more than 350 people have been killed and 50,000 moved into camps in the Dantewada district, as a result of a Maoist uprising.

In April 2010, the Maoist terrorists killed at least 75 Indian soldiers in a series of attacks on security convoys in Dantewada.

[7] Dantewada is the worst affected Maoist region, but the students still managed to perform well in their high-school board examinations.

In 2017, their pass percentage crossed 80 for the first time, making Dantewada the best performing district on the board exam.

[9] After the November 8 demonetization of high-value notes, The then district collector Saurabh Kumar and his team managed to procure fiber and bandwidth from Essar Steel under its corporate social responsibility to create a free wi-fi zone of two and half square km area to kick-start digital payments in the village market that houses 14 shops.

Encompassing with hilly tracks, dales and valleys, numerous brooks and rivers, and many forests, Dantewada is home to many species of wildlife such as the tiger, leopard, deer, bison, etc.

Two species characteristic to the area are the pahadi maina and the Wild Asian Water buffalo.

[11] The five tehsils are:[12] According to the 2011 census the undivided Dantewada district had a population of 533,638,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Cape Verde.