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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Kendrapara}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kendrapara district
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Odisha|District]] of [[Odisha]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a =
|photo1b = Harparbati Temple, Pattamundai.jpg
|photo2a = Sakhibata Kendrapara.JPG
|photo2b = Reptile Salt Water Crocodile P1110400 05.jpg
|photo3a = Starting Pointing of Pentha Beach Odisha 754225, India - panoramio.jpg
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| image_alt =
| image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: Kanika Rajbari, Haparbati Temple in [[Pattamundai]], Crocodile in [[Bhitarkanika Mangroves]], Pentha Beach, Fields in Sakhibata
| nickname =
| image_map = Kendrapara in Odisha (India).svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Odisha
| coordinates = {{coord|20.525|N|86.475|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| seat_type = Headquarter
| seat = [[Kendrapara]]
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| leader_title1 = [[District collector|Collector & District Magistrate]]
| leader_name1 = Amrit Ruturaj [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 2644
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1,440,361
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 492.38
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 754 xxx<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pincode.net.in/ORISSA/KENDRAPARA |title=PinCode: Kendrapara, Orissa, India, All Post Office Addresses Data, Pincode.net.in |work=pincode.net.in |quote=KENDRAPARA 754211 |access-date=11 January 2013}}</ref>
| registration_plate = OD-29
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1.006 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Aw]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])
| website = {{URL|www.kendrapara.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| leader_title2 = [[Superintendent of Police (India)|Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name2 = Jugal Kishore Banoth, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| leader_title3 = [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Member of Parliament]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]], English
| blank4_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank4_info_sec1 = 85.93%
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]]
| blank6_name_sec1 = [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank6_info_sec1 = 5 {{collapsible list|title={{nbsp}}|096-[[Patkura (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patkura]] 097-[[Kendrapara (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]](SC) 098-[[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul]] 099-[[Rajanagar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajanagar]] 100-[[Mahakalapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahakalapada]]}}
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|1501.3|mm|in}}
}}
'''Kendrapara district''' is an administrative district of [[Odisha]] state in eastern India. The town of [[Kendrapara]] is the district headquarters. Kendrapara District is situated in the eastern portion of the state, and is bounded on the north by [[Bhadrak district]], on the east by the [[Bay of Bengal]], on the south by [[Jagatsinghpur District]], on the west by [[Cuttack District]] and on the northwest by [[Jajpur district|Jajpur District]].

==History==
{{See also|Cuttack district#History}}
The formation of Kendrapara District took place on April 1, 1993, when a coastal area spanning 2,644 square kilometers was carved out from [[Cuttack district]], with its own headquarter in [[Kendrapara]] town.

==Geography==
Kendrapara District lies in 20° 20’ N To 20° 37’ N Latitude and 86° 14’ E To 87° 01’ E Longitude and situated in central coastal plain zone of the [[Odisha]]. The Bay of Bengal lies in the eastern part of the district. The coastline covers 48 km stretching from Dhamra Muhan to Batighar. Kendrapara district headquarters is 55 km from [[Cuttack]].

Kendrapara District lies in the [[river delta]] formed by the [[Brahmani River|Brahmani]] and [[Baitarani River|Baitarani]] and branch rivers of the Mahanadi. The [[Bhitarkanika Mangroves]], [[Bhitarkanika National Park]], [[Gahirmatha Beach]] and [[Baladevjew Temple]] lie in the district. Other features in the district include Suka-Parikshita Ashram, Kudanagari, Landibata Mahapurusha Matha Chanpur, Pentha sea beach, PatharaKani Temple Gogua, Garteswar Mahadev Gosigan, Harihar Kshetra Mahala, Gadadhara Gosain Pitha, and Korua. This district has 9 blocks named as [[Aul, Odisha|Aul]], Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, [[Rajkanika]], Patamundai.

