District At A Glance

About the district

Centrally located on the Geo-Political map of Odisha, Dhenkanal District is surrounded by beautiful wild lives and forests.The District is situated on the Cuttack-Sambalpur road (NH 55) and on the Cuttack-Sambalpur or Baranga-Sambalpur railway line. The Dhenkanal District touches the boundary of Kendujhar district on its north, Cuttack district on south and bounded by Jajpur District on the east and Angul District on its west. It is commonly believed that the Dhenkanal District owes its name to a Savara chief named ‘DHENKA’ who formerly ruled over in this tract. Dhenkanal District covers an area of 4452 Sq Km. It has a vast area covered with dense forests and a long range of hills. This is the reason of calling the District as ‘Home of Elephants and tigers of the country’. The District lies between 85 degree 58’ E to 86 degree to 2’ E longitude and between 20 degree 29’ N to 21 degree 11’ N latitude. Dhenkanal District has a moderate climate. The District experiences hot with high humidity during April and May and cold during the winter months, i.e. December and January. The monsoon generally breaks during the month of June with the average annual rainfall being 1421.1 mm. As per the agriculture is concerned, the District produces a substantial agricultural yield and paddy, ground nut, cashew nut, potato, mango, jackfruit, sugarcane and some vegetables as its primary agricultural products.Dhenkanal District is very much famous for its fairs and festivals. Gajalaxmi Puja is very much popularly known festival to be celebrated in the District. Every year this festival begins from Kumar Purnima and continues for eleven days. Kapilash is the abode of Lord Chandra Sekhar which is one of the famous tourist spot of Odisha. Every year during Mahashiv Ratri “Jagar Yatra” is being observed. Dussehera festival of Kamakhyanagar bears a special significance in the culture of Dhenkanal District. Maghamela at Joronda is yet another most famous festival of ‘Mahima Dharma’. Every year it begins on ‘Magha Purnima’ and continues for four days at Jorondo. Bullock festival of Bhuban has a special identity. Racing competition is held among the bullocks and prizes are awarded to the owners.

Number of				No. of villages under GP	No. of Urban Local Bodies	No. of villages under Urban Local Bodies
Sub-division	Tahasil	Block	GP	No. of villages under GP	No. of Urban Local Bodies	No. of villages under Urban Local Bodies
3	8	8	212	1182	4	55

Population (Nos.)			Scheduled Caste			Scheduled Tribe
Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
612593	580218	1192811	118755	115324	234079	80878	81178	162056

Geographical area	Forest area	Misc. Tree & groves	Permanent pasture	Culturable waste	Land put to non agril use	Barren & unculturable land	Current fallow	Other fallow	Net area sown
445	174	6	8	4	42	5	75	20	111

Cultivated Area & Kharif Paddy Coverage ('000 ha)

CULTIVATED AREA				KHARIF PADDY COVERAGE
High	Medium	Low	Total	High	Medium	Low	Total
92	54	40	186	0	22	40	62

Kharif Cropped Area ('000 ha)

Rice	Other Cereals	Total Cereals	Total Pulses	Total Food Grains	Total Oilseeds	Total Vegetables	Total Fibres	Total Spices	Total Cropped Area
62.49	2.17	64.66	20.38	85.04	18.31	6.14	0.32	1.60	111.41

Rabi Cropped Area ('000 ha)

Rice	Other Cereals	Total Cereals	Total Pulses	Total Food Grains	Total Oilseeds	Total Vegetables	Total Spices	Sugarcane	Total Cropped Area
0.15	0.40	0.55	55.10	55.65	14.94	18.95	2.17	1.35	93.06

Area Under HYV Cereals('000 ha)

Rice			Maize			Total
Kharif	Rabi	Total	Kharif	Rabi	Total	Total
61.35	0.15	61.50	1.67	0.40	2.07	63.57

Area Under Different fruit Crops('000 ha)

Fresh Fruit									Total Fresh Fruit
Mango	Guava	Citrus	Sapota	Banana	Papaya	Pineapple	Pomegranate	Others	Total Fresh Fruit
9.34	0.25	0.89	0.08	0.50	0.28	0.02	0.01	1.39	12.76

Dry Fruit		Total Dry Fruit	Coconut	Other Plantation Crop	Total Fruit Area
Cashewnut	Aonla	Total Dry Fruit	Coconut	Other Plantation Crop	Total Fruit Area
10.63	0.04	10.67	1.13	0.11	24.67

Area & Production of Floricultural Crops

Marigold		Rose		Gladioli		Tuberose		Total Area in ha
Area (ha)	Production (lakh stems / ha)	Area (ha)	Production (lakh stems / ha)	Area (ha)	Production (lakh spikes / ha)	Area (ha)	Production (in MT)	Total Area in ha
130	12194	72	132	65	62	23	594	290

Irrigation Potential Area in '000 ha

Major & Medium		Minor (Flow)		Minor (Lift)				Other Sources Incl. Jalanidhi(I&II)		Total
Major & Medium		Minor (Flow)		LI Point		Deep Bore Well		Other Sources Incl. Jalanidhi(I&II)		Total
Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi
67.640	41.197	34.645	6.024	21.896	12.674	6.370	2.306	20.615	18.780	151.166	80.981

Cropwise Area Under Irrigation During Kharif Area in '000 ha

Rice	Maize	Total Cereals	Mung	Biri	Total Pulses	Groundnut	Total Veg.	Total Spices	Gross Area
44.44	1.36	45.80	3.04	2.82	5.86	0.89	4.92	1.04	58.51

Cropwise Area Under Irrigation During Rabi Area in '000 ha

Rice	Maize	Total Cereals	Mung	Biri	Other Pulses	Total Pulses
0.15	0.40	0.55	1.35	1.08	0.60	3.03

Groundnut	Til	Mustard	Other Oilseeds	Total Oilseed	Potato	Other Vegetables	Total Vegetables	Total Spices	Sugarcane	Gross Area
8.75	0.14	0.26	0.16	9.31	1.10	17.69	18.79	1.86	1.35	34.89

Operational Holdings

Marginal (<1.0 ha)		Small (1-2 ha)		Semi-medium (2-4 ha)		Medium (4-10 ha)		Large(> 10 ha)		All Sizes		Avg. Size of Holding
No.	Area	No.	Area	No.	Area	No.	Area	No.	Area	No.	Area	Avg. Size of Holding
100679	46065	19387	25286	3607	8988	371	1870	74	2627	124118	84836	0.68

Total Workers

No. of Households	Total Population	Working Population			Non Workers	Main Agricultural Workers		Marginal Agricultural Workers		Total Agricultural Workers
No. of Households	Total Population	Main	Marginal	Total	Non Workers	Cultivators	Agril. Labourers	Cultivators	Agril. Labourers	Cultivators	Agril. Labourers
279364	1192811	277338	158195	435533	757278	59655	66856	11575	96780	71230	163636

1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
148	179	143	147	147	145	125	161	144	168

2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
163	169	161	162	170	168	180	187	195	195

2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
185	173	158	206	180	184

Pool Supplies

Tree Planting

Garden Supplies

tree planting

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Beekeeping

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irrigation

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