DEOGARH
INTRODUCTION
Deogarh District was newly
created on 1.1.1994 being bifurcated from Sambalpur District. It is a Backward
District domicile by ST people .As it is a industry less district the people solely depends upon
Agriculture.
The District comprises one Municipality, one
Tahasil & three Blocks consisting of 774 villages .The area of the District
is 2781.66 sqkm with population
2,74,095 as per 2001 Census.
General Information :
Items. Magnitude.
Total Geographical area 2781.66 Sq km.
Location 840 30’ N/S latitude &
21035’ E/S Longitude
Total population
(As per 2001 Census) Male : 1,38,425
Female:1,35,670
Total : 2,74,095
Rural Population Male : 1,27,913
Female:1,26,097
Total : 2,54,010
Minority Population Christian Muslims Sikhs
8524 314 39
Urban population 20,085
Population of Scheduled Caste 31,285
Population of Scheduled Tribe 74,209
Density per Sq.Km. 93
Ratio of Male & Female Male = 1,000
( as per 2001 Census ) Female= 980
Total B.P.L. Household-97 47,610
Sub-Division Deogarh
Tahasil Deogarh, Reamal
Police Station 01. Deogarh
02. Barkote
03. Reamal
04. Kundheigola
Blocks 01. Barkote
02. Reamal
03. Tileibani
Gram Panchayat ( 60 nos. ) 01. Barkote Block = 22
02. Reamal Block = 22
03. Tileibani Block=16
Total = 60
No.of Assembly Constituency 01 Deogarh Assembly Constituency
Municipality Deogarh
No.of Fire Stations 02
No.of Co-operative Society 01. Barkote Block = 11
02. Tileibani Block= 08
03. Reamal Block = 10
Total = 29
Rainfall (Annual) 1014.2 m.m.
(Normal State average 1482 m.m.)
Total cultivated areas 66,795 Hect.
High Medium Low
34,351 20,949 11,495
Total Paddy land (in hect.) 40,500 hect.
High Medium Low
8,556 20,449 11,495
No.of Irrigation Projects 24 nos.
Medium = 01
Minor = 23
Irrigated area Kharif : 15,887 Hect.
Rabi : 8,425 Hect.
Percentage of Irrigated area 24%
Functioning of fair price shop 240 nos.
01. Deogarh Mun. = 16
02. Barkote Block = 99
03. Reamal Block = 70
04. Tileibani Block = 55
05. Total =240
Education
:
Colleges 19 ( +2 13 nos.)
( +3 06 nos)
High Schools 64 nos.
M.E.Schools 105 nos.
Primary Schools 350 nos.
Seva Shrama 05 nos.
Secondary Training Education School 01 nos.
ST/SC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT:
Sevashramas 05nos.
Ashram School 02 nos.
High School 01 no
All
Class S.C.
S.T.
Total Literacy 60.78 34.06% 27.47%
Male 73.79 50.39% 41.25%
Female 47.56 17.61% 13.73%
Hospitals 01 nos.
C.H.Cs 02 nos.
P.H.Cs. 02 nos.
P.H.C(New) 07 nos.
Ayurvedic Dispensaries 03 nos.
Homeopathic Dispensaries 03 nos.
Veterinary
Services
Dispensaries 04 nos.
Live stock aid center 18 nos.
Artificial Immunisation center 06 nos.
Reserved Forest area 57448.349 Hects.
Area covered under U.D.F. 53876.800 Hects.
Area covered under D.P.F. 17603.000 Hects.
No.of Tube wells 2000 nos.
No.of village electrified 356 nos.
No.of Lift Irrigation 61 nos. (Functioning-56)
COMMUNICATION(in KM)
National Highway 204
State Highway 104
Major Dist. Road 06
Classified village road 100
Village road 553
Gram Panchayat road 2,891
Forest road 98
Production of Fish in M.T. 3154
(Fresh water)
Deogarh is the Western
District of Orissa lying between 84030’ N/S latitude of 21035’ E/S longitude
with headquarter at Deogarh in between which NH-6 is passing through .
A.Land
Area:
A summarized picture of the total geographical
area of the three blocks of Deogarh and the population density is presented in
the Table-1.
Table-1.
Geographical Area of Deogarh
|
Sl. |
Particulars |
Unit |
Name
of Block |
Deogarh |
Orissa |
||
|
Tileibani |
Barkote |
Reamal |
|||||
|
1.0 |
Geographical
Area
|
Sq. Km. |
637.5 |
722.6 |
526.7 |
1886.8 |
155556 |
|
1.1 |
Geographical Area |
Hectares |
63747.0 |
72264.0 |
52671.0 |
188682 |
15555556 |
|
1.2 |
% of District Total |
In % |
34% |
38% |
28% |
100% |
|
|
1.3 |
% of State Total
Area |
In % |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
1.2% |
100.0% |
|
2.0 |
Population(2001) |
Nos. |
90140 |
88575 |
95382 |
274097 |
36707000 |
|
2.1 |
% of District Total |
In % |
33% |
32% |
35% |
100% |
|
|
2.2 |
% of State Total
Population |
In % |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
100.0% |
|
2.3 |
Population Density |
Nos/SqKm |
141.4 |
122.6 |
181.1 |
145.3 |
236.0 |
Deogarh district
accounts for 1.2% of the total
Geographical Area of Orissa while it is home to 0.7% of the State’s population. The population density per sq.km in
Deogarh is just around 145 while
that of Orissa as a whole is 236.
Thus Deogarh can be said to be a district where the population is relatively
sparse in comparison to other districts of Orissa. Deogarh shares this feature
with most other western/northern Orissa
districts.
B
Rainfall:
Annual average Rainfall is 1142.3 mm against the
State average of 1482 mm.
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