Sambalpur district
Sambalpur is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. In the district live 935 613 inhabitants. Seat of the district administration is the city. The area is 6702 km ². The district was established with the founding of the state of Odisha. On 1 April 1993 the district Bargarh were and on 1 January 1994 removed the districts of Jharsuguda and Debagarh.
Geography
The district lies to the west of the state of Odisha, bordering districts of Sundargarh, Debagarh, Angul, Sonepur, Bargarh and Jharsuguda. In the north, Sambalpur is hilly in the southeast of the plateau of Rairakhol, with its foothills. The west to the river Mahanadi towards being flat. The district is forested to more than half. The temperatures vary between a minimum of 11.8 ° C in December and up to 47 ° C in May. The annual rainfall is about 1530 mm, with most rain from June to October is brought by the southwest monsoon. In the northwest of the district lies the Hirakud reservoir.
Demography
According to the census of 2001 shows that 50.8 % of the inhabitants of the district of men and 49.2% women. 78.99 % of men can read and write, but only 55.16 % of women can read and write total 67.25 % of the population. The majority of residents ( 93.4 %) are Hindus, Christianity (4.1%) and Islam (2.1%) play only a minor role. Is predominantly spoken Oriya ( Sambalpuri in dialect), in cities, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali, in rural areas and local languages .
The district is predominantly rural, but 27.1 % of the population live in cities. About half of them live in the capital of the district.
Subdivision
The district is divided into three sub-divisions:
- Sambalpur
- Kuchinda
- Rairakhol
In addition, a breakdown into four Tehsils:
- Sambalpur
- Kuchinda
- Rairakhol
- Rengali
Furthermore, there are nine blocks.
The largest cities are: Sambalpur, Burla and Hirakud.