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Welcome to Dhenkanal
Dhenkal District in Census 2011
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
 Geographical Area : 4452.0 Km2
Population in Dhenkanal (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1,192,948
Male : 612,597
Female : 580,351

Census 2001
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29188
In seeing : 13573
In speech : 1964
In hearing : 2610
In movement : 7698
Mental : 3343

 

 
Social, Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 107
Sex Ratio Rank : 392
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 316 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 207 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits

Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
Lack of adequate teachers in schools.
Rate of dropout is high.
Lack of enough medical facilities to the needy.
Conditions of the roads are pitiable.
Availability and quality of drinking water is not good.
Lack of awareness on the issues like sanitation and hygiene among the villagers.
Short of vocational training for the youths in the district

Brief About Dhenkal District
Dhenkanal District is situated on the Cuttack Sambalpur Road( NH 42) and the Cuttack Sambalpur S.E.Railway line. It is bounded by the Keonjhar District in north, Cuttack district in south, Jajpur in the east and Angul in the west. It is commnly believed that it owes, its name to a Savara chief called Dhenka who formerly ruled over in this tract. This District contains a centre of religions movement called " Mahima Dharma " since last 100 years or more and spread over through out the Indian Union. The religious movement in the medieval period also touched to this District. The famous " Kapilash Hill " which is popularly known as the "Kailash" of Utkal is also in this district. Lord Chandrasekhar Mahadev temple is set up at the top of the hill. Some large scale industries like Nilachal Refractories, Utkal Asbestos Ltd, Orissa Polyfibres Ltd ,Shakti sugar are established in this district. The climate of this district is generally hot with high humidity during April and May and cold during December and January. The monsoon generally breaks during the month of June. Most part of this district are covered with dense forest and a long range of hills. Therefore this district is called as the "Home of elephants and tigers for the country". Total population of this district as per 1991 census was 9,47,870 which has been increased by 12.46 percent in 2001census ( provisional ). As per 2001 census total population of this district is 10,65,983 (provisional). An agricultural district like Dhenkanal gains much from forests which plays an important role in the economy of the district. The principal forest products are Timber, Bamboo, Fire wood and Kendu leaf. The minor forest products are Lac, Honey, Kenduli Gum, Wax, Mahua flower, Sunari fark, Siali Leaves, Catechus, Tassar Cocoons and other raw materials used for medicine.

Location
Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located district in Orissa.

It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude : 20° 29' to 21° 11' North.

Neighbouring districts: Keonjhar district in the North, Cuttack district in the South, Jajpur district in the East. and Angul district in the West.

 
Voice of Dhenkal NGO
How we have chosen the above NGO ?
From our database of 50 000 NGOs, we have randomly picked up NGOs for each district, so that we give opportunity for any NGO to share their concerns for the district.

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During 2013-14, we plan to talk to 3 to 5 NGOs from each district, including our set of recommended NGOs, to get an overall perspective of the challenges of the district.


NGO Database for this district
Total NGOs  
FCRA NGOs  
FCRA NGOs (1 crore plus)*  
Recommended NGOs  
* NGOs which received over Rs 1 crore FCRA donations in 2011-12
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