==Divisions==
There are 9 [[Tahasil]]s and 9 [[Blocks of India|blocks]] in Kendrapara district.<ref>h [http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/list_of_districts.pdf http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/list_of_districts.pdf]</ref> They are :

'''[[Tahasil]]s'''
# [[Aul, Odisha|Aul]]
# Kanika
# [[Kendrapara]]
# Marshaghai
# [[Pattamundai]]
# Rajnagar
# Mahakalpada
# Derabish
# Garadpur

'''[[Blocks of India|Blocks]]'''
# [[Aul, Odisha|Aul]]
# Derabish
# Garadpur
# [[Kendrapara]]
# Mahakalpada
# Marshaghai
# [[Pattamundai]]
# [[Rajkanika]]
# Rajnagar

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=4,59,224|13=1911|14=4,70,355|15=1921|16=4,57,135|17=1931|18=4,86,625|19=1941|20=5,09,546|21=1951|22=5,26,472|23=1961|24=6,49,457|25=1971|26=8,23,451|27=1981|28=9,81,219|29=1991|30=11,49,501|31=2001|32=13,02,005|33=2011|34=14,40,361|source=Census of India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |title=Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901}}</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Kendrapara district (2011)<ref name="census2011-religion">{{cite web|title=Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Odisha|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11387/download/14500/DDW21C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Odisha|Hinduism]]|darkorange|96.28}}
{{bar percent|[[Odia Muslims|Islam]]|green|3.49}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.23}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Kendrapara district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,440,361,<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |title=District Census Handbook 2011 - Kendrapara|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/946/download/36652/DH_2011_2110_PART_A_DCHB_KENDRAPARA.pdf|website=[[Census of India]]|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Eswatini]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote =Swaziland 1,370,424}}</ref> or the US state of Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Hawaii 1,360,301
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 344th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert|545|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 10.59%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Kendrapara has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 1006 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 85.93%. 5.80% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.51% and 0.66% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus/>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages of Kendrapara district (2011)<ref name="census2011-langreport"/>
|label1 = [[Odia language|Odia]] |value1 = 91.47 |color1 = saddlebrown
|label2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value2 = 4.76 |color2 = orchid
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 3.31 |color3 = green
|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.46 |color4 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 91.47% of the population in the district spoke [[Odia language|Odia]], 4.76% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and 3.31% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="census2011-langreport">{{cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Odisha|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10217/download/13329/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2100.XLSX|website=Census of India 2011 |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

== Politics ==

===Vidhan sabha constituencies===
{{Main|List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha}}
The following is the 5 [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan sabha]] constituencies<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref> of Kendrapara district and the elected members<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |title=List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly |work=ws.ori.nic.in |quote=MEMBER NAME |access-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502003512/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/listofmem1.asp |archive-date= 2 May 2007 }}</ref> of that area
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Reservation
!Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)
!Member of 14th Assembly
!Party
|-
!96
|[[Patkura]]
| None
|Derabish, Garadapur, Marshaghai (part) 
| Arvind Mohapatra
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!97
|[[Kendrapara (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]]
|SC
|Kendrapara (M), Kendrapara, Pattamundai (part)
|[[Ganeswar Behera]]

| bgcolor="#004225" |[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!98
|[[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul]]
|None
|[[Aul, Odisha|Aul]], Rajkanika
| [[Pratap Keshari Deb]]
| bgcolor="#004225" |[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!99
|[[Rajanagar]]
|None
|[[Pattamundai]] (NAC), Rajanagar, Pattamundai (part)
| [[Dhruba Charan Sahoo]]
| bgcolor="#004225" |[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!100
|[[Mahakalapada]]
|None
|Mahakalapada, Marshaghai (part)
|Durga Prasan Nayak
| bgcolor="#FFA500" |[[BJP|BJP]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kendrapara district
|North = [[Bhadrak district]]
|Northeast =
|East = ''[[Bay of Bengal]]''
|Southeast =
|South = [[Jagatsinghpur district]]
|Southwest = [[Cuttack district]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Jajapur district]]
}}
{{Kendrapara district}}
{{Odisha}}
{{Mahanadi Basin}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Districts of Odisha]]

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