Kendujhar
Kendujhar is a town in Odisha state of India and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also one of the districts of Odisha.
As on December 2024, the current population of Kendujhar is 67.6 thousands out of which 35.1 thousands are males and rest 32.5 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 925 females per 1000 males. There are around 6.4 thousands teenagers in Kendujhar. It has literacy rate of 78% which means around 52.7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 9 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 15.9 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 15.2 thousands households in Kendujhar, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 22.8 thousands.
Schools
Kendujhar has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- St. Marys English School
- St Teresas School, Joda
- Kerala English Medium School, Cham
- Nirmala Convent
- Saraswati Sishu Bidya Mandir
Hospitals
Kendujhar has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
Banks
Kendujhar has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Anandapur
- Bank of Baroda Barbil Branch
- Bank of Baroda Basantapur, Orissa
- Bank of Baroda Barbil, Odisha
- Bank of Baroda Gayalamunda, Orissa
Kendujhar District
Kendujhar is one of the 30 districts of Odisha, spread in an area of 8303 square kilometers. It is divided into 24 Tehsils and 13 blocks. As on 22nd December 2024, the current population of Kendujhar district is 20.09 lakhs, which includes urban population of 2.82 lakhs and rural population of 17.27 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 988 females per 1000 males. There are 4.52 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 4 members. There are around 2.59 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 11.74 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 8.55 lakhs. Total 2.33 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 9.13 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Tehsils in Kendujhar district
Kendujhar district has total 24 Tehsil.
- Barbil
- Bolani
- Rugudi
- Joda
- Bamebari
- Champua
- Jhumpura
- Baria
- Turumunga
- Patana
- Kendujhar Sadar
- Kendujhar Town
- Nayakote
- Kanjipani
- Telkoi
- Pandapara
- Ghatgaon
- Harichandanpur
- Daitari
- Ghasipura
- Anandapur
- Soso
- Nandipada
- Sainkul
Blocks in Kendujhar district
Kendujhar district has total 13 blocks.
- Anandapur
- Bansapal
- Champua
- Ghasipura
- Ghatgaon
- Harichadanpur
- Hatadihi
- Jhumpura
- Joda
- Kendujhar Sadar
- Patana
- Saharapada
- Telkoi
Kendujhar Zilla Parishad
Smt Kamalini Patra is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Parishad Kendujhar, who can be contacted at email address zpkeonjhar@gmail.com and mobile number 79786xxx75. The office landline number is 06766-25**38. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Dr Uddhaba Chandra Majhi, who can be reached at email address ori-dkeonjhar@nic.in and mobile number 94370xxx53. The office address is Drda, Keonjhar, Pincode - 750001. You can reach there by taking a bus till Keonjhar bus stop which is around 2 km away. The office has internet facility.It also has a CSC center. Kendujhar Zilla Parishad consists of total 13 Panchayat Samiti.