Bargarh district

Bargarh District, also Baragarh District, is an administrative district of state in eastern. The city of is district headquarters.

Total area of the district is 5837 sq.km. The district has an area of 5832 km², and a population of 1,345,601, with a population density of 231 persons per km². The district was carved out of the erstwhile district of. All-season irrigation from dam on the  makes the northern half of Bargarh District rich in agriculture, mostly.
 * Bargarh is the westernmost district of Orissa.
 * Chhatisgarh is to the north.
 * Sambalpur is east.
 * Balangir and Subarnapur are south.
 * Nuapara is west.

Bargarh district has 12 Blocks. Some of them are barpali, padampur, bhatli.

The district is famous for a 10-day long open-stage drama,, based on the life and times of , culminating in the death of King. It is also famous for centuries old handloom industry manufacturing a trade-mark textile form called.

The people speak, a dialect of. There is a temple at  where, as the only instance of its kind in the world,  is worshiped in a feline incarnation.