Barbil
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| Barbil | |
| State - District(s) |
Orissa - Keonjhar |
| Area - Elevation |
- 550 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2006) - Density - Sex ratio |
- >1000/km² - 894 |
| Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle |
- 758035 - +06767 - or09 |
Barbil is a city and a municipality in Keonjhar district in the state of Orissa, India.
The region around Barbil has the fifth largest deposits of iron ore and manganese ore in the world. It is a major source of revenue generation for the government both in the state and central but still the people of Barbil do not get any benefits out of it. Infrastructure particularly the roads are in the worst possible state as the government takes little care of it. Politicians of the region are corrupt as usual and the benefits do not flow to common people at all. Barbil has a cosmopolitan culture and boast of a very good school by the name 'St. Mary's School'
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Barbil had a population of 52,586.Now at 2006 people residing at barbil make a total of over 1.2 lakhs . most of them being non permanent businessmen. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Barbil has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 69% of the males and 59% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] education
There are 24 primary schools in this small city. 7 high schools offering certificate in english, hindi, oriya and bengali. For higher education there is BARBIL college and mining school.St. Mary's has been the best school in not only keonjhar dist but also singbhum(w) dist(parts). It has been giving 100% result. Some fames include Gandhi Mardi, Shrabani Ghosh, Kannad chatterjee, Arnav, Deviprasanna, Tushar, Smarak Panda, Gaurav Kakad ,Niraw kakad,Hardika kakad,Neha Singh etc,rohit thacker(abey khopdi etc ke pehle jod).
[edit] industry
BARBIL is an industrialised town with a number of plants, crushers and mines around. This place is very rich in iron ore other minerals found are manganese ore and bauxite. Steel is manufactured and liquid oxygen is also produced here.
