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. 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  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.

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.

Covered by green forest, Kondagaon is known for its natural environment and archeology.[citation needed] In the Keshkal block of district Kondagaon, more a dozen of waterfall and few caves have been found out a couple of years ago.[when?] Some of the best known waterfalls, caves, valleys and archeological sites include:

Waterfalls

Katulkasa Waterfall, Honhed

Bijkudum Waterfall, Uper-murvend

Umradah Waterfall

Ling-Darha Waterfall

Amadarha-1 Waterfall

Amadarha-2 Waterfall

Hankhi-kudum Waterfall

Ghumur Waterfall

Kudarwahi Waterfall

Uperbedi Waterfall

Mirde Waterfall

Mutte-Khadka Waterfall

Cherbeda Waterfall

Caves

Alor cave

Bijkudum cave

Satnam dham hathi pahad

Katthan-gundi cave

Valleys

Keshkal Valley

Archeological sites

Gobrahin

Garh-dhanora

Amrawati

Megalithic sites

Umradah (Here rock paintings have been found)

Hata Pathra(Here rock paintings have been found)

Ling-Darha Waterfall(Here rock paintings have been found)