6-526: 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 (lit. craft city) of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area. The common name for Kondagaon
12-629: A couple of years ago. Some of the best known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites include: This article related to a location in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of districts of India A district ( zila ), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory . In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions , and in others directly into tehsils or talukas . As of 24 November 2024 , there are
18-1013: A total of 787 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra , Kolkata in West Bengal , Hyderabad in Telangana , and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names,
24-459: A traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and
30-474: Is Kondanar, which means 'village of horses' in Gondi. On 15 August 2011, Chief Minister Raman Singh declared Kondagaon as a separate district. According to the 2011 census, the population was 578,824, of which 57,983 (10.02%) 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 (4.01%) and 411,001 (71.01%) of
36-497: The population respectively. Languages of Kondagaon district (2011 census) 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. Covered by green forest, Kondagaon is known for its natural environment and archeology. In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon, more a dozen of waterfall and few caves have been found out
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