The district of Sundargarh is situated in Western Odisha between 21 .25’N and 22.23’ N latitudes and 83. 21 E and 85 22’ longitudes covering a geographical area of 97 12 sq. km The District has been divided into 3 sub division and 17 books. It has 18 tahsil 262grampanchyats.09 towns and 1764 villages out of which 41 are un-inhabited. According to the 2011 census the total population of the district was 2093437 which constitute 4.99% of the total population of the state. AS per 2011 census the ST and SC population of the District is 1062349 (50.75%) and 1191660 (9.16 %) respectively. The district is located in the ago-climatic zone of North –western plateau and experiences an extreme climate. The normal rainfall of the district is 1422. 40 mm and the bulk of precipitation is received in the month from June to September through west monsoon. The Sundargarh district Central Cooperative Bank covers the in tire district. It is working with its 15 nos. of Branches and 44 nos. of LAMPCS by catering credit to its members.