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/12800/1/the_chhattisgarh_official_language_act,_1957_no._5_of_1958,_date_24.01.1958.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Regional | demographics1_info2 = Gondi, Halbi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 494xxx (Dantewada)<ref>[https://indiapincodes.net/Chhattisgarh/Dantewada/ Dantewada]</ref> | registration_plate = CG-18 | website = | footnotes = }} '''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.{{cn|date=February 2026}} The town is named after the goddess Danteshwari,{{cn|date=February 2026}} whose temple is located there.
==Geography== Dantewada is located at {{coord|18.9000|N|81.3500|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Dantewara.html Falling Rain Genomics.Dantewara]</ref> It has an average elevation of 351 meters (1154 feet). The town is situated on the banks of the Shakini and Dakini rivers.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
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.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
== 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|date=April 2023}}
=== 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|date=April 2023}}
=== 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|date=April 2023}}
==Administrative divisions== Dantewada Tehsil is divided into thirty eight gram panchayats, each one of which has jurisdiction over one or more villages.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reports of National Panchayat Directory: Village Panchayat Names of Dantewada, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh|publisher=Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India|url=http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=3618&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112232024/http://panchayatdirectory.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumSQL.asp?selstate=3618&parenttype=B&ptype=V|archivedate=12 November 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref>
==Demographics== As of the 2011 census,<ref name="census">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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%.<ref name="census"/>
==Schools== {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2026}}
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
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