Public Information
1576869 Population
13 Blocks
2253 Villages
13 Tehsils
3 NACs
17 PS
Shri Sachin Pawar, IAS
Shri Sachin Pawar, IAS
Collector & District Magistrate
Shri Nagaraj Devarakonda, IPS
Shri Nagaraj Devarakonda, IPS
Superintendent of Police
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District at a Glance

The first gazetteer (15 August 1980) of Kalahandi District says that the district comprised of the ex-State Kalahandi minus Kashipur Police Station ( the Zamizari of Khariar as Nuapada Sub-division. Now Nuapada District). With the merger of princely States with province of Odisha 1948, the ex-State of Kalahandi together with ex-State Patna and Sonepur formed the District of Kalahandi with…

Geographic Location

Area : 7,920 sq km