Dhenkanal is a town and a

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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 ...

in the state of

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Geography

Dhenkanal is at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).

Demographics

As per the 2011 India

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, Dhenkanal had a population of 67,414. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dhenkanal has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 84% and female literacy is 74%. In Dhenkanal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable people

Amiya Kumari Padhi Amiya Kumari Padhi (15 September 1933–30 April 2012) was an eminent Indian jurist and the first woman to serve as a judge of the Odisha High Court. She was also the Odisha High Court representative under the Indian National Security Act. ...

, High Court judge * Baishnab Charan Patnaik, member of Parliament *

Nandini Satpathy Nandini Satpathy (9 June 1931 – 4 August 2006) was an Indian politician and author. She was the List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976. Early life Nandini Satpathy nee Panigrahi was bo ...

Suparno Satpathy Suparno Satpathy is a socio-political leader from the state of Odisha. He is the great-grandson of Kalindi Charan Panigrahi and the grandson of Nandini Satpathy. He is the Chairman of Smt. Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT), a leading non- ...

Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo Brigadier Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM (born 6 August 1941), the scion of Dhenkanal is a former Member of Parliament and a retired Indian Territorial Army officer. He was a member of the 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha. He wa ...

* Devendra Satpathy *

Gati Krushna Misra Gati Krushna Misra was the seventh Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, from 1 May 1969 to 30 October 1975. On 1 May 1969, he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and worked as such for more than six years. Professio ...

Tathagata Satpathy Tathagata Satpathy (born 1 April 1956) was a member of the 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dhenkanal constituency of Odisha, and was re-elected for the fourth time in 2014. He was a member of the Biju Janata Da ...

* Kalpana Dash

References

External links

* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Dhenkanal district