Nabarangpur district


Nabarangpur district, also known as Nabarangapur district and Nawarangpur district, is a district of Odisha, India. The city of Nabarangpur is the district capital. Most of its population is tribal and the land is heavily forested. It borders the Kalahandi and Koraput districts. Nabarangpur district is situated at 19.14′ latitude and 82.32′ longitude at an average elevation of.

History

The modern district of Nabarangpur was under the territory of the Suryavanshi kings of Jeypore until the dissolution of the princely state in 1951. Historically, the Gajapati kingdom collapsed in 1541 following the death of Prataparudra Deva and successive assassinations of his successors by the royal minister, Govind Vidyadhar. As a result, Vishwanath Dev, ruler of Nandapur and a former feudal lord of Pratap Rudra conquered a large territory that touched Bengal in the north to river Godavari in the south and stretched up to Visakhapatanam in the east till the kingdom of Bastar in the west.
Later, Vikram Dev I of Jeypore appointed his second son Jagganath Dev as the zamindar of Nowrangpur.

Economy

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Nabarangpur one of the country's 250 poorest districts. It is one of the 19 districts in Odisha currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India Nabarangpur district has a population of 1,220,946, ranking it the 390th in population. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.81%. Nabarangapur has a sex ratio of 1018 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 48.2%. Scheduled Castes are 14.5% of the population while Scheduled Tribes are 55.8%.
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.13% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 7.12% Bhatri, 4.50% Gondi, 4.41% Bengali, 4.28% Chhattisgarhi, 1.90% Halbi, 1.57% Kui and 1.40% Kuvi as their first language. Major Odia dialects of the region include Desiya Odia.

Vidhan sabha constituencies

The following are the four Vidhan sabha constituencies of Nabarangpur district and the elected members of that area:
No.ConstituencyReservation*Extent of the Assembly Constituency Member of 14th AssemblyParty
73UmarkoteSTRaighar, Umarkote, Umarkote Nityananda GondBJP
74JharigamSTJharigam, Chandahandi, Umarkote Prakash Chandra MajhiBJD
75NabarangpurSTNabarangpur, Nabarangpur, Tentulikhunti, Nandahandi, Kosagumuda Sadasiva PradhaniBJD
76DabugamSTDabugam, Papadahandi, Kosagumuda Manohar RandhariBJD

* Since all seats of Nabarangpur district are covered by ST Seats no SC seat is assigned.