Rayagada district

Rayagada district
Rayagada district
District of Odisha
	Top: Jagannath Temple at Rayagada; Bottom: Hills near Gunupur
	Location in Odisha
	Coordinates: 19°09′58″N 83°24′58″E / 19.166°N 83.416°E
Country	India
State	Odisha
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)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	138 Gunupur(ST); 139 Bissam Cuttack(ST); 140 Rayagada (ST);
Municipality	Rayagada; Gunupur;
Notified Area Council (NAC)	Gudari NAC
Website	www.rayagada.nic.in

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]

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.

^ Schnepel 1995, p. 147.
^ KBS Singh 1939, p. 19.
^ Mohanty 2013.
^ Sarma, G. v Prasada (24 May 2017). "Shedding light on tribal history and culture". The Hindu.

[FOOTNOTESchnepel1995147-1] Schnepel 1995, p. 147.

[FOOTNOTEKBS_Singh193919-2] KBS Singh 1939, p. 19.

[FOOTNOTEMohanty2013-3] Mohanty 2013.

[thehindu.com-4] Sarma, G. v Prasada (24 May 2017). "Shedding light on tribal history and culture". The Hindu.

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Rayagada district
District of Odisha
Top: Jagannath Temple at Rayagada Bottom: Hills near Gunupur
Location in Odisha
Coordinates: 19°09′58″N 83°24′58″E / 19.166°N 83.416°E / 19.166; 83.416
Country	India
State	Odisha
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)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	138 Gunupur(ST) 139 Bissam Cuttack(ST) 140 Rayagada (ST)
Municipality	Rayagada Gunupur
Notified Area Council (NAC)	Gudari NAC
Website	www.rayagada.nic.in