Barbil is a town and a municipality in the Kendujhar district of the state of Odisha, India. The region around Barbil has the fifth largest deposit of iron ore and manganese ore in the world. It is a major source of revenue generation for both the central and the state government. Barbil has a cosmopolitan culture due to the influx of people from almost all states of India and boost of a very good Indian culture schools like 'Sarawati Sishu Vidya Mandir' , Govt schools like Barbil High school, Barbil Girl's High school, Nalda High school and other private schools like Gopabandhu High school and convent school by the name 'St. Mary's School' and 'Jindal School'.Barbil is located at 22.12N 85.40E.[1] It has an average elevation of 477 m . Barbil is fully surrounded by hills
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