Kondagaon district


Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012. with headquarters in Kondagaon. It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. It is also known as the Shilp sheher of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area.
The common name for Kondagaon is Kondanar, which means 'village of horses' in Gondi. On 15 August 2011, Chief Minister Raman Singh declared Kondagaon as a separate district.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the population was 578,824, of which 57,983 live in urban areas. Kondagaon has a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 57.31%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 23,204 and 411,001 of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 42.41% of the population spoke Halbi, 28.04% Gondi, 22.20% Chhattisgarhi, 3.40% Hindi and 1.39% Bhatri as their first language.

Administrative Division

There are 5 tehsils in Kondagaon District -
  1. Kondagaon
  2. Keshkal
  3. Baderajpur
  4. Pharasgaon
  5. Makdi