[citation needed] The district is home to 3.13 percent of Chhattisgarh's total population.

Goods shipped from there included timber, shellac, morabulum nuts, beedi leaves (for cigarettes), rice and animal hides.

The district's total area is 4,084 square kilometres (1,577 sq mi), and it is about 317 meters (1,040 feet) above sea level.

The fertility of the land in the Dhamtari District is due to the Mahanadi River and its tributaries (Sendur, Pairy, Sondur, Joan, Kharun, and Shivnath).dhamtari is situated 65 km from capital Raipur.

Raipur to Dhamtari narrow-gauge line, now defunct provided service to the area, soon to be replaced by broad-gauge railway tracks.