Malkangiri

Malkangiri
Town
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Coordinates: 18°21′N 81°54′E / 18.35°N 81.90°E / 18.35; 81.90
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Malkangiri
Founded by	Malakimardhan Krishna Dev
Named for	Malikamardhan
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Malkangiri Municipality
• Collector & District Magistrate	Aasish Ishwar Patil, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Nitesh Wadhwani, IPS
• Member of Legislative Assembly	Aditya Madhi (BJP)
Area
• Total	9.62 km2 (3.71 sq mi)
Elevation	178 m (584 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	31,007
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	7640XX
Vehicle registration	OD-30
Website	www.malkangiri.nic.in

Malkangiri, historically known as Malikamardhangiri, is a town and municipality in Malkangiri district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarter of the Malkangiri district. Malkangiri has been the new home of the East Bengali refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), who have been rehabilitated since 1965 under the Dandakaranya Project. Some Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were also rehabilitated in the town, following the armed struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the early 1990s, although most of them have now returned to their country. Currently, it is one of the most naxalite-affected areas of the state, and is a part of the Red Corridor.^[1]