# Dantewada, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)

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Sub-district · Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 

# Dantewada

Dantewada is a sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. At the 2011 Census it had **94,351 people**, 2 towns and 59 villages (56 inhabited). The largest village is Metapal (4,435 people).

- 94,351people (2011)
- 59villages
- 2towns
- 50.6%literacy

## Population of Dantewada compared with Dakshin Bastar Dantewada

■ Dantewada · ■ Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**42.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**1020

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****997**

**1005

Working population ****47.7%**

**53.7%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Dantewada

Of every 100 households in Dantewada in 2011, 51 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Dantewada · ■ Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**84%

Tap water ****24%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**89%

Use banking services ****45%**

**32%

Television ****28%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**55%

Own their home ****80%**

**90%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Towns in Dantewada

- Bade Bacheli21,435 people
- Dantewada13,633 people

## Largest villages in Dantewada

- Metapal · 4,435 people
- Balood · 3,352 people
- Pondum · 2,764 people
- Dugeli · 2,646 people
- Chitalanka · 2,290 people
- Ganjenar · 2,109 people
- Dhurli · 2,068 people
- Masenar · 2,048 people
- Teknar · 1,797 people
- Badekameli · 1,741 people
- Gadapal · 1,671 people
- Molasnar · 1,619 people
- Gamawada · 1,574 people
- Balpet · 1,568 people
- Matenar · 1,516 people
- Chandenar · 1,435 people

[All 59 villages in Dantewada →](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/dakshin-bastar-dantewada/dantewada/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How many villages are in Dantewada?59 (56 inhabited, Census 2011)
- Which district is Dantewada in?Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh
- What is the population of Dantewada?94,351 (Census 2011)