Barbil

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?Barbil Orissa • India
Barbil
Coordinates: 22°42′N 85°14′E / 22.7, 85.24
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 550 m (1,804 ft)
District(s)	Keonjhar
Population • Density • Sex ratio	(2006) • >1,000 /km² (Expression error: Unexpected > operator /sq mi) • 894
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle	• 758035 • +06767 • OR 09

Coordinates: 22°42′N 85°14′E / 22.7, 85.24 Barbil is a town and a municipality in the Keonjhar district of the state of Orissa, India.

The region around Barbil has the fifth largest deposit of iron ore and manganese ore in the world. It is a major source of revenue generation for both the central and the state government. The residents of Barbil unfortunately do not get any benefits out of the revenue generated. The basic infrastructure particularly the roads (roads leading towards Rourkela and Tatanagar are at a Misarable state 80Km towards each side, It takes 6 to 8 hours to reach Keonjhar which is the District head quarters situated 77K.M due to traffic jam) and public health are non-existent and the state government has made no attempts to improve this. The nearest available fire tender is in Champua about 50 km away, and will therefore take an average of four hours to arrive in case of a fire. The politicians of the region have made no attempts to improve the basic infrstructure and the benefits do not flow to common people at all. Barbil has a cosmopolitan culture due to the influx of people from almost all states of India and boast of a very good convent school by the name 'St. Mary's School'.

1 Urbanisation
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Bhavin
5 Industry
6 References

[edit] Urbanisation

Barbil is connected to Kolkata and Jamshedpur by train. It connected to major cities by road, it is also connected to Kolkata, Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar by Road. Earlier aroud Januwary' 08 there was air service from Barbil (Airport at Bhadarsashi about 7 km from Barbil) to Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. But now air service is stoped due to poor passenger occupancy and hight fare.

Barbil is now lined with good hotels due to inflow of people for business, which include Hotel Smita (oldest and one of the finest), Hotel Lucky India, Mount View among the top rated ones. A multiplex is coming up very soon.

Hotel Smita is not a the oldest hotel its Santiniketan and Tourist lodge hotels respectively which is being opened at the same time.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] 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.

[edit] Bhavin

Hi my name is Bhavin. i live in Barbil frm past 6 years and i love this place. My friends are Manoj , Abhisek , etc,..................

[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. The latest demand is for Iron Ore Fines which are being exported to China. Steel is manufactured and liquid oxygen is also produced here. In this area a large number of industries have grown up. Pig Iron and Spun Pipes are manufactured at Kalinga Iron Works, (A State Govt Undertaking under Idicol). It remains to seen how the new government directive increasing the cost of export of raw iron ore affects the economy of Barbil town. Good news for people of the region- Arya Steel has opened its bubble processing steel plant here, it is only the third plant after Vizag and Chennai ones to use such technology.