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Table 2.28: Details of some of the existing mining companies in the region
Sl no Company/lease holder Items of production Location
1 M/S SAIL Iron ore Bolani
2 M/S Essel Mining & ind. Iron ore, dolomite, limestone Kasia
3 M/S BPMEL Iron ore Thakurani
4 Dr. Patnaik Iron ore and manganese ore Thakurani
5 SR Steel Iron ore and manganese ore Dobuna
6 Kalinga Sponge and Steel company Dobuna
7 Ferro Manganese Manganese ferro alloy Joda
8 SR Steel Iron ore Bodokalimati
Source: Field visit July 2009; data of the above are mainly based on the opinion of the villagers and Lutheran World Service india (LWSI)
Demographic Profile of the Villages
in the Area
As it is one of the adivasi dominated districts of the state,
Keonjhor is home to Juangs and other adivasi communities
especially the Bhatudi, Gond, Mundas, and Santals. According
to the 2001 Census the total population of the district is
1,561,990 out of which the the ST population constitutes
44.5 per cent and the SC population is 11.62 per cent.
Importantly, 75 per cent of the total population lives in the
rural areas. Census 2001 shows that there are at least 46 adivasi
communities in the district. Out of these 16 prominent tribes
of the district constitute 96.12 per cent of the total adivasi
population in the district. Table 2.29 gives village-wise data
of sites visited in Keonjhar. 279
The areas, which the researcher visited during the field trip,
had majority ST and some SC families. Some of the data given
below are based on the views of the villagers and it reflects the
socio-economic and political situation of the villages, the price
of displacement and the mining in these areas especially with
respect to ecological imbalance, the issues concerning women
and child labour in the mining areas.
Table 2.29: Village-wise data, Keonjhar
Sl Name of the Total house- Total Sex-wise Total population Sex-wise
no. village holds Population under 18 years
Male Female Male Female
1 Bolani 350 1,500 800 700 900 500 400
2 Kasia 350 2,000 950 1,050 1,100 550 600
3 Tanto 135 700 370 330 300 160 140
4 Thakurani 100 500 250 250 200 100 100
5 Dobuna 350 1,700 900 800 700 400 300
6 Bodokalimati 190–200 1,000–1,300 650 600 500 250 250
7 Joda 120 600–700 350 300 300 200 100
Source: Field visit July 2009; above data is in approximate figures and is mainly based on the opinion of villagers
279. Impact of Mining and Allied activities in Keonjhor and Mayurbhanj, LWSI, 2006.