Kendujhar District, also known as Keonjhar District or Kendujhargarh District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendujhar is the district headquarters. Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ...

The district has an area of 8,336 km², and lies between 21°1' N and 22°10' N latitude and 85°11' E to 86°22' E longitude, It is bounded by Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak districts to the east, Jajpur District to the south, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh districts to the west, and Singhbum District of Chhattisgarh state to the north. Mayurbhanj is a district of Orissa, India that is situated in the northern part of the state of Orissa. ... Bhadrak is a coastal district in Orissa state of eastern India. ... Jajpur is a district of Orissa. ... Dhenkanal District is an administrative division of Orissa, India. ... Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarhi: छत्तीसगढ़), a state in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000. ...

The district has a population of 1,561,521 (2001 census), with a population density of 187 persons per km². The district has 3 sub divisions, Anandpur, Champua, and Telkoi, and eight tehsils. A tehsil or taluk is an administrative subdivision or tier found in several South Asian countries. ...

The district presents a panorama of many millennia, both from the geographical and anthropological point of view. Spread over an area of 8,240 km², it is as varied as the whole of Orissa with waterfalls of various sizes and roaring gorges with rolling boulders spreading onwards to the plains of Anandapur which are a rare combination to be found elsewhere.

The district bears the oldest stone inscription found in Orissa, paleogeologically belonging to the Gupta period. In Sitabinj, we find the fresco paintings in the cave shelter of Ravana Chhaya dating back to 5th century. Silver coin of the Gupta King Kumara Gupta I (414-455 CE). ...

Anthropologically, its two main tribes, the Juangs and the Bhuyans, carry a distinct and interesting past. The Juangs claims themselves to be the most ancient tribe of the world and though they have acquired some modern ways of living, we find traces of many aboriginal practices still prevalent among them.

Kendujhar District is highly rich in mineral resources and has vast deposits of iron, manganese and chromium ores. About 30 percent of its total area is covered with dense tracts of forests. But the district in spite of its immense mineral and forest wealth is still economically backward.

As a sequel to the integration of the feudatory states with Orissa on 1 January 1948 the erstwhile princely state of Keonjhar emerged as one of its districts of Orissa, with its headquarters at Keonjhar and since then it is continuing as such. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

External link

Kendujhar District website