G. Udayagiri or simply Udayagiri is a town and a notified area committee in Kandhamal district  in 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...

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India

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Geography

G. Udayagiri is located at 20.13°N 84.38°E. It has an average elevation of 715 m (2,345.8 ft).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, G. Udayagiri had a population of 10,206. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. G. Udayagiri has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 68%. In G. Udayagiri, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.