Dantewada district

district of Chhattisgarh, India

Lok Sabha Constituency in Chhattisgarh

right|thumb|300px|The western part of the Bastar division is Abujhmarh hills covering the bottom three districts (named Kanker, Bastar and Dantewada) in this old 2007 map of Chhattisgarh. Since then these 3 districts have been divided into more districts. Abujhmarh is a hilly forest area, spread over in Chhattisgarh, covering Narayanpur district, Bijapur district and Dantewada district. It is home to indigenous tribes of India, including Gond, Muria, Abujhmarhia, Madiya, and Halba. It was only in 2009 that the Government of Chhattisgarh lifted the restriction on the entry of common people in t