The Dangaria Kandha or Dongria Kondh people are members of the Kondh community,a Dravidian-speaking tribal community of India . They are located in the Niyamgiri hills(a hill range spread over 250 sq.km in the Rayagada and Kalahandi District) in the state of Odisha in India. They sustain themselves from the resources of the Niyamgiri forests, practising horticulture and shifting cultivation.

The Dongria Kondh community numbers approximately 8,000 people, inhabiting about 100 villages. The social structure among the community is adapted to the surroundings of Niyamgiri forested hill country, where they have lived for many generations. The Dongria Kondh derive their name from dongar, meaning ‘agricultural land on hill slopes’.