| Voice of Mayurbhanj
: Kali Charan Marandi
Mayurbhanj
District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 10418.0 Km2
Population in Mayurbhanj (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 2,513,895
Male : 1,253,633
Female : 1,260,262
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 54661
In seeing : 25199
In speech : 4306
In hearing : 5950
In movement : 13917
Mental : 5289
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 15
Sex Ratio Rank : 452
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 132 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 484 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Mayurbhanj District
District at a Glance Mayurbhanj presents
a panorama of many millennia in the human history. It occupies a
unique position being endowed with lush green vegetation, different
fauna and rich cultural heritage. The district has a rich mineral
base and is home to the Similipal Biosphere, which is famous for
the Project Tiger. Mayurbhanj had the distinction of being
administered by two contemporaneous medieval ruling families named
as "Mayurs" and "Bhanjas" in unbroken continuity for over a thousand
years, until the merger with the state of Orissa on 1st January,1949.
Location of Mayurbhanj
Mayurbhanj is a land- locked district with a total
geographical area of 10,418 Sq.Km. and is situated in the Northern
boundary of the state with district Head quarters at Baripada. The
district lies between 21*16' and 22*34' North latitude
and 85*40' and 87*11' East longitudes. The district is bounded
in the North by Midnapore district of West Benagal, Singbhum
district of Bihar in the South, Balasore
district in the west and by Keonjhar district in the East.
Topography of Mayurbhanj
The Central part of the District is covered by
a group of hills known as the Similipal Range and the remaining
portion is covered by undulating plains raising and falling in gentle
slopes. Precisely the district may be divided into three distinct
natural divisions. The Central hill ranges as dividing line running
due north and south and dividing the plains of the district into
two halves Eastern & Western. The Eastern Division, which slopes
gently from the foot of the hills towards the sea is served by by
a number of hill streams forming an ideal land for cultivation comprising
Baripada and Kaptipada sub-divisions. The western division is mainly
a plain rising and falling in gentle in gentle slopes studded with
many rocky mounds and hills. The northern portion of this western
Division is very fertile for extensive cultivation comprising Bamanghaty
Sub-division and Southern portion is Panchpir Sub-division. The
district is 559.31 mt. above the sea level.
District at a Glance
Mayurbhanj presents a panorama of many millennia
in the human history. It occupies a unique position being endowed with
lush green vegetation, different fauna and rich cultural heritage.
The district has a rich mineral base and is home to the Similipal
Biosphere, which is famous for the Project Tiger. Mayurbhanj had
the distinction of being administered by two contemporaneous
medieval ruling families named as "Mayurs" and "Bhanjas" in unbroken
continuity for over a thousand years, until the merger with the
state of Orissa on 1st January,1949.
Location of Mayurbhanj
Mayurbhanj is a land- locked district with a total
geographical area of 10,418 Sq.Km. and is situated in the Northern
boundary of the state with district Head quarters at Baripada. The
district lies between 21*16' and 22*34' North latitude
and 85*40' and 87*11' East longitudes. The district is bounded
in the North by Midnapore district of West Benagal, Singbhum
district of Bihar in the South, Balasore
district in the west and by Keonjhar district in the East.
Topography of Mayurbhanj
The Central part of the District is covered by
a group of hills known as the Similipal Range and the remaining
portion is covered by undulating plains raising and falling in gentle
slopes. Precisely the district may be divided into three distinct
natural divisions. The Central hill ranges as dividing line running
due north and south and dividing the plains of the district into
two halves Eastern & Western. The Eastern Division, which slopes
gently from the foot of the hills towards the sea is served by by
a number of hill streams forming an ideal land for cultivation comprising
Baripada and Kaptipada sub-divisions. The western division is mainly
a plain rising and falling in gentle in gentle slopes studded with
many rocky mounds and hills. The northern portion of this western
Division is very fertile for extensive cultivation comprising Bamanghaty
Sub-division and Southern portion is Panchpir Sub-division. The
district is 559.31 mt. above the sea level.
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