About Kendujhar

Kendujhar District, also known as Keonjhar District or Kendujhargarh District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendujhar is the district headquarters.

The district has an area of 8,336 km², and lies between 21°1' N and 22°10' N latitude and 85°11' E to 86°22' E longitude, It is bounded by Mayurbhanj District and Bhadrak District to the east, Jajpur District to the south, Dhenkanal District and Sundargarh District to the west, and Surguja District of the state of Chhattisgarh to the north.

The district has a population of 1,561,521 (2001 census), with a population density of 187 persons per km². The district has 3 sub divisions, Anandpur, Champua, and Keonjhar, and eight tehsils.