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The district has a population density of 91 inhabitants per square kilometre (240/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.92%. Kandhamal has a sex ratio of 1037 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 65.12%. 9.86% of the population lives in urban areas.
A dietary shift from millets to carbohydrate-rich, processed foods has led to obesity and diabetes among tribals. Turmeric grown in the Kandhamal district by the Khonds is a registered Geographical Indication product. Traditional Rice cultivar of Khonds. The Khonds grow several native cultivars of fragrant and coloured rice.
Kandhamal Haladi is an indigenous variety of turmeric mainly grown in the Indian State of Odisha. [1] It is a common and widely cultivated crop in the Khajuripada, Phulbani, Phiringia, Tikabali, Chakapad, G.Udayagiri, Raikia, K. Nuagaon, Baliguda, Tumudibandha, Kotagarh and Daringbadi tehsils of the Kandhamal district mainly by the indigenous Kondh community.
16.89% of the total population of Kandhamal district are members of a scheduled caste. Most of them are Pano (77.92%). [6] Kendujhar district has 11.62% members of scheduled castes and among them the major caste groups are the Pano (58.77%). [7] In 1891, those living in Sitra were called workers in metal, speaking Kui and Odia.
The 2008 Kandhamal violence refers to widespread violence against Christians purportedly incited by Hindutva organisations in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, India, in August 2008 after the murder of the Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati. [1] According to government reports the violence resulted in at least 39 Christians killed. [2]
Religious violence in Odisha consists of civil unrest and riots in the remote forest region surrounding the Kandhamal district in the western parts of the Indian state of Odisha. The Kandhamal district contains several tribal reservations where only tribal people can own land. The largest community in Kandhamal is the Kandha tribe.
People from Kandhamal district (1 C, 11 P) V. Villages in Kandhamal district (2 P) Pages in category "Kandhamal district"
Saraswati was murdered on Janmashtami Day of 2008 while visiting with pupils at the Kanya Ashram (a residential girls' school) in Tumudibandh, about 100 km from Phulbani, the district headquarters of Kandhamal district. Four of his disciples, including a boy, were also killed by gunfire.