Khariar

Khariar
—  town  —
Khariar Location of Khariar in Orissa and India
Coordinates	20°17′N 82°46′E
Country	India
State	Orissa
District(s)	Nuapada
Population • Density	25,778 (2001) • 2,864 /km2 (7,418 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi) • 226 metres (741 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 766107 • Telephone • +06671 • Vehicle • or-26

Khariar (also called Khadial or Kharhial) is a town and a notified area committee in Nuapada district in the Indian state of Orissa.

Economy

Nuapada district in the State of Orissa is now considered one of the most backward districts in India and Khariar is located in the heart of Nuapada district. It comes under a rain shadow belt and there is never adequate rain fall for a good crop. Practically every year or once in two years there has been drought in the Khariar Tahasil (County). Khariar is the one of the major towns in Nuapada district. It is the main business centre in the locality. It has a daily market and a weekly baazar takes place every Friday. Maximum people of khariar are lower middle class which includes Govt employees, small shopkeepers etc.

Khariar street

Khariar market

Geography

Khariar is located at 20.28°N 82.77°E / 20.28; 82.77. It has an average elevation of 226 m (741 ft). It is located in the Western part of Orissa, close to the border of Raipur District Chhattisgarh State. It belongs to the Mahanadi basin the Eastern Ghats where mountains are interspersed with wide valleys. The elevation is about 200 meters. The climate is tropical with the rainfall is due to the South West monsoon.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Khariar had a population of 25778. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khariar has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 52%. In Khariar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Khariar mahotsav

Education

Though Khariar is a small town, it has some institutions which provide quality education. Some of the institutions which provide good education are listed below:

• Raja A.T. High School, Khariar [Oriya medium].
• Govt. Girl's High School, khariar [Oriya medium].
• Lohrapali High School,Lohrapali,khariar [Oriya medium].
• Utkala bandhu U.P&M.E School, Khariar.
• Girls M.E School, khariar.
• Boys M.E School, khariar.
• Kendriya Vidyalaya, khariar [C.B.S.E]

Private Schools

• Saraswati shishu vidya mandir,khariar.
• Khariar public school,khariar.
• Western Orissa residentiaal public school,khariar.
• Daniel public school;Bhojpur(near khariar).
• Little star public school,khariar.
• Aurobindo school of integral education,khariar

Colleges

• Khariar college,khariar.
• LCAT,khariar.
• Women's college,khariar.
• khariar ITI,khariar.

Transportation

Khariar is well connected with towns like Bhawanipatna, Titlagarh, Kantabanji, Bolangir by road only.The nearest railway station is Kantabanji,which is well connected with all major cities & towns of Orissa as well as of India.Raipur is the nearest airport which is located 198 km from khariar.khariar is a town which is bus dominated.As khariar is not a big city only bike & bicycle can be seen on the roads of khariar.khariar is the major transportation hub for khariar block.NH 217 passes through khariar,which links Raipur and gopalpur.SH 16 connects khariar with bhawanipatna.

Politics

Current MLA from Khariar Assembly Constituency is Hitesh ku Bagarti of BJP, who won the seat in State elections in 2009. Previous MLAs from this seat wereDuryodhan Majhi of BJD Anup Singh Deo of INC who won in 1985 and also in 1980 as independent candidate, Kapil Narayan Tiwari who won as independent candidate in 1977.

Khariar is part of Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency).