Kuwakonda is a tehsil and the development block headquarters of Dantewada district, Bastar Division, of Chhattisgarh. Kuwakonda is located on the Dantewada - Hyderabad Road, 24 km from the district headquarters in the town of Dantewada.Administrative divisionsKuwakonda Tehsil is divided into twenty-six gram panchayats, each one of which has jurisdiction over one or more villages.