INTRODUCTION
Sundargarh district was constituted on the 1st January, 1948 out of the two ex-States of Gangpur and Bonai, which merged with Orissa on that day. True to its name, this “beautiful”district of Sundargarh with about 43% of its total area under forest cover and numerous colourful tribes dotting its landscape and with abundant mining potential is bounded by Ranchi District of Jharkhand on the North, Raigarh district of Chhatisgarh on the west and North-West, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Angul District of Orissa on the South and South-East and Singhbhum District of Jharkhand and Keonjhar District of Orissa on the east.
Geographically the district is not a compact unit and consists to widely dissimilar tracts of expansive and fairly open country dotted with tree-clad isolated peaks, vast inaccessible forests, extensive river valleys and mountainous terrain. Broadly speaking, it is an undulating tableland of different elevations broken up by rugged hil ranges and cut up by torrential hill streams and the rivers IB and Brahmani. The general slope of the distric5t is from North to South. Because of this undulating, hilly and sloping nature of landscape, the area is subject to rapid runoff leading not only to soil erosion but also to scarcity of water for both agriculture and drinking purpose.
2. SUNDARGARH DISTRICT AT A GLANCE :-
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TOPOGRAPHY :-
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Topographic Location |
Latitude - 21º36’ N to 22º32’ N Longitude- 83º32’E to 85º22’E |
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2 |
Geographical Area |
9712 SqKms (Second largest district in the State accounting for 6.23% of the total area) |
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3 |
Normal Rainfall |
1657.1 mm |
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4 |
Forest Cover |
4232.57 SqKms (Second largest in the State accounting for 8.53% of the State total ) |
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5 |
Major River |
Brahmani Sankh & Koel – Tributary of Brahmani IB- Tributary of Mahanadi |
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Major Soil Type |
Alluvial and Lateritic |
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DEMOGRAPHY (As per 1991 Census)
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1 |
Population |
15,73,617 (Fifth most populous district) 18,29,412 (Provisional of 2001 Census) |
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2 |
Density |
188 (2001) 162 (1991) |
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3 |
ST |
7,98,481 ( Second highest in the State accounting for 50.69 % of the district population) |
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4 |
SC |
1,38,157 (Accounting for 8.76 % of the district population) |
3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES :-
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1 |
Cultivated Land |
3,36,000 Hects |
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High |
1,86,000 Hects |
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Medium |
95,000 Hects |
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Low |
55,000 Hects |
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2 |
No. of cultivators |
1,97,019 |
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3 |
No. of Agricultural labourers |
91,068 |
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4 |
Average size of operational holdings |
1.73 Hects |
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5 |
Class-wise number of operational holdings |
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Class |
Number |
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Marginal |
65,281 |
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Small |
51,767 |
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Semi-medium |
35,696 |
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Medium |
12,279 |
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Large |
984 |
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TOTAL |
1,66,007 |
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6 |
Per capita availability of food grains |
Qtls.1.55 |
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7 |
Cattle population |
17,36,327 |
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Buffallo |
60,929 |
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Cows |
2,84,939 |
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Bullocks |
6,76,121 |
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Sheep/ Goat |
7,14,338 |
4.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE UNITS
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1 |
No. of Sub-divisions |
3 |
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2 |
No. of Tehsils |
12 |
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3 |
No. of CD Blocks |
17 |
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4 |
No. of GPs |
262 |
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5 |
No. of villages |
1744 (Inhabited – 1688) (Uninhabited- 56) |
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6 |
No. of Urban Local Bodies |
4 |
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7 |
No. of fast developing urban pockets |
5 |
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8 |
No. of Police Stations |
32 |
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Sundargarh Police District |
23 |
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Rourkela Police District |
9 |
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9 |
No. of Parliamentary Constituency |
1 |
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10 |
No. of Assembly Constituencies |
7 |
5. HEALTH UNITS :-
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1 |
No. of Medical Institutions |
85 |
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2 |
District Headquarters Hospital |
1 |
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3 |
Sub-Divisional Hospital |
2 |
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4 |
Other Hospitalls |
11 |
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5 |
PHCs |
10 |
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6 |
CHCs |
6 |
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7 |
UPHCs |
2 |
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8 |
PHC (N) |
53 |
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9 |
MHU |
1 |
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10 |
Ayurvedic Dispensaries |
33 |
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11 |
Homoeopathic Dispensaries |
25 |
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12 |
No. of Sub-Centres |
345 |
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13 |
No. of VHG |
324 |
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14 |
No. of TBA |
1619 |
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15 |
No. of AW Centres |
1864 |
6. VETERINARY UNITS :-
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1 |
No. of hospital & Dispensaries |
30 |
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2 |
Livestock Aid Centre |
113 |
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3 |
Artificial Insemination Centres |
74 |
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4 |
KV Blocks & KV Units |
22 |
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5 |
Government Poultry Farm |
1 |
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6 |
Feed Mixing Centre |
1 |
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7 |
Livestock breading & Dairy farm |
2 |
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8 |
Intensive poultry development project |
1 |
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9 |
District Milk Union |
1 |
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10 |
Milk Producers Co-op. Societies |
52 |
7.
LITERACY RATE :-
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1 |
Total |
18,22,42 |
65.22 % |
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2 |
Males |
9,34,902 |
75.69 % |
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3 |
Females |
8,94,510 |
54.25 % |