Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- Established
- March 31, 1936 ; 90 years ago ( 1936-03-31 )
- Headquarters
- Chhatrapur
- Collector district magistrate
- Keerthi Vasan V
- Total
- 8,206 km (3,168 sq mi)
- Density
- 430.1/km (1,114/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Ganjami
- Official
- Odia
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 761 xxx / 760 xxx
- Vehicle registration
- OD-07(for Ganjam), OD-32 (for Bhanjanagar)
- Nearest city
- Brahmapur
- Sex ratio
- 0.981 ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 83.86%
- Precipitation
- 1,295.6 millimetres (51.01 in)
- Lok sabha constituency
- Berhampur , Aska , Kandhamal (part)
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- 13 123- Bhanjanagar , 124- Polasara , 125- Kabisuryanagar , 126- Khallikote (SC), 127- Chhatrapur (SC), 128- Aska , 129- Surada , 130- Sanakhemundi , 131- Hinjili , 132- Gopalpur , 133- Berhampur , 134- Digapahandi , 135- Chikiti
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bengal Presidency
- Capital
- Chhatrapur
- Population
- 3529031
- Area
- 8070.6
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Nayagarh district
- Official website
- ganjam.nic.in
- Households
- 758267
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- Commons category
- Ganjam district
- topic's main category
- Category:Ganjam district
- male population
- 1779218
- female population
- 1749813
- urban population
- 768001
- rural population
- 2761030
- literate population
- 2210050
- illiterate population
- 1318981
- short name
- GNJ
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- 1691 Oort
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Encyclopedic overview
Ganjam district is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km² (3,168 mi²). The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions: Chhatrapur, Brahmapur, and Bhanjanagar. As of 2011, it is the most populous district of Odisha (out of 30) and is 2nd most largest district by area in Odisha.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ganjam district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.