Malkangiri
Malkangiri district profile
Malkangiri (area: 5,791 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Orissa. It was carved out as a separate district from the undivided Koraput district, on October 2, 1992. Its administrative headquarters is Malkangiri town.
The district is divided into two distinct physical areas. The eastern part is hilly and sparsely populated by `primitive tribes’, notable among them the Bondas, Koyas, Porajas and Didayis. The rest of the district is comparatively flat, broken only by a few rocky wooded hills. Almost the entire district is thickly forested. The Potteru, Saberi, Sileru, Kolab and Machhakunda rivers flow through the district.
Around 57% of the population belongs to the scheduled tribes.
Malkangiri district ranks among the top 10 most backward districts in India.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 504,198 | |
| Male | 252,507 | |
| Female | 251,691 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 58,127 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 13.71% | |
| Rural | 469,582 (93.13%) | |
| Urban | 34,616 (6.87%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 997 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 107,654 (21.35%) | |
| ST population | 289,538 (57.43%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 30.53 | |
| Male | 40.14 | |
| Female | 20.91 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 495,556 | |
| Christians | 6,300 | |
| Muslims | 1,807 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Malkangiri | 23,114 | |
| Balimela | 11,502 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 979 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 886 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 85 | |
| Primary schools | 543 | |
| Medical facility | 119 | |
| Paved approach road | 197 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 34.9% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 81.4% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 14.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 38.3% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 53.2% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 117,401 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 706,225 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 351 | |
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 2001http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2130.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
