Dhenkanal district

{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Dhenkanal, India}}

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

History

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

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,92,497|13=1911|14=3,02,120|15=1921|16=2,63,405|17=1931|18=3,24,991|19=1941|20=3,79,327|21=1951|22=4,29,097|23=1961|24=5,26,520|25=1971|26=6,65,377|27=1981|28=7,97,053|29=1991|30=9,47,870|31=2001|32=10,66,878|33=2011|34=11,92,811|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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According to the 2011 census Dhenkanal district has a population of 1,192,811,{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Jharsuguda|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/940/download/36628/DH_2011_2102_PART_A_DCHB_JHARSUGUDA.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste

{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Timor-Leste 1,177,834 July 2011 est. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165947/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-date = 2011-09-27 | url-status = dead }}

or the US state of Rhode Island.{{cite web

|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php

|title=2010 Resident Population Data

|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau

|access-date=2011-09-30

|quote=Rhode Island 1,052,567

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php

|archive-date=2013-10-19

}} This gives it a ranking of 400th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of {{convert| 268 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.82%. Dhenkanal has a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males, 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.

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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.{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Odisha|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10217/download/13329/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2100.XLSX|website=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

Education

Dhenkanal is home to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, the only institute in Odisha for the study of journalism and mass communication.

Other colleges and schools, universities, and institutes include:

Politics

=Vidhan sabha constituencies=

Dhenkanal has four Vidhan sabha constituencies within the Dhenkanal parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency.

{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf |title=Assembly Constituencies and their extent |access-date=2013-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154017/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live }}

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The elected MLAs from Dhenkanal district are:{{cite web|url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502003512/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date= 2 May 2007 |title=List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly |work=ws.ori.nic.in |quote=MEMBER NAME |access-date=19 February 2013 }}

class="wikitable sortable"
No. !Constituency !Reservation !Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks) !Member of 14th Assembly !Party
55 \|Dhenkanal \|None \|Dhenkanal (M), Gondia, Dhenkanal (part) \| Sudhir Samal \| style="background:#004225;"\| BJD
56 \|Hindol \|SC \|Hindol, Odapada \|Simarani Nayak \| style="background:#004225;"\|BJD
57 \|Kamakhyanagar \|None \|Kamakhyanagar (NAC), Bhuban (NAC), Bhuban, Kamakhyanagar (part), Dhenkanal (part) \| Prafulla Kumar Mallik \| style="background:#004225;"\|BJD
58 \|Parjanga \|None \|Parjanga, Kankadahad, Kamakhyanagar (part) \|Nrushingha Sahu \| style="background:#004225;"\| BJD

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No.

!Constituency

!Reservation

!Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)

!Member of 14th Assembly

!Party

|Dhenkanal

|None

|Dhenkanal (M), Gondia, Dhenkanal (part)

| Sudhir Samal

| style="background:#004225;"| BJD

|Hindol

|SC

|Hindol, Odapada

|Simarani Nayak

| style="background:#004225;"|BJD

|Kamakhyanagar

|None

|Kamakhyanagar (NAC), Bhuban (NAC), Bhuban, Kamakhyanagar (part), Dhenkanal (part)

| Prafulla Kumar Mallik

| style="background:#004225;"|BJD

|Parjanga

|None

|Parjanga, Kankadahad, Kamakhyanagar (part)

|Nrushingha Sahu

| style="background:#004225;"| BJD

Notable people

Sarangadhar Das
Dewan Atharuddin Mohammed Athar
Gati Krushna Mishra
Nandini SatpathyNandini Satpathy v. PL Dani (1978) 2 SCC 424

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{{cite news|agency=TNN |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ex-CM-of-Orissa-Nandini-Satpathy-passes-away/articleshow/1855804.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215113043/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-08-05/india/27801889_1_oriya-orissa-cm-orissa-chief-minister |url-status=live |archive-date=2013-12-15 |title=Ex-CM of Orissa Nandini Satpathy passes away |date=2006-08-05 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=2012-05-10}}

{{cite web |url=http://dhenkanal.nic.in/assembly.htm |title=List of Members of Lagislative Assembly |publisher=Dhenkanal.nic.in |access-date=2012-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809232346/http://dhenkanal.nic.in/assembly.htm |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }}

Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Tytler-flies-in-to-finalize-state-Congress-team/articleshow/9442698.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701163542/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-01/bhubaneswar/29837673_1_opcc-k-p-singhdeo-orissa-pradesh-congress-committee |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-07-01 |title=Tytler flies in to finalize state Congress team |date=2011-08-01 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2012-05-08}}{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-20/news/28428585_1_srikant-jena-congress-leader-orissa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115231319/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-20/news/28428585_1_srikant-jena-congress-leader-orissa |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |title=Congress lets down Orissa in the union cabinet reshuffle |work=Economic Times (Times of India) |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2012-05-08}}

{{cite news |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article408524.ece |title=Congress lets down Orissa again |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131652/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article408524.ece |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110207/jsp/orissa/story_13546140.jsp |work=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta (Kolkata) |title=Orissa Whispers |date=2011-02-07 |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215631/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110207/jsp/orissa/story_13546140.jsp |archive-date=2012-05-13 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite web |url=http://dhenkanal.nic.in/parliament.htm |title=List of Members of Parliament |publisher=Dhenkanal.nic.in |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806235219/http://dhenkanal.nic.in/parliament.htm |archive-date=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead }}

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Tathagata Satpathy

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{{cite web |url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12OR19.htm |title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliamentofindia.nic.in |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922055707/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12OR19.htm |archive-date=2012-09-22 |url-status=live }}

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Kalpana Dash

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