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Un- employment
Out of 31.61 lakhs of population as per 2001 census, 5.04 lakhs are Agricultural
labourers, 4.84 lakhs are marginal labourers. Migration in search of work is very high, un-
employment rate among the educated youth is also very high. . The problem of un-employment
among educated persons in the District is also precarious. As per the employment register the
position of educated job seekers stands at 46.415.
Illiteracy
As per 1991 census the literacy rate was 48.72 % and as per 2001 census this has
increased to 60.77%. Yet female literacy is low compared to all India figure. An indigenous
programme called “Saraga Shashi” under which efforts have been made to provide boundary
walls, tube wells for safe drinking water supply for children, toilet and kitchen, garden in all
Govt. Primary and U.P schools of the district. This would supplement the joyful learning
process and help to check the dropouts. Existing sources are not sufficient to cover all Primary
Schools. Additional fund under BRGF is required to fill the gap.
Rising extremism
Now the Naxal activities have crept into the district from mainly Andhra Pradesh and
Gajapati district border. There is need to develop accessibility of the police personnel to the
naxal-prone area to combat the situation and to save the life and resources of general public.
The lack of infrastructure, especially in the interior areas, lack of basic facilities like health,
education, inaccessibility and want of gainful employment have forced people to look towards
extremist and extremism as an option. A plan of development of those areas will go a long way
in checking Naxal terrorism and bring the areas into main stream activities.
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