Kanker (District)

Kanker District
State	Chhattisgarh
Division :	Bastar
Administrative headquarters :	Kanker
Area :	6506 km²
Residents :	748,941 (2011 census)
Population density :	115 people / km²
Website :	kanker.gov.in

National road 43 from Keskal to Kanker

The district of Kanker ( Hindi कांकेर जिला , Kāṅkēr Jilā , also: North Bastar Kanker , Uttar Bastar Kanker ) is a district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Kanker .

Geography and agriculture

The district of Kanker is located in the southern half of Chhattisgarh and extends over an area of 6,506 km² (according to other sources 7,161 km²) between 19 ° 09 'and 20 ° 06' north and 80 ° 30 'to 81 ° 15' east. It borders the districts of Rajnandgaon and Durg in the north, Dhamtari in the northeast, Bastar in the southeast, Narayanpur in the south and Gadchiroli in the west. The latter already belongs to the neighboring state of Maharashtra .

The hilly district is still heavily forested. Teak ( Tectona grandis ), Sal ( Shorea robusta ), Sirsa ( Dalbergia latifolia ) and other tree species dominate. However, the region is of little importance for logging. The Palmyra palm ( Borassus flabifeller ) is the most common crop tree , and date palms are also used, mostly Phoenix silvestris and P. farinifera.

The proportion of irrigated fields is low. Wet rice, with an average yield of 984 kg / ha (average 1981–1991), is the most important soil crop. There is practically no industry. However, exploitable iron ore deposits were discovered that are only mined to a small extent. In 2001, of the 1,074 kilometers of roads, only 387 kilometers were asphalted. There is no railroad in the district.

Five rivers flow through the east draining region: Mahanadi , Doodh , Hatkul , Sindur and Turu . For natural reasons, arsenic pollution is dangerously high in both groundwater and surface water, although not as bad as in the neighboring district of Rajnandgaon.

population

Gond tribesman

The 2001 census showed 650,934 inhabitants. This corresponds to a population density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometer. 95% of the population lives in the countryside. The majority of the district's residents belong to the tribal population ( Adivasi ): Around 365,000 residents are counted as Scheduled Tribes , making up 56.1% of the total population. The Gond form the largest group with around 320,000. The Halba (approx. 40,000) and Oraon (approx. 2500) tribes are also numerically strong . Members of the Scheduled Castes ( Dalits ) made up 4.2% of the district's population.

For the decade up to 2001, population growth was high at 18.4%. The inhabitants with their 127,294 households are spread over the administrative center of Kanker as the only town (24,478 inhabitants) and 1068 villages, of which about 88% have a primary school. The literacy rate is 73% (men: 83%, women: 63%). There are 93 medical facilities. There is access to clean drinking water in 1007 villages (94.3%).

A large part of the population (97.4%) professes Hinduism . The remainder are divided among small minorities of Muslims and animist tribal religions .

history

Kanker was part of the Bastar district until 1999. At the time of colonial rule , the area belonged to the independent princely state of Kanker .

Cities

city	Population (2011)
Kanker	37,442

literature

SC Bhat (Ed.): The Encyclopædic District Gazetteers of India. Volume 5: Central Zone: Madhya Pradesh. Gyan, New Delhi 1997, ISBN 81-212-0551-4 , pp. 29-39.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Know India: Districts: Chhattisgarh
↑ http://www.steelworld.com/coverstory0209.pdf Steelworld Fe. 2009
^ PK Pandey, R. Sharma, M. Roy, S. Roy, M. Pandey: Arsenic contamination in the Kanker district of central-east India: geology and health effects. In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Vol. 28, 2006, ISSN 0269-4042 , pp. 409-420, doi : 10.1007 / s10653-005-9039-4 , PMID 16752126 .
↑ Census of India 2001: District Kanker * (14), Chhattisgarh (22) (PDF; 55 kB)
↑ www.census2011.co.in

[1] Know India: Districts: Chhattisgarh

[2] ttp://www.steelworld.com/coverstory0209.pdf Steelworld Fe. 2009

[3] PK Pandey, R. Sharma, M. Roy, S. Roy, M. Pandey: Arsenic contamination in the Kanker district of central-east India: geology and health effects. In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Vol. 28, 2006, ISSN 0269-4042 , pp. 409-420, doi : 10.1007 / s10653-005-9039-4 , PMID 16752126 .

[4] Census of India 2001: District Kanker * (14), Chhattisgarh (22) (PDF; 55 kB)

[5] www.census2011.co.in