Orissa District Gazetteers: Koraput

Before Independence, British administrators in India published imperial district gazetteers, including those for Angul, Balasore, Cuttack, Koraput, Puri and the ‘Feudatory States of Orissa’. This gazetteer, published in 1945, describes various aspects of Odisha’s Koraput district. It surveys the economy, society, politics and administrative setup as well as the district’s history, geography, climate, biodiversity and natural resources. Koraput was made a separate district on April 1, 1936 – the same day that the Orissa province was established. Before this, it was a part of Visakhapatnam district (Vizagapatam in British times) in Madras Presidency. With an area of 25,576 square kilometres, Koraput was considered the largest district in Orissa. It has since been split up into four smaller districts: Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Rayagada. After Independence, in 1957, the responsibility of compiling the district gazetteers was transferred from the Centre to the states...