Mukhiguda is a
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in
Kalahandi district
Kalahandi (locally pronounced ''Kalahani'') is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and ur ...
in the
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Odisha
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. Mukhiguda is one of the villages in Jayapatna tehsil. Mukhiguda is 7 km from its tehsil's main town,
Jaipatna
Jaipatna is a town in the Kalahandi District in Odisha State. It is surrounded by the Eastern Ghats
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, is located 87 km from its district's main city,
Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
, and is located from its state's main city
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
.
History
Mukhiguda is famous for Indravati Power Plant, which is one of India's largest and Asia's second-largest power house. The hydro-electric project of Odisha produces 600 MW electricity and took almost 15 years for its completion.
Demographics
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,
Mukhiguda had a population of 1,910. Males constitute 9,24 of the population and females 9,86.In Mukhiguda total literacy population is 6,69, So Mukhiguda has an average literacy rate of 35%, smaller than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 24%. In Mukhiguda, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
Schools
* Upper primary Project school
* Upper Indravati Project High school
* Saraswati sishu vidya mandir
* Swami Vivekananda English medium school
* venkateswar an english medium school
Colleges
* Indravati (Degree) Mahavidyalaya
See also
*
Kalahandi district
Kalahandi (locally pronounced ''Kalahani'') is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and ur ...
*
Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
*
Jaipatna
Jaipatna is a town in the Kalahandi District in Odisha State. It is surrounded by the Eastern Ghats
The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats pass through Odisha, Andhra Pradesh ...
*
Junagarh
References
External links
Indravati Hydro Electricity ProjectSee the maps and census
{{Kalahandi district
Cities and towns in Kalahandi district