గంజాం జిల్లా: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Ganjam one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 19 districts in [[Odisha]] currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=September 8, 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|accessdate=September 27, 2011}}</ref>

 

 

* [[Upendra Bhanja|Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja]].

* Sashi Bhusan Rath: born in [[Surada]]. He was a great personality and a social reformer at that period. He had elected to the vice-chairman of former "Berhampur Municipality" and to "Madras Assembly Council". He was the founder-cum-editor of the 1st [[Oriya language|Oriya]] daily "ASHA".

* [[Biswanath Das]]:- He was the Prime Minister of Odisha Province of British India 1937–39, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh 1962–67 and later the Chief Minister of Odisha 1971–72.

 

* [[Siddhanta Mahapatra]], Film Actor, Politician

 

 

* మా Samlai ఆలయం, నియర్ Hinjlikatu Purusotampur సమీపంలో