Nuapada
Nuapada district profile
Nuapada is one of the districts covered by PACS in Orissa. The district is spread over an area of 3,407.5 sq km, in the western part of the state. Its boundaries extend in the north, west and south to Raipur district of Madhya Pradesh, and in the east to Bargarh, Balangir and Kalahandi districts. The administrative headquarters is at Nuapada.
Nuapada district was a part of Kalahandi district till early March 1993, when, for administrative convenience, the district was divided into two parts: Kalahandi and Nuapada. Nuapada district comprises one sub-division, two tehsils, and five community development blocks.
The plains of Nuapada sub-division are fringed by hill ranges stretching southward. They form part of the Eastern Ghats and contain extensive plateaus of about 4,000 feet elevation. They are rich in mineral deposits.
Around 34% of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled tribes.
| S No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 530,690 | |
| Male | 264,396 | |
| Female | 266,294 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 57,219 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 13.00% | |
| Rural | 500,652 (94.34%) | |
| Urban | 30,038 (5.66%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 1,007 | |
| Household size (per household) | 4 | |
| SC population | 72,296 (13.62%) | |
| ST population | 184,221 (34.71%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 42.00 | |
| Male | 58.46 | |
| Female | 25.79 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 523,309 | |
| Muslims | 4,045 | |
| Christians | 1,496 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Khariar Road | 16,629 | |
| Khariar | 13,409 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 648 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 646 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 202 | |
| Primary schools | 575 | |
| Medical facility | 103 | |
| Paved approach road | 392 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 52.6% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 86.5% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 28.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 52.6% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 65.6% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 107,921 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 477,125 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 484 | |
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-2125.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
