Champua is a notified area council in

Kendujhar district Kendujhar District, is an administrative district of Odisha. The district is one of the fifth Scheduled Areas of Odisha. The town of Kendujhar (or Kendujhargarh) is the district headquarters. The district has 3 Sub-Divisions, Anandapur, Cha ...

in the state of

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.As per SC & ST department of Odisha, the Champua sub-division is under scheduled areas of Odisha. Nicholson Forest training institute is present here. The suburb has its importance as it provides a major trade route for transport of

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ore and

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from some of th
major mines of the state
to the nearest port & out-state depots. It is also known for its pre-independence

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built by British rulers, the judicial buildings of the same period as well as a fe
educational institutes
who have a good reputation in the state. The river

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flows by Champua, which is one of the largest rivers of the state second only to

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Major Tribes

Champua block is inhabited by tribal communities like Ho, Juang, Bhuinya,

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, Gond,

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and other tribal communities . These tribes constitute nearly 87.21% population of the Sub-division.

Geography

Champua is located at . It has an average elevation of 346 metres (1135 feet).

Demographics

Champua has a population of 10,394, of which 5,543 are males, while 4,851 are females as per a report released by Census India 2011. The literacy rate of Champua city is 87.00% higher than the state average of 72.87%. Male literacy is 90.85%, while female literacy rate is 82.59%.

Languages

As the champua area has been dominated by Ho people, local people widely speak in the

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t is written with the "Varang Kshiti" (also "Warang Chiti" script)as their mode of communication. Most people can speak, write all three languages

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, and

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Politics

The current MLA for

Champua Champua is a notified area council in Kendujhar district in the state of Odisha, India.As per SC & ST department of Odisha, the Champua sub-division is under scheduled areas of Odisha. Nicholson Forest training institute is present here. The su ...

(GE) Assembly Constituency is Minaskhi Mahanta, of the

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(BJD) party, who defeated Murali Sharma, a candidate from the

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(BJP). Champua is part of

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References

{{Kendujhar district Cities and towns in Kendujhar district