Later, Maharajah Veer Vikram Dev shifted his capital to Jeypore and about the middle of the 17th century, this town prospered under the British Administration.

But today not a single tree of nux-vomica is to be found near about the town of Koraput and so the assumption of Miss Anshika is open to question.

As the term 'tribal' often denotes a negative connotation, the indigenous people here prefer to be known as Adivasis, i.e. "original inhabitants".

The traditional culture (including languages), knowledge and subsistence of the Adivasis are closely connected with local ecosystems.

However, many Adivasis maintain a tradition of selling produce (vegetables and fruit) in Sunday markets popularly known as Hat Poda (or haat).

[4] The Dongar Festival (or Parab) is held annually, ostensibly to showcase the way of life of Adivasis, in the first and second weeks of December, organised by the district administration.

[5] There has been criticism of the festival, with allegations that Adivasis are reluctant participants, who are paraded like "museum specimens" for the benefit of the tourism industry.

Srikhetra is normally referred to as Puri Jagannath, but the unique identity of the Koraput temple is because no section of society is barred entry.

Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS), registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860,[6] is university–like educational institute is a successful attempt to restore and educate tribal way of life, customs, tradition, medicine, language, social structure and history.

COATS has been documenting the day-today situation of poor tribals and feeding this information to the local administration in an effort to make it more efficient.

Koraput district is famous for the important places like Jeypur, Duduma, Bagra, Sunabeda MiG factory.

Gupteswar, Neelabadi, Nandapur, Sunabeda, Duduma water fall, (Savra shrikhetra), Ankadeli forms the major interests of Koraput.

This started functioning from August 2009 providing courses on English, Oriya, mass communication, journalism, anthropology and sociology.

[9] On 4 September 2017, the new government medical college was established in Koraput and named after Saheed Laxman Nayak, a great freedom fighter of that region.

[citation needed] Current MP Saptagiri Ulaka and MLA from Koraput Assembly Constituency is Raghu Ram Padal who won the seat in State elections in 2019.

The whole month of parab witnesses events on sports culture, seminar mountain trekking, boat race and artists camp.