Rayagada district
District of Odisha in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Rayagada.
Rayagada district is a district in southern Odisha, a state in India, which became a separate district in October 1992. Its population consists mainly of tribes, primarily the Khonds and the Soras. In addition to Odia, Kui and Sora are spoken by the district's indigenous population. It was founded by Maharajah Biswanatha Deba Gajapati of the Surjyabansha dynasty of Jeypore.[1][2][3][4]
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Rayagada district | |
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![]() Location in Odisha | |
Coordinates: 19.166°N 83.416°E / 19.166; 83.416 | |
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Headquarters | Rayagada |
Government | |
• Collector & District Magistrate | Swadha Dev Singh, IAS |
• Superintendent of Police | Vivekanand Sharma, IPS |
• Divisional Forest Officer, Rayagada Forest Division | Aswini Kumar Kar, OFS |
Area | |
• Total | 7,584.7 km2 (2,928.5 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 967,911 |
• Density | 116/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Odia, English |
• Local | Kui, Sora, Kuvi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 765 xxx |
Vehicle registration | OD-18 |
Sex ratio | 0.972 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 49.76% |
Lok Sabha constituency | Koraput(ST) |
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Municipality | |
Notified Area Council (NAC) | Gudari NAC |
Website | www |
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Rayagada covers an area of 7,584.7 square kilometres (2,928.5 sq mi), and is divided into eleven blocks. Agriculture is the chief source of income, and paddy, wheat, ragi, green and black gram, groundnut, sweet potato and maize are the district's major crops.