Dhenkanal, India

This article is about the municipality in Orissa, India. For its namesake district, see Dhenkanal district.

For other uses, see Dhenkanal.

Dhenkanal
—  city  —
Dhenkanal Location of Dhenkanal in Orissa and India
Coordinates	20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6Coordinates: 20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6
Country	India
State	Orissa
District(s)	Dhenkanal
Member of Parliament	Tathagata Satapathy
Population • Density	57,677 (2001[update]) • 1,865 /km2 (4,830 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	30.92 square kilometres (11.94 sq mi) • 80 metres (260 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 759001 • Telephone • +06762

Dhenkanal (Oriya: ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳ) is a city and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Orissa, India.

Geography

Dhenkanal is located at 20°40′N 85°36′E / 20.67°N 85.6°E / 20.67; 85.6.^[1] It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).

Demographics

As per the 2001 India census,^[2] Dhenkanal had a population of 57, 651. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dhenkanal has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84% and female literacy is 74%. In Dhenkanal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Hospitals

• Kalinga Eye Hospital, Dhenkanal.^[3]
• District Head Quarter Hospital

Colleges

• Narayani Institute of Engineering and Technology (NIET), Angul
• Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal
• Dhenkanal College, Dhenkanal
• Orissa Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dhenkanal
• Women's College, Dhenkanal
• Evening College, Dhenkanal
• Women's Polytechnique, Dhenkanal
• Dhenkanal Law College, Dhenkanal
• Bajirout Industrial Training Institute, Dhenkanal
• District Institute for Education and Technology (DIET), Dhenkanal
• Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology(SIET)
• e-Tech Residential College, +2 Science, Dhenkanal
• Vidyarthee Residential College, +2 Science, Dhenkanal
• Sai Kripa Residential College

Others

* The Touchstone Computer Application Centre (TCAC)

Schools

• I.G.I.T Campus High School,Sarang
• Gididihi UP/ME School,Godidihi
• Brajanath Badajena High School
• Montfort School
• Government Girls High School
• Soudamini Smruti Bidyapitha
• Laxmidhar Municipal High School
• Balaram High School
• Police High School
• Aurobinda Bidya Mandir
• Swaraswati Shishu Mandir
• ManiDevi High School, Chainpur
• Balarampur High School,Balarampur
• Bedapada High School, Bedapada
• Kunjakanta U.G.M.E. School
• K.P. High School, Govindpur

Notable personalities

• Harmohan Patnaik,President, Dhenkanal Prajamandal and Freedom Fighter.
• Brig. K.P.Singh Deo,Former Minister, Govt. of India
• Baishnab Charan Patnaik (Freedom fighter)
• Nabin Chandra Narayan Das(Ex Minister)
• Mr.Justice D.N.Patnaik
• Brajakishore Dhal (Freedom fighter)
• Brajanath Badajena
• BHajaman Sahoo (Freedom fighter)
• Baidhar Swain (Freedom fighter)
• Kalpana Dash (Mountaineer)
• krushna chandra patra(EX-MLA-SADAR)
• Rama chandra patra (politician)
• Durga Charan Sahoo ( Freedom fighter)
• Musa Mallik (Freedom fighter)

Temples

• Sanischar Mandir, Godidihi
• Sidha Ramachandi, Godidihi & Nadhara
• Baladevajeu Mandir (Deula Sahi)
• Kunjakanta Mandir (Kunjakanta)
• Sundarasuni Mandir (Bypass Chawk)
• Dakhinakali Mandir (Dakhinakali Road)

Politics

Current MLA from Dhenkanal Assembly Constituency is Nabin Nanda of NCP, who won the seat in State elections of 2009. Previous MLAs who represented Dhenakanal in Orissa State Assembly are given below along with their party affiliations:

•  : Baishnab Charan Pattnaik and Madan Dehury&
•  : Sankar Pratap Mahendra Bahadur and Kalia Dehury&
• 1962-67: Ratna Prava Devi (Ganatantra Parisad)&
• 1967-71: Ratna Prava Devi (Swatantra Party)&
• 1971-75: Surendra Mohan Pattnaik (INC)&
• 1977-80: Nandini Satpathy (Janata Party)
• 1980-85: Nandini Satpathy (CFD)
• 1985-90: Nandini Satpathy (Independent)
• 1990-95: Tathagata Satpathy (Janata Dal)
• 1995-00: Nabin Ch. Narayan Dash (INC)
• 2000-04: Krushna Chandra Patra (BJP)
• 2004-09: Sudhir Kumar Samal (INC)
• 2009-  : Nabin Nanda (NCP)

& Until 1962, Gondia was a part of Dhenkanal constituency.

Dhenkanal is a part of Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).^[4] Currently Tathagata Satpathy of BJD is representing Dhenkanal in the 15th Lok Sabha. The complete list of Members of Parliament who represented this constituency is

• 1952-57: Sarangadhar Das (Socialist)
• 1957-62: Surendra Mohanty (Ganaparishad)
• 1962-67: Baishnab Charan Patnaik (Congress)
• 1967-71: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (Swatantra)
• 1971-77: Debendra Satpathy (Congress)
• 1977-80: Debendra Satpathy (Lok Dal)
• 1980-84: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC)
• 1984-89: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC)
• 1989-91: Bhajamana Behera (Janata Dal)
• 1991-96: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC)
• 1996-98: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC)
• 1998-99: Tathagat Satpathy (BJD)
• 1999-2004: Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (INC)
• 2004-2009: Tathagat Satpathy (BJD)
• 2009-  : Tathagat Satpathy (BJD)

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhenkanal
2. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
3. ^ http://www.kalingaeyehospital.org
4. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa". Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-27.