District Profile of Angul
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DISTRICT PROFILE OF ANGUL INTRODUCTION : Angul district came into existence as a separate district consequent upon reorganization of districts in Orissa on 1st April 1993,clothed with lush green forests. The district is rich in wildlife .The River Mahanadi passes through the district forming a 22 km long narrow gorge, one of the mistiest gorges in India, popularly Satkosia. The district is surrounded by Cuttack and Dhenkanal in the east, Sambalpur and Deogarh in the west, Sundergarh and Keonjhar in the north and Kandhamal in the south. LOCATION : Angul district lies between 84° 16’ to 85° 23’ East longitude and between 20º 31’ N to 21º 41’ N latitude. AREA AND POPULATION : The district has an area of 6375 sq. kms and 12.74 lakhs of population as per 2011 census. The district accounts for 4.1 percent of the states territory and shares 3.0 percent of the states population. The density population of the district is 200. per sq. kms. as against 270 person per sq. km. of the state. It has 1910 villages (including 249 un-inhabited villages) covering 8 blocks. 8 Tahasils and 4 Subdivisions. As per 2011 census the schedule caste population is 2,39,552 (18.80 %) and schedule tribe population is 1,79,603 (14.10.%). The literacy percentage of the district constitutes 77.50 against 72.90 of the state. CLIMATE : The climate condition of the district is generally hot and high humidity during April to May and cold during November to December The monsoon generally breaks during the month of July, Average annual rainfall of the district was 1344.9 m.m during 2011, which is less than the normal rainfall 1401.9 m.m. AGRICULTURE : During the year 2010-11 the net area sown was 105 thousand hectares against 4681 thousand hectares of the state. The production of paddy was 729024 quintals, Wheat 529 quintals, maize 8906 quintals, ragi 22 quintals, mung 6702 quintals, biri 8490 quintals, kulthi 13083 quintals and til 6687 quintals , groundnuts 29524 quintals, mustard 499 quintals, potatoes 46373 quintals and sugarcane 55385 quintals. During 2010-11 the total fertilizers used in Angul district is about 10027 MT with a breakage of 5881 M.T. nitrogenous, 2790 M.T. phosphatic, 1356 MT pottasic and the consumption of fertilizer per hectare is 34 Kg. per hectare. 1 IRRIGATION : During the year 2010-11, it is reported by District Agriculture Officer, Angul and Talcher that the irrigation potential created in Angul district from various sources during Kharif and Rabi are 53707 and 22442 hectres respectively. EDUCATION : During 2010-11, there are 997 nos. of primary schools 706 nos. of middle schools and 262 nos of Secondary schools and 36 nos. of General Collages are imparting general education. Besides, 2 nos. of Diploma engineering collages are functioning in Angul district to impart technical educations in the district. HEALTH : The medical facilities are provided by different agencies like Govt. Private individuals and voluntary organization in the district during 2010-11 There are 403 nos. of Allopathic medical institutions including Sub-Centers and Private Hospital with 352 beds facilities. Besides 19 nos. of Homoeopathic dispensaries and 16 nos. of Ayurvedic dispensaries are working in the district. VETERINARY SERVICES : During the year 2010-11, 18 nos. of Hospitals and dispensaries, 78 nos. of livestock Aid centres were functioning in Angul district to provide veterinary services to the people. INDUSTRY AND MINING : The locational .advantage and abundant stock of manpower and raw materials have played an important role in the industrial development of the district. The important PSUS of the district are the NALCO, the MCL. Besides during the year 2010-11.,185 nos. of small scales Industries have been Established with total capital investment of about Rs 1933.00 lakhs with 724 nos of Employment generated in Angul district. Besides various kinds of handicraft works like dhocra casting , bell metals , textile products have been developed by the skilled workers and artisans of the district. POWER : Consumption of electricity in Angul district during the year 2010-11 covers 1021.60 million units and villages so far electrified as on 31.03.2012, 1638 revenue villages which constitutes 99 % to the total revenue villages of the district. TOURIST : There are 12 nos. of tourist center such as Angul, Banarpal, Bhimkand, Benikei, Bulajhar, Deulajhari, Tikarapada, Talchar, Handapa patrapada, Hingulapitha, khuladi Rengali as identified by Department of Tourism and culture, Orissa. During 2011 the number of Domestic tourists were 584657 and foreign tourists were 316 who visited the tourists sports of the district. 