Deogarh

Deogarh is a district in the State of Orissa in India. The district is located between 21° 31' 53" N Latitude and 84° 43' 2" E Longitude. This District is entirely of hilly tract. The area of the District is 2781.66 sq km with population 2,74,095 as per 2001 Census. This is bounded on the East & the south by Angul District, West by Sambalpur district & North by Sundargarh district.

The District comprises one Municipality, one Tahasil & three Blocks consisting of 774 villages.

History

District was created on 1.1.1994 being bifurcated from Sambalpur District.

Bamanda – the citadel of creative artists dates back to 5th century A.D. when Mathara Royal Family was at the helm of the Administration. After this dynasty, Ganga Rulers came into power and established their capital at Deogarh. Deogarh attained all-round prosperity during the reign of Raja Basudev Sudhal Dev, the most enlightened rulers of this clan. A new horizon was innovated in the field of communication by the foundation of Jagannath Ballav press in 1886 and publication of a weekly magazine the “Sambalpur Hitaishini” in 1889. It was during his rule that the jail, police station, postoffices, Dispensaries were established and irrigation system was introduced.. He had a telephone line of 78 Miles connecting Bamara and Barkote in 1900 was the longest in India during that period. Bamanda’s own postal system was very developed. It got affiliated to the British Postal system in 1895. Sir Sudhal Dev, the then King of Bamanda had coined and issued postage stamps in his own Kingdom. He had promulgated paper currency also in his state.

After him, his illustrious son Raja Sachidananda Tribhuban Dev undertook the improvement activities of the earstwhile estate. The most outstanding developmental activities was the introduction of the hydro-electric system in Kodarkot waterfall by which the Palace, cloth loom, Sugar factory established in 1908 at Rambhei got power supply. During the reign of Bhanuganga Tribhuban Dev, the estate of Bamra was merged with Orissa i,e. on 1st January, 1948 and it became a part of the District of Sambalpur.

Politics

Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies and their areas after delimitation order of 2008

19 Deogarh Vidhan Sabha Constituency - 1. TILEIBANI BLOCK, 2 . BARKOTE BLOCK, 3 . REAMAL BLOCK, 4. DEOGARH (M)

Places of interest
Pradhanpat Waterfall, Deogarh Town