Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
in
Eastern India.
Geography
Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located districts in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
. It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude: 20° 29' to 21° 11' North. The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik Airport located at a distance of 52.12 Km. It is bordered by
Kendujhar
Kendujhar is a town with municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district, and it is one of the fifth scheduled areas of Odisha.
Climate
Politics
Mohan char ...
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 and along its southern border. The
Brahmani River
The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha state of eastern India. The Brahmani is formed by the confluence of the Sankh and South Koel rivers, and flows through the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack ...
is the main river of the district.
Demographics
According to the
2011 census Dhenkanal district has a
population
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of 1,192,811,
roughly equal to the nation of
Timor-Leste
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[
] or the US state of
Rhode Island
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. This gives it a ranking of 400th in India (out of a total of
640).
[ The district has a population density of .][ Its ]population growth rate
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.82%.[ Dhenkanal has a ]sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species d ...
of 947 females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females ...
for every 1000 males,[ and a ]literacy rate
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of 79.41%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 19.62% and 13.59% of the population respectively.[
At the time of the ]2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 96.17% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.24% Munda, 0.91% Santali and 0.48% Juang as their first language.
Education
Dhenkanal is home to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is an Indian media centre of learning and civil service training institute for the Indian Information Service Cadre funded and promoted by the Government of India in New Delhi. The IIMC is an auton ...
, the only institute in Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
for the study of journalism
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and mass communication.
Other colleges and schools, universities, and institutes include:
* Jawahar Navodaya vidyalaya, Sarang, dhenkanal
* Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology
* Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology
* Dhenkanal College
Dhenkanal College, officially Dhenkanal Autonomous College, is an autonomous college located at Dhenkanal, Odisha, India. It Provides undergraduate and post-graduate programs in commerce, sciences and liberal arts. It is affiliated to Utkal Uni ...
* Dhenkanal Law College
Politics
Vidhan sabha constituencies
Dhenkanal has four Vidhan sabha
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constituencies within the Dhenkanal parliamentary (Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...
) constituency. The elected MLAs from Dhenkanal district are:
Notable people
*Nandini Satpathy
Nandini Satpathy (9 June 1931 – 4 August 2006) was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
Early life
Nandini Satpathy nee Panigrahi was born on 9 June 1931 to Kalindi Chara ...
[
]
* 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 w ...
* Suparno Satpathy
* Devendra Satpathy[
]
* 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
See also
* Dhirapatana
* Karamul
References
External links
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{{Authority control
1948 establishments in India
Districts of Odisha