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Population |
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1181000 (2001 census) |
Sex Ratio |
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999 female in 1000 male |
Literacy
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35.72 % (2001 census) |
Area |
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8807sq km²
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Subdivision |
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02 |
Tahasil
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07 |
Blocks |
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14 |
G Panchayat |
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197 |
Town |
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05 |
Muncipality |
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03 |
NAC |
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01 |
village |
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2028 |
Temperature |
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36.8 degree (max), 09.5degree(min) |
Rainfall |
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1347.2 mm(average) |
Languages spoken |
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Oriya, Hindi and English . |
Clothing |
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Light cotton in summer and heavy woolen in winter. |
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Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa . It is well known for rich and
diverse types of mineral deposits. Located along the Eastern Ghats this district
abounds in meadows, forests, waterfalls, terraced valleys and darting springs. This
land of abundance is home to Orissa's vast tribal population. A real paradise for
the nature-lover, Koraput offers an additional benefit to the visitor of first hand
meeting with its ancient civilization. In October, 1992, Koraput district was bifurcated,
resulting in the creation of Malkangiri district.
Large scale steel giants like JINDAL Group, BHUSAN Steel are establishing their
respective plants in the vicinity of Anugul. At Talcher Industries like NTPC, FCI,
MCL are situated here. Talcher is well known for its huge coal mines and National
Thermal Power Plant . NALCO Nagar is the place where Asia’s largest aluminum smelter
plant is situated. It is about 12 kilometers from the district headquarter and about
118 kilometers from the state capital Bhubaneswar. It is situated on the national
highway no 42, and well connected with other parts of the state with bus services.
Visitors are also allowed to visit the plant site during the Bishwakarma Festival.
Here in this district the place of attraction are Gupteswar Shiv Temple, Sabara
Srikhetra, Upper Kolab, Botanical Garden, Maliguda Tunnel, Duduma Waterfall and
manymore. Here also Major Industries located. Among them Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
at Sunabeda , NALCO-Damanjodi,BILT at Jeypore, Kolab Thermal Power Station and Machkund
Thermal Power Station. Here Major towns are Jeypore, Koraput, Sunabeda and Damanjodi
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