Dhenkanal district


Dhenkanal District is an administrative division of Odisha, India.

Geography

Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located districts in Odisha. It lies between Longitude:85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude:20° 29' to 21° 11' North.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Dhenkanal district has a population of 1,192,811, roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste or the US state of Rhode Island. This gives it a ranking of 400th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.82%. Dhenkanal has a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79.41%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.17% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.20% Munda, 0.91% Santali and 0.48% Juang as their first language.

Noted persons from Dhenkanal district

Dhenkanal is home to the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, the only institute in Odisha for the study of journalism and mass communication.
Other colleges and schools, universities, and institutes include:

Vidhan sabha constituencies

Dhenkanal has four Vidhan sabha constituencies within the Dhenkanal parliamentary constituency. of Dhenkanal district and the elected members of that area
No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency Member of 14th AssemblyParty
55Dhenkanal-Dhenkanal, Gondia, Dhenkanal Nabin NandaBJD*
56HindolSCHindol, OdapadaSmt. Anjali BeheraBJD
57Kamakhyanagar-Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban, Bhuban, Kamakhyanagar, Dhenkanal Prafulla Kumar MallikBJD
58Parjanga-Parjanga, Kankadahad, Kamakhyanagar Nrushingha SahuBJD