Sundergarh district Sundargarh district | |
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.svg) Location in Odisha | |
| Coordinates:22°06′58″N84°00′58″E / 22.116°N 84.016°E /22.116; 84.016 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| Division | Northern Division |
| Headquarter | Sundargarh |
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| Government | |
| • Member of Parliament | Jual Oram, (BJP) |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Manoj Satyawan Mahajan,IAS |
| • Superintendent of Police | Pratyush Diwaker,IPS (Sundargarh Police district) Brijesh Rai,IPS (Rourkela Police district) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,712 km2 (3,750 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,093,437 |
| • Density | 216/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia, English |
| • Local | Sadri,Kurukh,Munda,Kharia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 769 xxx, 770 xxx |
| Vehicle registration | OD-16, OD-14 |
| Literacy | 73.34% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sundargarh(ST) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | 7
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| Climate | Aw(Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,657.1 millimetres (65.24 in) |
| Website | www |
Sundergarh district, also known asSundargarh district, is adistrict in the northwestern part ofOdishastate in easternIndia.
Sundargarh district is bounded byRaigarh district ofChhattisgarh in the west,Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh in the North-West,Simdega district ofJharkhand in the North,West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand andKeonjhar district of Odisha in the east andJharsuguda,Sambalpur,Deogarh andAngul districts of Odisha in the South. The town ofSundargarh is the district headquarters.Rourkela is the largest city in the entire district.
The Sundargarh district forms the northwestern part of the Odisha state and is the second largest district in the state accounting for 6.23% of the total area. The geographical area of the district is 9,712 km2 (3,750 sq mi). The district spreads from 21°36′N to 22°32′N and from 83°32′E to 85°22′E.[2]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1901 | 277,173 | — |
| 1911 | 362,138 | +30.7% |
| 1921 | 377,449 | +4.2% |
| 1931 | 436,860 | +15.7% |
| 1941 | 490,708 | +12.3% |
| 1951 | 552,203 | +12.5% |
| 1961 | 758,617 | +37.4% |
| 1971 | 1,030,758 | +35.9% |
| 1981 | 1,337,871 | +29.8% |
| 1991 | 1,573,617 | +17.6% |
| 2001 | 1,830,673 | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 2,093,437 | +14.4% |
| Source: Census of India[3] | ||
| Religion | Per cent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | 73.20% | |||
| Christianity | 18.39% | |||
| ORP | 4.30% | |||
| Islam | 3.41% | |||
| Other or not stated | 0.70% | |||
| *ORP mostly adherents ofSarnaism | ||||
According to the2011 census Sundargarh district has apopulation of 2,093,437,[1] roughly equal to the nation ofNorth Macedonia[5] or the US state ofNew Mexico.[6] This gives it a ranking of 221st in India (out of a total of640).[1] The district has a population density of 214 inhabitants per square kilometre (550/sq mi).[1] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.66%.[1] Sundargarh has asex ratio of 973females for every 1000 males,[1] and aliteracy rate of 73.34%. 35.26% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.16% and 50.75% of the population respectively.[1]
At the time of the2011 Census of India, 43.85% of the population in the district spokeOdia,14.8%Sadri, 9.62%Mundari, 6.98%Hindi, 5.57%Kurukh, 4.57%Kisan, 4.38%Kharia, 2.14%Urdu and 1.52%Bengali as their first language.[7]
In 2006 theMinistry of Panchayati Raj named Sundargarh one of the country's 250most backward districts (out of a total of640).[8] It is one of the 19 districts in Odisha currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[8]
PresentLok Sabha MP isJual Oram who is representing the seat from 2014.
The following is the list of 7Vidhan Sabha constituencies[9][10] of Sundargarh district and the elected members[11] of that area
| No. | Constituency | Reservation | Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks) | Member of 17th Assembly | Party |
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| 8 | Talsara | ST | Subdega, Balisankara, Baragaon, Lephripara (part) | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | BJP |
| 9 | Sundargarh | ST | Sundargarh (M), Sundargarh, Tangarpali, Hemgiri, Lephripara (part) | Jogesh Kumar Singh | BJD |
| 10 | Biramitrapur | ST | Biramitrapur (M), Kuarmunda, Nuagaon, Bisra (part) | Rohit Joseph Tirkey | BJD |
| 11 | Raghunathpali | SC | Rourkela (Township), Lathikata (part) | Durga Charan Tanti | BJP |
| 12 | Rourkela | None | Rourkela (M), Kulunga (O.G.), Bisra (part) | Sarada Prasad Nayak | BJD |
| 13 | Rajgangpur | ST | Rajgangpur (M), Rajgangpur, Kutra, Lathikata (part) | C. S. Raazen Ekka | INC |
| 14 | Bonai | ST | Gurundia, Bonaigarh, Lahunipara, Koira | Laxman Munda | CPI(M) |
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