LOCATION & GEOGRAPHY

The District, KANDHAMAL came into being on 1st January 1994 by dividing  parent District Phulbani into KANDHAMAL & BOUDH .  KANDHAMAL comprises of

·         02    -    Sub-Divisions

·         04    -    Tehsils

·         12    -    CD Blocks

·         02    -    Notified Area Council(NAC)

·         153  -    Gram Panchayats

·         01    -    Parliamentary Constituency

·         03    -    Assembly Constituency

The District (Click here for MAP)is located in the central Orissa (Click for MAP) and bounded by

·               Boudh district                       -  North

·               Rayadada district                     -  South

·               Ganjam & Nayagarh district            -  East

·               Kalahandi district                    -  West

Lies between :

·         Latitude            -         19.34 & 20.50 degree North

·         Longitude             -         80.30 & 84.48 degree East

Spreaded Over :

·               Geographical area    - 7654 Sq.Kms. (7.14%  of State)

Other Important Parameters of the district :

·        Height from Max.Sea Level       -    300 - 1100 mtrs

·         Temperature                               -     Max.- 40 to Min.- 5 deg. celcius.

·         Avg. Anual Rainfall              -     1587 m.m.

SUB-DIVISION  :  The Kandhamal District has two revenue sub-divisions named (Click here for Map)

1.            Khondmals

2.            Balliguda

TAHASIL:       Four Tahasils are there in Kandhamal District. (Click here for MAP)

1.            Balliguda                     3.     G.Udaygiri

2.            Daringbadi                   4.     Khondamal

BLOCK :        Kandhamal District has been divided into 12 CD-Blocks and those are

N.A.Cs :          There are two N.A.Cs in Kandhamal district.

1.        Phulbani                        2.        G. Udayagiri

ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY :

                       1.   102- Balliguda (S.T.)    2.    103- G. Udayagiri (S.T)       3.    104- Phulbani (S.C.)