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The district ranked 454th of India's 640 districts, and had a population density of 136 inhabitants per square kilometre (350/sq mi). [13] Its population growth rate from 2001 to2011 was 15.74 percent. [13] Rayagada has a sex ratio of 1,048 females to 1,000 males, [13] and a literacy rate of 50.88 percent. 15.18% of the population lives in ...
In Rayagada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. The population of Rayagada town as per 2011 census is 71,208 out of which male population is 36,036 and female population is 35,172.Rayagada has an average literacy rate of 64%, lower than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 56% [3]
According to the Odisha District Gazetteer, the 16th century Suryavanshi king Vishwanath Dev Gajapati moved his capital to Rayagada from Nandapur and built a fort on the Nagavali river, now in ruins, in which he built a temple of the Majhighariani goddess. The fort was later destroyed by the British, who used the stones to build a bridge.
The state of Odisha was formed on 1 April 1936 with Koraput as one of the six districts and Gunupur came under Koraput district as a sub-division. On 2 October 1992, Gunupur and Rayagada sub-division were carved out of the erstwhile Koraput district and formed a new district as Rayagada.
2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election: Rayagada [12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Makaranda Muduli: 52,844 : 30.21 : BJD: Lal Bihari Himirika: 47974 27.42 INC: Kadraka Appala swamy 39657 22.67 BJP: Basanta Kumar Ullaka 24425 13.96 BSP: Purnabati Majhi 4077 2.33 NOTA: None of the above 5965 3.41 Majority 4,870 2.79 Turnout: 174942 73.73 ...
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A personal museum cum library (in the name of Adikanda Sangrahalaya) [6] with a good number of unpublished writings and some antique objects relating to the history of Bissam Cuttack, owned by Sri Sriranga Nayak (retd. Hindi teacher of Bissam Cuttack), is the first of its kind in Rayagada district.
Collector & District Magistrate is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district and Superintendent of Police (SP), an officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) is responsible for maintaining law and order and related issues of a district in Odisha.