Dhenkanal district

Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha in Eastern India.

Geography

Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located districts in Odisha. It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude: 20° 29' to 21° 11' North. The nearest airport, Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneshwar, is 52.12 Km away. It is bordered by Kendujhar and Angul districts to the north, Jajpur district to the east, Cuttack district to the south and Angul district to the west.

The district comprises mainly plains, however there are several discontinuous hill ranges in the district along its southern border. The Brahmani River is the main river of the district.

Demographics

source:^[1]

According to the 2011 census Dhenkanal district has a population of 1,192,811,^[2] roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste^[3] or the US state of Rhode Island.^[4] This gives it a ranking of 400th in India (out of a total of 640).^[2] The district has a population density of 268 PD/sqkm .^[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.82%.^[2] Dhenkanal has a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males,^[2] and a literacy rate of 79.41%. 9.85% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 19.62% and 13.59% of the population respectively.^[2]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.17% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.24% Munda, 0.91% Santali and 0.48% Juang as their first language.^[5]

Education

Dhenkanal is home to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, the only institute in Odisha for the study of journalism and mass communication.^{[citation needed]}

Other colleges and schools, universities, and institutes include:

• Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology
• Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology
• Dhenkanal College

Notable people

• Sarangadhar Das
• Dewan Atharuddin Mohammed Athar
• Nandini Satpathy^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}
• Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}
• Suparno Satpathy
• Devendra Satpathy^[12][19]
• Tathagata Satpathy^[20][21][22]
• Kalpana Dash^{[23][24][25][26][27]}

Villages

• Dhirapatana
• Janhitaila
• Makuakateni
• Pingua
• Kalingapal
• Rasol

See also

• Karamul

References

1. ^ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
2. ^ "District Census Handbook 2011 - Jharsuguda". Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
3. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Timor-Leste 1,177,834 July 2011 est.
4. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Rhode Island 1,052,567
5. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Odisha". Census of India 2011. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
6. ^ Nandini Satpathy v. PL Dani (1978) 2 SCC 424
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12. ^ "List of Members of Parliament". Dhenkanal.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
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14. ^ "Congress lets down Orissa in the union cabinet reshuffle". Economic Times (Times of India). 2011-01-20. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
15. ^ "Congress lets down Orissa again". The New Indian Express. 2011-01-20. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
16. ^ G. Srinivas (2010-12-15). "Naveen a liar and a sinner: Cong". Indian Express. Archived 2011-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
17. ^ "Orissa Whispers". The Telegraph. 2011-02-07. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
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19. ^ "Candidate Details of INC In (Orissa, 1971 ): Indian General Elections – Election Party Statistics". Ibnlive.in.com. 1971. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
20. ^ "Shri Tathagata Satpathy – Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) – Who's Who –". Government: National Portal of India. India.gov.in. Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
21. ^ "Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha". Parliamentofindia.nic.in. Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
22. ^ "Tathagata Satpathy Statistics: Indian Elections 2009". Ibnlive.in.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
23. ^ "The first Oriya Girl Miss Kalpan". Dhenkanal.nic.in. 2008-05-21. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
24. ^ "Everest 2008: More Aurn Trek climbers summits with 3 Sherpas". Everestnews.com. 2008. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
25. ^ "Personality page of Oriya Nari – a site for Oriya Women". Oriyanari.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
26. ^ "Everest climber Kalpana Das gets warm welcome in Orissa". Thaindian News. 2008-06-08. Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
27. ^ "Govt Apathy: Kalpana Dash resorts to Begging". Odishanewstoday.com. 2011-05-22. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-05-08.

External links

• Official website