Dhenkanal (Oriya: ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳ) is a city and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Orissa, India.
Geography
Dhenkanal is located at 20.67°N 85.6°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).
[edit] 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.
Most Prominent Persons
Harmohan Patnaik
Brig. Kamaksha Prashad Singh Deo
Baishnab Charan Patnaik
Braja Kisore Dhal
Justice D. N. Patnaik
Haladhar Mishra
Prafulla Kumar Bhanja
Kalpana Dash
Hospitals
Kalinga Eye Hospital, Dhenkanal.[3]
District Head Quarter Hospital
Colleges
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal College, Dhenkanal
Orissa Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dhenkanal
Women's College, Dhenkanal
Evening College, Dhenkanal
Devendra Satpathy Memorial Collage, Koelipongi
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,Similai, Dhenkanal
Sai Kripa Residential College
I G I T , Saranga
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
SAI Public School Kapilas, Krushnakumarpur, Dhenkanal
SarangDhar HighSchool, Kamakhyanagar, Dhenkanal
Dandimal High School, Dandimal
Indipur High School, Indipur, Dhenkanal
D P S, Banamaliprasad, Dhenkanal
Gerge School,Dhenkal
Sankarpur High School, Sankarpur, Dhenkanal
Temples
Sanischar Mandir, Godidihi
Sidha Ramachandi, Godidihi & Nadhara
Baladevajeu Mandir (Deula Sahi)
Kunjakanta Mandir (Kunjakanta)
Sundarasuni Mandir (Bypass Chawk)
Dakhinakali Mandir (Dakhinakali Road)
Kapilash Temple
Sita-ram Mandir, Saptasajya-Dhenkal
Mahima Alekha Gadi, Joranda
Shiva Mandir, Jeebankhol( Jharagadia )
Sai Temple,Datatreya, Kapilas-road
Matrupitha, Barada
