In tribes Maria, Muria, Bhatra, Parja, Gadva, Halba, Ganda, Mahra, Chandal, Ghuruva, Dom, Lohar, Matrigond, Rajgond, Dorla, Nahar, Naikpod, Kuduk, Andkuri, Kumhar, Kosta, Chamar, Kenvat, Dhakad, were important and in other casts Brahmin, Vaishya, Kayasth, Teli, Kalar, Kshtriya, Kunbi, Dhobi, Marathi, Mohammedan, Pathan, Telanga, Orria and Rohilla etc were important. Currently in Kanker district around 50 percent of total population is tribal. The most of the culture of kanker district is tribal dominant. Although in this modern era the culture has slightly changed.

About two-thirds of the people of Bastar district are animists and one-third are Hindus.There are very few Muslims and a lot of converted Christians also.Hindus of the higher castes are scarce who mostly hail from other states like Orissa,Andra Pradesh etc.Both Hindus and Gonds to a very great extent deify the spirits of the forests,hills,trees,soil etc and both worship the Danteshwari goddess.Next to her Jagnnath of Orissa commands most respect.But locally Danteshwari is far above all other deities and the chief of Bastar.

Inspite of these the different tribal groups of Bastar have their own Gods worshipping in different ways.
The Bhadra tribes respect the cow, worship besides Danteshwari and other Hindu deities,Budhi -Mata with offerings of Goat,Pig or Fowl but not liquor.She averts small pox and rinderpest.

The Dhurva/Parja tribes do not have all the same set of Gods.Some who worship Mati Deo (Earth God) do not worship either Mata or Danteshwari while others worship all tese.

In Maria Tribes each tribe in its own area are worshipping its own God .None of these people worship Danteshwari.Their Gods are represented by two logs of wood placed parallel to one another and lashed together with a rope made of the skin of the bamboo with a third piece of wood secured between them and projecting above the other two.

Budha Deo is the God of the Muria tribes in Kondagaon Tehsil of Bastar district.Budha Deo is supposed to have brought the Kondagaon people safely from Raipur into Bastar on the downfall of the Kigdom of Dhamda.The Muria tribes worship the Mati Deo (Earth God) and Bhima Devi, the rain bringer.