Sundargarh
Sundargarh district profile
Sundargarh is one of the districts covered by PACS in Orissa. The district (area: 9712 sq km) is in the northwestern part of Orissa. It is bordered on the north by Jharkhand, on the south by Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Debagarh districts, on the east and northeast by the Kendujhar and Paschimi Singhbhum districts of Orissa and Jharkhand, and on the west and northwest by Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district. Sundargarh town is the district headquarters.
The district is an undulating tableland of different elevations broken up by hill ranges and rivers and streams. Forests occupy an area of 3,534.92 sq km, including 2,664.64 sq km under reserved forests and 612.07 sq km under protected forests. Major rivers include the Brahmani, Ib, Sankha and Koyel.
Sundargarh district comprises three sub-divisions, nine tehsils and 17 community development blocks.
The district has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Around half the population belongs to the scheduled tribes. The malaria infection rate here is three times the national average.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,830,673 | |
| Male | 935,601 | |
| Female | 895,072 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 176,912 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 16.26% | |
| Rural | 1,201,479 (65.63%) | |
| Urban | 629,194 (34.37%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 957 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 157,745 (8.62%) | |
| ST population | 918,903 (50.19%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 64.86 | |
| Male | 75.34 | |
| Female | 53.88 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,431,762 | |
| Christians | 308,476 | |
| Muslims | 61,873 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Rourkela | 224,987 | |
| Rourkela Industrial Township | 206,693 | |
| Rajagangapur | 43,594 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,723 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,719 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 733 | |
| Primary schools | 1,436 | |
| Medical facility | 345 | |
| Paved approach road | 639 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 53.3% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 82.0% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 45.3% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 64.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 82.4% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 293,983 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,114,010 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 880 | |
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-2105.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
