Nabarangapur

Nabarangapur district profile

Nabarangapur is one of the districts covered by PACS in Orissa. The district (area: 5,294.5 sq km) is situated in the southwest corner of Orissa, bordering Koraput district. Most of the land is forested. The district is located at an average elevation of 1,876 feet. The city of Nabarangapur is the district headquarters.

Nabarangapur’s borders stretch in the north to Kalahandi district, in the west to Jagdalpur district in Chhattisgarh, in the east to Kalahandi and Rayagada districts, and in the south to Koraput district. The river Indravati forms the border between the districts of Nabarangapur and Koraput.

Around 55% of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled tribes.

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1 Population
  Persons 1,025,766
  Male 515,162
  Female 510,604
  Children (0 to 4 years) 124,190
  Decadal growth (1991-2001) 20.26%
  Rural 966,496 (94.22%)
  Urban 59,270 (5.78%)
  Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) 991
  Household size (per household) 5
  SC population 144,654 (14.10%)
  ST population 564,480 (55.03%)
2 Literacy rate
  Persons 33.93
  Male 47.04
  Female 20.67
3 Religious groups (largest three)
  Hindus 991,639
  Christians 26,118
  Muslims 6,867
4 Important towns (largest three)
  Nabarangapur 28,005
  Umarkote 24,859
  Khatiguda 6,406
5 Amenities in villages
  Total inhabited villages 876
  Villages with:  
  Safe drinking water 870
  Electricity (domestic) 381
  Primary schools 780
  Medical facility 216
  Paved approach road 394
6 Health
  Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups 65.8%
  Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection 89.4%
  Women* who had institutional delivery 15.9%
  Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** 31.1%
  Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A 58.7%
7 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
  Households issued job cards# 205,828
  Cumulative person days employment generated# 2,447,919
  Households completed 100 days employment# 1,254

 

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-2128.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

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