Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- Headquarters
- Kendujhar
- Collector district magistrate
- Vishal Singh, IAS
- Divisional forest officer cum wildlife w
- Dhanraj Hanumant Dhamdhere, IFS
- Superintendent of police
- Kusalkar Nitin Dagudu, IPS
- Total
- 8,303 km (3,206 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 480 m (1,570 ft)
- Density
- 217.0/km (562.0/sq mi)
- Official
- Odia , English
- Local
- Ho , Munda , Juang
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 758 xxx
- Vehicle registration
- OD-09
- Sex ratio
- 0.987 ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 69%
- Lok sabha constituency
- Keonjhar(ST)
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- 7 020-Telkoi(ST) , 021-Ghasipura , 022-Anandapur(SC) , 023-Patna(ST) , 024-Keonjhar(ST) , 025-Champua , 030-Karanjia (ST)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kendujhar district, also known as Keonjhar district, is an administrative district of Odisha. The district is one of the fifth Scheduled Areas of Odisha. The town of Kendujhar (or Kendujhargarh) is the district headquarters. The district has three sub-divisions, Anandapur, Champua, and Kendujhar.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kendujhar district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.