Kandhamal
Kandhamal (Phulbani) district profile
Kandhamal is one of the districts covered by PACS in Orissa. The district (area: 8,021 sq km) was created on April 1, 1993, from the former district of Baudh-Kandhamal. It is located at an altitude of 3,300 feet above sea level. The district headquarters is at Phulbani.
Kandhamal district, located in central Orissa, is bordered by Baudh district in the north, Rayagada district in the south, the districts of Ganjam and Nayagarh in the east, and Kalahandi district in the west.
The district has two sub-divisions -- Phulbani and Balliguda -- which are further divided into 12 blocks and four tehsils.
Around 51% of the population belongs to the scheduled tribes (mainly Kandha); 17% belong to scheduled castes.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 648,201 | |
| Male | 322,799 | |
| Female | 325,402 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 79,640 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 18.60% | |
| Rural | 604,107 (93.20%) | |
| Urban | 44,094 (6.80%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1,008 | |
| Household size (per household) | 4 | |
| SC population | 109,506 (16.89%) | |
| ST population | 336,809 (51.96%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 52.68 | |
| Male | 69.79 | |
| Female | 35.86 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 527,757 | |
| Christians | 117,950 | |
| Muslims | 2,253 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Phulbani | 33,890 | |
| Udayagiri | 10,204 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 2,379 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 2,262 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 561 | |
| Primary schools | 1,427 | |
| Medical facility | 164 | |
| Paved approach road | 432 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 34.3% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 68.2% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 25.3% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 57.6% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 71.2% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 141,978 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,580,009 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 1,082 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2121.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Orissa. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
