Malkangiri

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Malkangiri
Malkangiri (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Odisha
District : Malkangiri
Sub-district : Malkangiri
Location : 18 ° 21 ′  N , 81 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 18 ° 21 ′  N , 81 ° 53 ′  E
Height : 183 m
Residents : 31,007 (2011)

Malkangiri is the capital of the district of the same name in the extreme southwest of the Indian state of Odisha .

Malkangiri is located in the hill country of the Eastern Ghats at an altitude of 183  m . The national highway NH 326 connects Malkangiri with the city of Jeypore, 90 km to the northeast, and with the Godavari river valley in the south . A side road leads to the town of Sukma , 25 km west of Malkangiri .

Malkangiri has had the status of a municipality since February 2014 . In the 2011 census, the population was 31,007.

Individual evidence

  1. www.census2011.co.in
  2. 10 NACs in Odisha upgraded as Municipalities . breakingnewsonline. February 19, 2014. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 19, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.breakingnewsonline.in
  3. www.census2011.co.in