Kendrapara district

Kendrapara District is an administrative district of Odisha state in eastern India. The town of Kendrapara is the district headquarters. Kendrapara District is situated in the eastern portion of the state, and is bounded on the north by Bhadrak District, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by Jagatsinghpur District, on the west by Cuttack District on the northwest by Jajpur District.

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Kendrapara.

Kendrapara
District
Pentha beach
Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 20.525°N 86.475°E / 20.525; 86.475
CountryIndia
StateOdisha
HeadquartersKendrapara
Government
 • Collector & District MagistrateShri Samarth Verma, IAS
 • Superintendent of PoliceShri Niti Shekhar, IPS
Area
 • Total2,644 km2 (1,021 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,440,361
 • Density492.38/km2 (1,275.3/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialOdia, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
754 xxx[1]
Vehicle registrationOD-29
Sex ratio1.006 ♂/♀
male717,695
female722,196
Literacy85.93%
Lok Sabha constituencyKendrapara
Vidhan Sabha constituency5
ClimateAw (Köppen)
Precipitation1,501.3 millimetres (59.11 in)
Websitewww.kendrapara.nic.in
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Geography

Kendrapara District lies in 20° 20’ N To 20° 37’ N Latitude and 86° 14’ E To 87° 01’ E Longitude and situated in central coastal plain zone of the Odisha. The Bay of Bengal lies in the eastern part of the district. The coastline covers 48 km stretching from Dhamra Muhan to Batighar. Kendrapara district headquarters is 55 km from Cuttack.

Kendrapara District lies in the river delta formed by the Brahmani and Baitarani and branch rivers of Mahanadi. The Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Bhitarkanika National Park, Gahirmatha Beach and Baladevjew Temple lie in the district. Other features in the district include Suka-Parikshita Ashram, Kudanagari, Landibata Mahapurusha Matha Chanpur, Pentha sea beach,PatharaKani Temple Gogua, Harihar Kshetra Mahala, Gadadhara Gosain Pitha, and Korua. This district has 9 blocks named as Aul, Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, Rajkanika, Patamundai.

Divisions

There are 9 Tahasilsand 9 blocks in Kendrapara district.[2] They are :

Tahasils

  1. Aul
  2. Kanika
  3. Kendrapara
  4. Marshaghai
  5. Pattamundai
  6. Rajnagar
  7. Mahakalpada
  8. Derabish
  9. Garadpur

Blocks

  1. Aul
  2. Derabish
  3. Garadpur
  4. Kendrapara
  5. Mahakalpada
  6. Marshaghai
  7. Pattamundai
  8. Rajakanika
  9. Rajnagar

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kendrapara district has a population of 1,440,361,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland[4] or the US state of Hawaii.[5] This gives it a ranking of 344th in India (out of a total of 640).[3] The district has a population density of 545 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,410/sq mi) .[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 10.59%.[3] Kendrapara has a sex ratio of 1006 females for every 1000 males,[3] and a literacy rate of 85.93%.[3]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.47% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.76% Bengali and 3.31% Urdu as their first language.[6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901459,224—    
1911470,355+0.24%
1921457,135−0.28%
1931486,625+0.63%
1941509,546+0.46%
1951526,472+0.33%
1961649,457+2.12%
1971823,451+2.40%
1981981,219+1.77%
19911,149,501+1.60%
20011,302,005+1.25%
20111,440,361+1.02%
source:[7]

Politics

Vidhan sabha constituencies

The following is the 5 Vidhan sabha constituencies[8][9] of Kendrapara district and the elected members[10] of that area

No. Constituency Reservation Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks) Member of 14th Assembly Party
96 Patkura None Derabish, Garadapur, Marshaghai (part) Vacant BJD
97 Kendrapara SC Kendrapara (M), Kendrapara, Pattamundai (part) Shri Kishore Tarai BJD
98 Aul None Aul, Rajkanika Shri Pratap Keshari Dev BJD
99 Rajanagar None Pattamundai (NAC), Rajanagar, Pattamundai (part) Anshuman Mohanty INC
100 Mahakalapada None Mahakalapada, Marshaghai (part) Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak BJD

References
  1. "PinCode: Kendrapara, Orissa, India, All Post Office Addresses Data, Pincode.net.in". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 11 January 2013. KENDRAPARA 754211
  2. h http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/list_of_districts.pdf
  3. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 1 October 2011. Swaziland 1,370,424
  5. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Hawaii 1,360,301
  6. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  7. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
  8. Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent
  9. Seats of Odisha
  10. "List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly". ws.ori.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2013. MEMBER NAME
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