| Settlement Type: | District of Chhattisgarh |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Kondagaon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chhattisgarh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bastar |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 24 January 2012 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Kondagaon |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Area Total Km2: | 7768 |
| Population Total: | 578326 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 57.31% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Website: | https://kondagaon.gov.in/ |
| Official Name: | Kondagaon district |
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.[2] [3]
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.[4]
Covered by green forest, Kondagaon is known for its natural environment and archeology. In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon, more a dozen of waterfall and few caves have been found out a couple of years ago. Some of the best known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites include: