Kondagaon district

Kondagaon district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, and separated from Bastar district on 24 January 2012. with headquarters in Kondagaon.It is mostly renowned for its bell metal craft and other art forms native to the tribal of Bastar. Also known as the Shilp sheher (lit. craft city) of Chhattisgarh owing to the variety of indigenous crafts produced in the area.
Demographics.
According to the 2011 census, the population was 578,326. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 4.15% and 70.1% of the population respectively.
At the time of the 2011 census, 42.44% of the population spoke Halbi, 28.06% Gondi, 22.21% Chhattisgarhi and 3.40% Hindi as their first language.
Tourism.
Covered by lush green forest area, Kondagaon is blessed with ultimate natural beauty and great 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 known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites are: 