Nuapada district is located in

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state in

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. Nuapada town is the headquarters of the district. It has 1 Subdivision: Nuapada; five blocks:

Khariar Khariar (also called Khadial, Rajkhariar and Rajakhariar) is a city and a Notified Area Council in Nuapada District of the Indian state of Odisha. History The region of Khariar was under the rule of the Chauhan dynasty of Patna State which was ...

Sinapali Sinapali is the main town in Sinapali Tehsil in the south of Nuapada District in Odisha, India. It is located on the bank of Udanti River, south of the district headquarters of Nuapada (via road NH59) and from Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar. ...

, Boden,

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, and Nuapada. Nuapada District has 3

Notified Area Council A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

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, and Nuapada; and 6

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s and more village like Gandabahali, Tukla, Hatibandha, Duajher, Bargaon, Tarbod, Udyanbandh, Larka etc.

Major cities, towns, and villages

* Nuapada *

* Boden * Hatibandha * Tukula * Udyanbandha

History

The district of Nuapada was a part of

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 ...

until early March 1993, but for administrative convenience, Kalahandi District was divided into two parts — Kalahandi and Nuapada vide State Government Notification No. DRC-44/93/14218/R dated 27 March 1993. Nuapada District now comprises one sub-division Nuapada, six

s (Nuapada, Komana, Khariar, Sinapalli, Boden and jonk) and five community development blocks (Khariar, Sinapalli, Boden, Nuapada and Komna).

Geography

Nuapada district is in the western part of Odisha, lying between latitude 20° 0' N and 21° 5' and between longitude 82° 20' E and 82° 40' E. Its boundaries extend in the north, west and south to

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and in the east to

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, Balangir and

Kalahandi 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 ...

districts. The district has an area of 3407.5 km² and the administrative headquarters is located at Nuapada. The plains of Nuapada subdivision are fringed by rugged hill ranges stretching southward, which belong to the main line of the Eastern Ghats and contain extensive plateaus of about 4000 ft (1200 m) in elevation.

Economy

Due to the conspicuous absence of any industry, the economy revolves around agricultural activities. Three major irrigation projects — the Upper Jonk, the Sunder dam, and the upcoming Lower Indira Irrigation Project — provide support to 45,000 acres of land. Rice is the main crop in the entire district. Other crops like corn (maize), cotton, and onion make up a major share of crops under cultivation. More than 10,000 households migrate to other states in search of better employment opportunities every year after the harvesting season is over. Though the district is tops in MGNREGS implementation, the advance provided by labor contractors before Nuakhai festival lure ignorant laborers into the plot. Due to unregistered and uninformed migration, protection of migrant laborers has become a challenge to the government. In 2006, the

Ministry of Panchayati Raj The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India. Ministry of Panchayati Raj looks into all matters relating to the Panchayati Raj and Panchayati Raj Institutions. It was created in May 2004. The ministry is headed by a m ...

named Nuapada one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of

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). it is one of the 19 districts in Odisha currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

In the

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, Nuapada district had a

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of 610,382. roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 524th in India (out of a total of

). The district has a population density of . Its

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over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.28%. Nuapada has a

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of 1020 females for every 1000 males, and a

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of 58.2%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.46% and 33.80% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 58.02% of the population in the district spoke

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, 23.72% Sambalpuri, 15.04%

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and 1.68%

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as their first language.

Politics

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Nuapada district is part of Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency. The MP of Kalahandi is Basanta Kumar Panda from the BJP. The following are the two

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constituencies of Nuapada district and the elected members of that area.

Schools and colleges

*Khariar Public School, Khariar *Mahamaya junior college, Nuapada * Khariar Autonomous College, Khariar * Model Degree College, Khariar *Delhi Public School Khariar Road - Nuapada * Kendra Vidyalaya Nuapada *

Navodaya Vidyalaya Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is a system of central schools for talented students predominantly from rural areas in India. They are run by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Noida, an autonomous organization under the Department of School Educati ...

Tarbod * Gyanjyoti Kr Vidyalaya *

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* Odisha Adarsha vidyalaya - Nuapada * Western Odisha Residential Public School - Khariar * Kendriya Vidyalaya Khariar * Raja A.T. High School Khariar * Model School, Badi Khariar *

Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV; literally Odisha Model School) is a chain of schools are being set up, one at each of 314 block headquarters of Odisha State, India. History Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan was established on September 19, 20 ...

- Jhagrahi Komna * Panchayat Samiti Junior College Komna *Panchayat Samiti Degree College Komna *Panchayat Samiti Junior College Budhikomna - Komna *Shree Sai Junior college Kurumpuri - Komna *Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre Komna *J.M. High School Komna *Krishna Public School Komna *Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir Komna *

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 establishments in Orissa Districts of Odisha