Dhenkanal, India

Dhenkanal
Town
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Coordinates: 20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6Coordinates: 20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Dhenkanal
Government
• Type	Municipality
Area
• Total	31 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	67,414
• Density	1,865/km2 (4,830/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia
• Major local language	Ho language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	759001
Telephone code	06762
Vehicle registration	OD-06
Website	odisha.gov.in

Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India.

Geography

Dhenkanal is located at 20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6.^[1] It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).

Demographics

As per the 2011 India census,^[2] Dhenkanal had a population of 67,414. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dhenkanal has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84% and female literacy is 74%. In Dhenkanal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable people

• Amiya Kumari Padhi^[3][4]
• Baishnab Charan Patnaik^[5][6][7]
• Braja Kishore Dhal^[8][9]
• Nandini Satpathy^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}
• Brig.Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo ^{[5][17][18][19][20][21][22]}
• Devendra Satpathy ^[5][23][24]
• Gati Krushna Misra^[25][26]
• Tathagata Satpathy^[27][28][29]
• Sikhareswar Jena(First Oriya Fire Officer to receive Presidential Fire Service Medal for meritorious service in 1980) ^[30][31]
• Haladhar Mishra^[32][33][34]
• Sadananda Jena,Former Judicial Magistrate,Political activist and eminent Lawyer
• Harmohan Patnaik ^[35][36][37]
• Amiya Kumar Jena (An alumnus of JNU,New Delhi,1st F.A,AIIMS(P),BBSR and a civil servant)^{[38] [39]}
• Kalpana Dash^{[40][41][42][43][44]}
• Nabin Chandra Narayan Das^{[45][46][47][48][49]}
• Nitaigour Premchand Mahalik (PhD, UK) (Educationalist, Professor, Author, Editor)^{[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]}
• Prafulla Kumar Bhanja^[69][70][71]
• Raja Narayan Tripathy, Chartered Accountant^{[72][73][74][75][76]}
• Sudhakar Sahoo (Dance Guru, National Award Recipient) ^{[77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85]}
• Sudhir Kumar Samal^{[45][86][33][87]}
• Suparno Satpathy^{[13][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98]}
• Surendra Mohan Patnaik^[32][99]
• Madhumita Jena {1st class 1st Gold Medalist in M.A(Pol.sc.)Utkal University,BBSR,in 1986 and senior corporate executive,National Insurance}

References

External links

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