Kandhamal district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- Named after
- Kandha tribe
- Headquarters
- Phulbani
- Member of parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi ( BJP )
- Collector and district magistrate
- Mr. Vedbhusan, IAS
- Superintendent of police
- Harisha B C, IPS
- Divisional forest officer cum wildlife w
- Vishwanath Neelannavar, IFS
- Total
- 8,021 km (3,097 sq mi)
- Rank
- 6th
- Forest
- 5,709 km (2,204 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 700 m (2,300 ft)
- Density
- 91.40/km (236.7/sq mi)
- Urban
- 72,279 ( 9.86%)
- Rural
- 660,831 ( 90.14%)
- Sex ratio
- 1,037 ♀ /1000 ♂
- Literacy rate
- 64.13%
- Scheduled castes
- 15.76% (115,544)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Phulbani
- Population
- 733110
- Area
- 8021
- Elevation
- 700
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Balangir district
- Headquarters
- Phulbani
- Official website
- kandhamal.nic.in
- Households
- 172022
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kandhamal district
- Commons category
- Kandhamal district
- inception
- 1993-00-00
- male population
- 359945
- female population
- 373165
- urban population
- 72279
- rural population
- 660831
- literate population
- 399786
- illiterate population
- 333324
- short name
- KNM
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Encyclopedic overview
Kandhamal district is a district in the state of Odisha, India. The District headquarters is the city of Phulbani. It is a district full with natural beauties, including wild animals and birds.
Kandhamal is famous for its local turmeric renowned as 'Kandhamal Haldi' which has earned the Geographical indication (GI) tag from Intellectual Property India, an organisation functioning under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kandhamal district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.