| Voice of Dhenkal District
: Jeetu Rath
Lack of adequate teachers in schools.
Rate of dropout is high.
Lack of enough medical facilities to the needy.
Conditions of the roads are pitiable.
Availability and quality of drinking water is not good.
Lack of awareness on the issues like sanitation and hygiene among
the villagers.
Short of vocational training for the youths in the district
Dhenkal District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 4452.0 Km2
Population in Dhenkanal (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,192,948
Male : 612,597
Female : 580,351
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29188
In seeing : 13573
In speech : 1964
In hearing : 2610
In movement : 7698
Mental : 3343
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 107
Sex Ratio Rank : 392
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 316 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 207 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Dhenkal District
Dhenkanal District is situated on the Cuttack Sambalpur
Road( NH 42) and the Cuttack Sambalpur S.E.Railway line. It is bounded
by the Keonjhar District in north, Cuttack district in south, Jajpur
in the east and Angul in the west. It is commnly believed that it
owes, its name to a Savara chief called Dhenka who formerly ruled
over in this tract. This District contains a centre of religions
movement called " Mahima Dharma " since last 100 years or more and
spread over through out the Indian Union. The religious movement
in the medieval period also touched to this District. The famous
" Kapilash Hill " which is popularly known as the "Kailash" of Utkal
is also in this district. Lord Chandrasekhar Mahadev temple is set
up at the top of the hill. Some large scale industries like Nilachal
Refractories, Utkal Asbestos Ltd, Orissa Polyfibres Ltd ,Shakti
sugar are established in this district. The climate of this district
is generally hot with high humidity during April and May and cold
during December and January. The monsoon generally breaks during
the month of June. Most part of this district are covered with dense
forest and a long range of hills. Therefore this district is called
as the "Home of elephants and tigers for the country". Total population
of this district as per 1991 census was 9,47,870 which has been
increased by 12.46 percent in 2001census ( provisional ). As per
2001 census total population of this district is 10,65,983 (provisional).
An agricultural district like Dhenkanal gains much from forests
which plays an important role in the economy of the district. The
principal forest products are Timber, Bamboo, Fire wood and Kendu
leaf. The minor forest products are Lac, Honey, Kenduli Gum, Wax,
Mahua flower, Sunari fark, Siali Leaves, Catechus, Tassar Cocoons
and other raw materials used for medicine.
Location:
Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located
district in Orissa.
It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East
and Latitude : 20° 29' to 21° 11' North.
Neighbouring districts: Keonjhar district in the
North, Cuttack district in the South, Jajpur district in the East.
and Angul district in the West.
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