Rayagada

Rayagada District
(ରାୟଗଡା ଜିଲ୍ଲା)

It is such a district where you can find lots of  meadows. Lots of dense forests can be found, huge and nice water falls with terraced valleys and along with that you can find the people of many primitive tribal groups. The scenic beauty and heritage on the land is an unexplored paradise. Total 11 Taluks , 176 Villages are in this District .Rayagada has a great mineral source, with full of bauxite, silicon. According to a survey India has 56% of total bauxite storage of the world out of which Orissa has 62%. Out of that Rayagada has a 84% share. Depending on this, other industries like Birla, L&T, Sterlite showed an interest in Rayagada.

People of Rayagada Tribes

The people that they are living in this district can clearly be seen that how far they are lacking behind from urbanization and civilization. The Scheduled  Tribes that are living in this district posses did similar economics. You can always find them in gathering food from the forest of cultivating the cultivation. Peoples are not very much in-touch with the today's world, and that drags them to wear the skins of different animals to cover their body. The language, societies and cultures are very much different from the general ones.

Travel
Rayagada is nearly 226 k.m KM from Bhubaneswar.

Rayagada is near about 226 k.m KM from Bhubaneswar by Train


Popular Names

• Varun Sandesh
• G.Anil Kumar
• Mitra Sekhar Dora
• B.Srikanth
• K Avinash

Population

Total Population of Rayagada is 823019 .405631 Males , 417388 Females .Rayagada is in 3rd position in the state By Population .

Literacy
Rayagada has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 56%.