Kamtha, is a village of 3,031 inhabitants in 1971 in Gondia tahsil lying about 34 miles from Tirora which was formerly the tahsil headquarters. It is about 10 miles distance from Gondia and gave its name to the erstwhile large zamindari of Kamtha. The zamindr of Kamtha used to reside here in the summer months. There is an old temple here 20 feet square, and an inscription with a footprint and a figure of a Chamars rampi or cutting instruments on a black stone which stands by a house in the village. There is also a small fort which was stormed by the British in 1818. During Appa Saheb's rebellion, Chimna, the manager of Kamtha taluka sided with him and thus Kamtha also come to be held against the British. "After reducing Nawargaon, Captain Gordon proceeded against Kamtha and arrived there in September. There he was reinforced by two companies of Indian Infantry. As the rebels had established a chain of posts from Ambagad to Rampaili and Sangarhi, a second detachment was sent out under Major Wilson on the 17th with instructions to dislodge them. But Captain Gordon proceeded to the attack of Kamtha, before the arrival of the detachment and his dispositions for this purpose were carried into execution at day break of the 18th. The town was surrounded by a wall and a partial ditch and contained a small gadhi. To attack the town in the first instance the force was divided into three parties, of which the left, under Lieutenant Thuillier, was composed of one and sixty, Madras Infantry and 200 of the Nagpur Brigade. A company of the same brigade formed the centre party and  gun, and the right of matchlock men, was placed under a local chief named An and Rao. The left column was provided with fascines, carried by every second man, which were precipitated into the ditch. The troops thus passed over the ditch without difficulty and after having entered the pettah separated into two parties. The rebels were driven by launching an attack from the left and the right, the regular horse intercepting those who took to the plain. The rebels had two batteries in the town one directed against the right. Both these were stormed no sooner the left column go into the town. In order to reduce the fort a gun was used to blow its gate.  Failing that an elephant was used to force it open. While devising measures to open the second gate, the garrison surrounded on the promise of personal safety. The killedar, who had much influence over several of the remaining garrison, promised their immediate submission. The loss of the rebels was estimated at 400 men. Sixty-one of the British troops were killed and wounded". The fort was subsequently repaired. About a mile to the west of the village at Birshapur is an air-strip. There is a good trade in leather. At a distance of about a mill to the north is the fine tank of Zilmili and  the small stream of the Pangoli flows past the village to the east. The Zilmili tank was built in 1968 and has a capacity to irrigate 645 acres of land. A circular cistern fed by a natural spring is used by the people to wash their clothes. Kamtha has a Government rice mill, a middle school, an allopathic and a veterinary dispensary and a post office. A weekly market is held on Thursday.