Bargarh district
Bargarh district | |
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Location in Odisha | |
| Coordinates: 21°19′59″N 83°36′58″E / 21.333°N 83.616°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| Headquarters | Bargarh |
| Government | |
| • Collector and District Magistrate | Monisha Banerjee, IAS |
| • Divisional Forest Officer Cum Wildlife Warden | Sandeep Pratly, IFS |
| • Superintendent of Police | Smit Parmar, IPS |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,837 km2 (2,254 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,481,255 |
| • Rank | 13 |
| • Density | 253/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia, English |
| • Spoken | Sambalpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 768 028 |
| Telephone code | 6683, 6684, 6685,0 6646 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-17 |
| Sex ratio | 976 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 75.16% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bargarh |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | 5
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| Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,527 millimetres (60.1 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 46 °C (115 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 10 °C (50 °F) |
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Bargarh District is an administrative district of Odisha state in eastern India. The city of Bargarh is its district headquarters. The district was carved out of the erstwhile district of Sambalpur on 1 April 1993.