Dantewada
Sign in to saveDantewada (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. The town is named after the goddess Danteshwari, whose temple is located there.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dantewada
- Settlement.other_name
- Dantewara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Danteshwari Mai Mandir
- Settlement.nickname
- City of Maa Danteshwari
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Chhattisgarh#India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chhattisgarh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bastar
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dantewada
- Settlement.named_for
- Danteshwari Temple
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 351
- Settlement.population_total
- 13,633
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Nagar Panchayat
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Dantewada district
- Elevation
- 351
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Dantewada district
- Dialing code
- 7856
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- Dantewada
- postal code
- 494449
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Places of interest
- Danteshwari temple
- Barsoor
- Saathdhara waterfalls
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Schools
- Notable people
- References
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. The town is named after the goddess Danteshwari, whose temple is located there.
==Geography== Dantewada is located at . It has an average elevation of 351 meters (1154 feet). The town is situated on the banks of the Shakini and Dakini rivers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dantewada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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