Malkangiri district

Local legend claims Valmiki wrote the Ramayana on the banks of the Tamasa river. The region was known as Malyavantagiri in the Ramayana, and it was believed Sitakunda was the bathing-place of Sita, near Mudulipada. Local legend claims the Pandavas spent a year in exile in the dense forests of Malkangiri. Kanamraju, Balaraju and Poturaju are the three famous Lords of this area, who are being worshiped by the people. On every alternative year, Badayatra, the festival of these Lords is celebrated throughout the district.

Prior to 1936, Malkangiri was a part of Koraput district of the Madras Presidency. In 1936, Koraput District was merged into Odisha and Malkangiri Tahasil was included in Koraput District. This Tahasil was a part of Nawarangpur sub-division of Koraput District. On 1 January 1962, Malkangiri subdivision was carved out. In 1958, refugees from East Pakistan were settled in the area in the Dandakaranya Project. This project continued for 30 years until it was declared closed in the year 1988.

Finally on 2 October 1992, Malkangiri was carved out of Koraput District. Today, the district has become known as a hotbed for Maoist activities.{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} District Malkangiri, Government Of Odisha {{!}} India|url=https://malkangiri.nic.in/history/|access-date=2020-08-30|language=en-US}}

There are 07 Blocks and 07 Tahasils under one Sub-Division in Malkangiri district are listed in the following table.

There are 12 Police Stations under two Police Sub-Divisions in Malkangiri district are listed in the following table.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Malkangiri one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 19 districts in Odisha currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=58,275|13=1911|14=70,059|15=1921|16=67,874|17=1931|18=80,047|19=1941|20=94,894|21=1951|22=1,06,637|23=1961|24=1,41,955|25=1971|26=2,68,865|27=1981|28=3,35,169|29=1991|30=4,22,326|31=2001|32=5,04,198|33=2011|34=6,13,192|source=Census of India[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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{{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|97.88}}

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According to the 2011 census Malkangiri district has a population of 613,192,{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Malkangiri|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/954/download/36684/DH_2011_2130_PART_A_DCHB_MALKANGIRI.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} roughly equal to the nation of Solomon Islands{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.

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}} This gives it a ranking of 523rd in India (out of a total of 640).

The district has a population density of {{convert|106|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.53%. Malkangiri has a sex ratio of 1016 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 49.49%. 8.08% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 22.55% and 57.83% of the population respectively.

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|label1 = Odia |value1 = 34.06 |color1 = saddlebrown

|label2 = Koya |value2 = 23.40 |color2 = darkblue

|label3 = Bengali |value3 = 21.48 |color3 = orchid

|label4 = Desiya |value4 = 4.18 |color4 = peru

|label5 = Telugu |value5 = 2.97 |color5 = steelblue

|label6 = Kuvi |value6 = 2.59 |color6 = darkslateblue

|label7 = Bhuiyan |value7 = 1.99 |color7 = chocolate

|label8 = Proja |value8 = 1.72 |color8 = goldenrod

|label9 = Halbi |value9 = 1.36 |color9 = darkgoldenrod

|label10 = Others |value10 = 6.25 |color10 = grey

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At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 34.06% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 23.40% Koya, 21.48% Bengali, 4.18% Desia, 2.97% Telugu, 2.59% Kuvi, 1.99% Bhuiyan, 1.72% Proja and 1.36% Halbi 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}} There are several other languages spoken in the district including Remo and Gta', this last language spoken by the Didayi people. The Bengali language is mostly spoken by descendants of refugees from Bangladesh erst while East Pakistan. The Odia Language is the dominant language with its dialects Desia and Paraja.

{{main|List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha}}

Malkangiri has 2 Vidhan Sabha constituencies, electing members to the Odisha Legislative Assembly:[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent][http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]{{cite web|url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |title=List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly |work=ws.ori.nic.in |quote=Member Name |access-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502003512/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |archive-date=2 May 2007 }}{{Cite web|title=Odisha Legislative Assembly|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=odishaassembly.nic.in}}

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• {{official website|http://malkangiri.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Malkangiri district

|North = Bastar district, Chhattisgarh

|Northeast = Koraput district

|East = Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh

|Southeast = Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh

|South = East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

|Southwest = East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

|West = Sukma district, Chhattisgarh

|Northwest = Sukma district, Chhattisgarh

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Category:1992 establishments in Orissa

Category:Districts of Odisha