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Barbil

Barbil
Bada Barabil
City
Barbil is located in Odisha
Barbil
Barbil
Barbil is located in India
Barbil
Barbil
Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 22°07′N 85°24′E / 22.12°N 85.40°E / 22.12; 85.40Coordinates: 22°07′N 85°24′E / 22.12°N 85.40°E / 22.12; 85.40
Country  India
State Odisha
District Keonjhar
Area
 • Total 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 477 m (1,565 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 65,800
 • Density 1,168/km2 (3,030/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Oriya
 • Other local language Ho
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 758035
Telephone code 06767
Vehicle registration OD 09
Sex ratio 894 /
Website odisha.gov.in

Barbil is a town and a Municipality in the Kendujhar district (also known as Keonjhar district) of the state of Odisha, 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.

Barbil has a Cosmopolitan culture due to the influx of people from almost all states of India and boast of a very good Indian culture. It has renowned schools like St. Mary's School (ICSE Patern) which is a convent school and the current strength is about 3500 students. The medium of Instruction being English with Hindi as second and Odia as third language. Its celebrated its Golden Jublee function on 6 December'16. The students of this school have excelled in all fields and severed the Country. Shourya Chakra winner Major Manish Pandey was a student here. Other schools like 'Sarawati Sishu Vidya Mandir' , Govt schools like Barbil High school, Barbil Girl's High school, Nalda High school(odia Medium) and other private schools like Gopabandhu High school (Hindi Medium) and 'Jindal School CBSE patern'.Green Valley School, DAV School Bolani, CBSE Patern are also there to cater the populace. There is a good College By the Name of "Barbil College" which is co educational .Barbil also has an Industrial Training Institute.

Barbil is located at 22°07′N 85°24′E / 22.12°N 85.40°E / 22.12; 85.40. It has an average elevation of 477 m (1,565 ft).

Barbil is fully surrounded by hills

It boasts of being a mining area which welcomes all. All Indian cuisine can be found here and very scenics hills and forests, breath taking waters falls, picnic spots can be found here a few kilometres from the town.

According to the 2001 India census, Barbil had a population of 52,586. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Barbil has an average literacy rate of 64%. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.Barbil has another about 50,000 people floating population from rest of India coming here fore business travel and jobs.


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