Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats. Orissa (2001 provisional pop. ... The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains, eroded and cut through by the four major rivers of southern India, the Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna, and Kaveri. ...

This district abounds in meadows, forests, waterfalls, terraced valleys and darting springs. This land of abundance is home to Orissa's vast tribal population. A real paradise for the nature-lover, Koraput offers an additional benefit to the visitor of first hand meeting with its ancient civilization.

In October, 1992, Koraput district was bifurcated, resulting in the creation of Malkangiri district. Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Malkangiri is a district of the Indian state of Orissa. ...

Places Of Interest

• Gupteswar Shiv Temple
• Sabara Srikhetra
• Upper Kolab Botanical Garden
• Maliguda Tunnel
• Duduma Waterfall

Gupteswar Shiv Lingam Gupteswar is a famous cave shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva. ... Maliguda Tunnel This is the highest broad-gauge railway tunnel in Asia, and second highest in the World. ... Duduma Waterfall, Machhakund The Duduma waterfall (157. ...

Major Industries

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited- Sunabeda
• NALCO-Damanjodi
• BILT-Jeypore
• Kolab Thermal Power Station
• Machkund Thermal Power Station

HAL HF 24 HAL Cheetah HAL Jaguar IS Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a public sector undertaking aerospace company under the Ministry of Defence based in Bangalore, India. ... Sunabeda is a township in the state of Orissa, India, ensconced in the lush valleys of the Koraput region. ...

Major Cities

• Jeypore
• Koraput
• Sunabeda
• Damanjodi

Jeypore is a small town in Orissa, India. ... Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. ... Sunabeda is a township in the state of Orissa, India, ensconced in the lush valleys of the Koraput region. ... Damonjodi is the town that houses the people related directly or indirectly to the Alumina extraction unit of NALCO. It houses the refinery plant and the mines of the PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) Aluminium Giant of India, Nalco. ...

External links

• Road Map of Koraput District
• Official website of Koraput district