Dantewada district

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Dantewada district is a mineral-rich, predominantly tribal district in the southern part of Chhattisgarh, India, known for both its dense forests and its history of Maoist insurgency.

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Dantewada district canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district
borderedBy Bastar district
linked to: Bastar region

Bijapur district
Malkangiri district
Narayanpur district
Sukma district
Visakhapatnam district
country India
ethnicGroup Gond
Maria Gond
Murias
hasCapital Dantewada
hasCharacteristic heavily forested
left-wing extremism-affected
mineral-rich
predominantly tribal
hasIndustry mining
hasLandUse agriculture
forests
hasPlaceOfWorship Danteshwari Temple
hasProtectedArea Dandakaranya forests
hasRiver Dankini River
Indravati River
linked to: Indravati

Shankini River
headquarters Dantewada
knownFor Maoist insurgency
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
dense forests
mineral resources
tribal population
language Chhattisgarhi
Gondi
Halbi
Hindi
locatedIn Bastar division
linked to: Bastar region

Chhattisgarh
central India
southern Chhattisgarh
namedAfter Danteshwari Temple
Dantewada town
linked to: Dantewada
partOf India
Red Corridor
region Bastar region
religion Hinduism
indigenous tribal religions
state Chhattisgarh
timeZone Indian Standard Time
UTCOffset +05:30

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Bastar region contains Dantewada district
Dantewada attacks district Dantewada district
Sukma district formedFrom Dantewada district
Bhatra hasRegion Dantewada district