2 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION : During 2010-11,228 Kms of National Highway 48 Kms. of State highways,134 Kms Major district roads, 383 kms. of other district roads. 691 Kms. of rural roads, and 456 kms. of forest roads are operating in the district. Besides 105.51 kms. of Railway lines with 12 nos. of railway stations are continuing in the district . BANKING : As on 31st March 2011, there were 103 nos. of schedule commercial banks having deposit 3108 crores of rupees and credit of 1237 crores rupees in the district. 3 I-SOCIO ECONOMIC FEATURES Administrative Setup, Angul Sl. No. Item Unit Magnitude 1 2 3 4 1 Location (a) Longitude Degree Minutes 84o 16' to 85o 23' East (b) Latitude Degree Minutes 20o 31' to 21o 41' North 2 Geographical area sq.Kms. 6375 3 Subdivisions No 4 4 Tahasils No 10 5 C.D Blocks No 10 6 Towns ( Including Census towns ) No 9 7 Municipalities No 3 8 N . A . Cs. No 2 9 Police Stations. No 34 10 Grampanchayats No 209 11 Villages No 1551 (a) Inhabited No 1358 (b) Uninhabited No 193 12 Parliamentry Constitutions No 1 13 Assembly Constituencies No. 5 4 I - POSITION OF THE DISTRICT IN THE STATE 1.01 Geographical Area Geographical Distribution Sl. District Area of land Rank No. ( Sq. Km.) areas (%) 1 2 3 4 5 1 Angul 6375 4.09 11 2 Balasore 3806 2.44 20 3 Bargarh 5837 3.75 12 4 Bhadrak 2505 1.61 27 5 Bolangir 6575 4.22 10 6 Boudh 3098 1.99 22 7 Cuttack 3932 2.52 17 8 Deogarh 2940 1.89 23 9 Dhenkanal 4452 2.86 15 10 Gajapati 4325 2.78 16 11 Ganjam 8206 5.27 5 12 Jagatsinghpur 1668 1.07 30 13 Jajpur 2899 1.86 24 14 Jharsuguda 2081 1.34 29 15 Kalahandi 7920 5.09 7 16 Kandhamal 8021 5.15 6 17 Kendrapara 2644 1.70 26 18 Keonjhar 8303 5.33 4 19 Khurda 2813 1.81 25 20 Koraput 8807 5.66 3 21 Malkangiri 5791 3.72 13 22 Mayurbhanj 10418 6.69 1 23 Nabarangpur 5291 2.47 19 24 Nayagarh 3890 3.40 14 25 Nuapara 3852 2.50 18 26 Puri 3479 2.23 21 27 Rayagada 7073 4.54 8 28 Sambalpur 6657 4.28 9 29 Sonepur 2337 1.50 28 30 Sundargarh 9712 6.24 2 ODISHA 155707 100.00 Source : Census of India 5 I . POSITION OF THE DISTRICT IN THE STATE 1.02 District-wise Population with Rural & Urban and their proportion of Odisha as per 2011 Census All Population Sl. No. Name of the District Rank Male Female Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Angul 655718 618103 1273821 16 2 Balasore 1185787 1134742 2320529 4 3 Bargarh 749161 732094 1481255 13 4 Bhadrak 760260 746077 1506337 12 5 Bolangir 830097 818900 1648997 10 6 Boudh 221625 219537 441162 29 7 Cuttack 1352760 1271710 2624470 2 8 Deogarh 158230 154290 312520 30 9 Dhenkanal 612593 580218 1192811 18 10 Gajapati 282882 294935 577817 28 11 Ganjam 1779218 1749813 3529031 1 12 Jagatsinghpur 577865 559106 1136971 19 13 Jajpur 926034 901158 1827192 7 14 Jharsuguda 296690 282815 579505 27 15 Kalahandi 787101 789768 1576869 11 16 Kandhamal 359945 373165 733110 23 17 Kendrapara 717814 722547 1440361 14 18 Keonjhar 906487 895246 1801733 8 19 Khurda 1167137 1084536 2251673 5 20 Koraput 678809 700838 1379647 15 21 Malkangiri 303624 309568 613192 24 22 Mayurbhanj 1256213 1263525 2519738 3 23 Nabarangpur 604812 616134 1220946 17 24 Nayagarh 502636 460153 962789 22 25 Nuapara 301962 308420 610382 25 26 Puri 865380 833350 1698730 9 27 Rayagada 471960 495951 967911 21 28 Sambalpur 526877 514222 1041099 20 29 Sonepur 311312 298871 610183 26 30 Sundargarh 1061147 1032290 2093437 6 ODISHA 21212136 20762082 41974218 Contd.. 6 I . POSITION OF THE DISTRICT IN THE STATE 1.02 District-wise Population with Rural & Urban and their proportion of Odisha as per 2011 Census Sl. Name of the Proportion of rural and urban Rural Urban No. District Rural Urban 1 2 7 8 9 10 1 Angul 1067275 206546 83.8 16.2 2 Balasore 2067236 253293 89.1 10.9 3 Bargarh 1331145 150110 9.0 10.1 4 Bhadrak 1320499 185838 87.7 12.3 5 Bolangir 1451616 197381 88.0 12.0 6 Boudh 420738 20424 95.4 4.6 7 Cuttack 1888423 736047 72.0 28.0 8 Deogarh 290130 22390 92.8 7.2 9 Dhenkanal 1075305 117506 90.1 9.9 10 Gajapati 507151 70666 87.8 12.2 11 Ganjam 2761030 768001 78.2 21.8 12 Jagatsinghpur 1020991 115980 89.8 10.2 13 Jajpur 1692095 135097 92.6 7.4 14 Jharsuguda 348340 231165 60.1 39.9 15 Kalahandi 1454882 121987 92.3 7.7 16 Kandhamal 660831 72279 90.1 9.9 17 Kendrapara 1356827 83534 94.2 5.8 18 Keonjhar 1548674 253059 86.0 14.0 19 Khurda 1167357 1084316 51.8 48.2 20 Koraput 1153478 226169 83.6 16.4 21 Malkangiri 563664 49528 91.9 8.1 22 Mayurbhanj 2326842 192896 92.3 7.7 23 Nabarangpur 1133321 87625 92.8 7.2 24 Nayagarh 883051 79738 91.7 8.3 25 Nuapara 576328 34054 94.4 5.6 26 Puri 1433800 264930 84.4 15.6 27 Rayagada 820945 146966 84.8 15.2 28 Sambalpur 733006 308093 70.4 29.6 29 Sonepur 560242 49941 91.8 8.2 30 Sundargarh 1355340 738097 64.7 35.3 ODISHA 34970562 7003656 83.3 16.7 Contd.