Keonjhar, also known as Kendujhar, is a town in [Orissa]state of India.It is the administrative headquarters of Keonjhar district.
The name of the district originated form a folk tale that runs like this. Once great sage Rishi Agastya was passing through a deep jungle. He saw to his astonishment that a fine stream of water was coming out from the trunk of Tendu tree (Bidi leaf tree). In local language this tree is called Kendu and Stream is called Jhara. Thus rishi constructed his Ashram there and the name of the place was called Kendujhar and later on Keonjhar. The district is full of natural sceneries.
The district of Keonjhar, lying between 21o1\\\'N and 22o10\\\'N latitude and 85o11\\\' E to 86o22\\\' E longitude presents a panorama of millennia, both from the geographical and anthropological point of view. Spread over an area of 8,240 kmē, it is as varied as the whole of Orissa with water-falls roaring gorges, mountains and minerals.
Keonjhar has the distinction of containing one of the oldest rocks of the world, approximately 38,000 million years old covering an area of 100 kmē at Asanpat. It has also the oldest stone inscription of Orissa paleogeologically belonging to the Gupta period.
The district of Keonjhar is highly rich in mineral resources and has vast deposits of Iron, Manganese and Chrome Ores. About 30% of its total area is covered with tracts of dense forests. But the district, in spite of its immense mineral and forest wealth, still remaining economically backward.
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