| Sundargarh district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Odisha |
| Coordinates: | 22.116°N 84.016°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northern Division |
| Seat Type: | Headquarter |
| Seat: | Sundargarh |
| Parts Type: | District subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title1: | Collector & District Magistrate |
| Leader Name1: | Gavali Parag Harshad, IAS |
| Leader Title2: | Superintendent of Police |
| Leader Name2: | Pratyush Diwaker, IPS (Sundargarh Police district) Mitrabhanu Mahapatra, IPS (Rourkela Police district) |
| Leader Title: | Member of Parliament |
| Leader Name: | Jual Oram, (BJP) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 9712 |
| Population Total: | 2093437 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | 216 |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 769 xxx, 770 xxx |
| Registration Plate: | OD-16, OD-14 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 73.34% |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Aw (Köppen) |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Odia, English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Local |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Sadri, Kurukh, Munda, Kharia |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Sundargarh(ST) |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | 7 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Precipitation |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 1657.1mm |
Sundargarh District is a district in the northwestern part of Odisha state in eastern India.
Sundargarh district is bounded by Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh in the west, Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh in the North-West, Simdega district of Jharkhand in the North, West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand and Keonjhar district of Odisha in the east and Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Angul districts of Odisha in the South. The town of Sundargarh is the district headquarters. Rourkela is the largest city in the entire district.
The Sundargarh district forms the northwestern part of the Odisha state and is the second largest district in the state accounting for 6.23% of the total area. The geographical area of the district is . The district spreads from 21°36′N to 22°32′N and from 83°32′E to 85°22′E.[1]
According to the 2011 census Sundargarh district has a population of 2,093,437,[2] roughly equal to the nation of North Macedonia[3] or the US state of New Mexico.[4] This gives it a ranking of 221st in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 214PD/sqkm.[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.66%.[2] Sundargarh has a sex ratio of 973 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 73.34%. 35.26% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 9.16% and 50.75% of the population respectively.[2]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 43.85% of the population in the district spoke Odia,14.8% Sadri, 9.62% Mundari, 6.98% Hindi, 5.57% Kurukh, 4.57% Kisan, 4.38% Kharia, 2.14% Urdu and 1.52% Bengali as their first language.[5]
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sundargarh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 19 districts in Odisha currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[6]
See main article: articles and Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency). Present Lok Sabha MP is Jual Oram who is representing the seat from 2014.
See main article: List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha. The following is the list of 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies[7] [8] of Sundargarh district and the elected members[9] of that area
| No. | Constituency | Reservation | Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks) | Member of 16th Assembly | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Talsara | ST | Subdega, Balisankara, Baragaon, Lephripara (part) | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | BJP | |
| 9 | ST | Sundargarh (M), Sundargarh, Tangarpali, Hemgiri, Lephripara (part) | Kusum Tete | BJP | ||
| 10 | Biramitrapur | ST | Biramitrapur (M), Kuarmunda, Nuagaon, Bisra (part) | Shankar Oram | BJP | |
| 11 | SC | Rourkela (Township), Lathikata (part) | Subrat Tarai | BJD | ||
| 12 | Rourkela | None | Rourkela (M), Kulunga (O.G.), Bisra (part) | Sarada Prasad Nayak | BJD | |
| 13 | ST | Rajgangpur (M), Rajgangpur, Kutra, Lathikata (part) | Rajeen Ekka | INC | ||
| 14 | ST | Gurundia, Bonaigarh, Lahunipara, Koira | Laxman Munda | CPI(M) |