Barbil is a town and a municipality

Municipality

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 in the Kendujhar district

Kendujhar District

Kendujhar District, also known as Keonjhar District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendujhar or Kendujhargarh is the district headquarters....

 of the state of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

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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 convent school by the name 'St. Mary's School'.

Geography

Barbil is located at 22.12°N 85.40°E. It has an average elevation of 477 m (1,565 ft).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Barbil had a population of 52,586. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Barbil has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 69% of the males and 59% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Industry

Barbil is an industrialised town with a number of plants, crushers and mines around. This place is very rich in iron ore other minerals found are manganese ore. The latest demand is for Iron Ore Fines which are being exported to China. Steel is manufactured and liquid oxygen is also produced here. In this area a large number of industries have grown up. It remains to seen how the new government directive increasing the cost of export of raw iron ore affects the economy of Barbil town.

Transport

Barbil is connected to Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, Bhubaneswar and Jamshedpur by train. It connected to major cities by road, it is also connected to Kolkata, Kendujhar and Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

by road. Before January 2008, there was air service from Barbil. There is one Janshatabdi express from Howrah to Barbil and one passenger train from Tatanagar to Barbil.

Accommodation

There are many lodges located in this town. The names of hotels are as follows Hotel Smita, Lucky India, Padma Inn, Adhar Hotel ,Hotel Karrow