Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012.[1] 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 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 the population respectively.[3][4]
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.[5]
Tourism
Covered by green forest, Kondagaon is known for its natural environment and archeology.[citation needed] In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon, more a dozen of waterfall and few caves have been found out a couple of years ago.[when?] Some of the best known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites include:[citation needed]
Waterfalls
Katulkasa Waterfall, Honhed
Bijkudum Waterfall, Uper-murvend
Umradah Waterfall
Ling-Darha Waterfall
Amadarha-1 Waterfall
Amadarha-2 Waterfall
Hankhi-kudum Waterfall
Ghumur Waterfall
Kudarwahi Waterfall
Uperbedi Waterfall
Mirde Waterfall
Mutte-Khadka Waterfall
Cherbeda Waterfall
Caves
Alor cave
Bijkudum cave
Satnam dham hathi pahad
Katthan-gundi cave
Valleys
Keshkal Valley
Archeological sites
Gobrahin
Garh-dhanora
Amrawati
Megalithic sites
Umradah (Here rock paintings have been found)
Hata Pathra(Here rock paintings have been found)
Ling-Darha Waterfall(Here rock paintings have been found)