Digapahandi
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| ?Digapahandi Orissa • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 53 m (174 ft) |
| District(s) | Ganjam |
| Population | 10,888 (2001) |
Coordinates: Digapahandi is a town and a notified area committee in Ganjam district in the state of Orissa, India.
[edit] Geography
Digapahandi is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 53 metres (173 feet). Moulabhanja is the self sufficient old village system still surviving. It has a very old Sri Radha Krishna Temple, with two streets one for Brahmins & the other of non-brahmins. It is by side of river Ghodahada (tributary to rusikulya River).
Across this river existed the oldest high level bridge of Orissa built by Bird & Co in the year 1918, of Bow string Girder Design an aesthetically pleasing & beautiful structure standing high above ground, which was washed away in the floods of 1981, where now stands a pre stressed bridge, constructed by U P Bridge Construction Corporation.
It has a family of Barbers, a family of pot makers, two families of washermen, three families of fishermen, a family of oilman, a family of carpentor, a family of black smith. Ideal for demographic studies.
There are 12 in no streets,namely bazar street,sunari street,new street,brahmin street,sasan street,chikitiya strret and same way.There was a great king palace in Digapahandi but now this is converted in to residential plots.
The town has two in no. govt schools namely Badakhemundi high school,and govt. girls high school and two in nogovt. colleges also there.The School has been giving number of scholars to the nation.It is a reputed school in between orissa.
Digapahandi has another part namely Anchala.it located in a good location
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[2], Digapahandi had a population of 10,888. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Digapahandi has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68% and, female literacy is 50%. In Digapahandi, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Digapahandi
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
