Asika nicknamed "The Sugar City" is a town and a notified area committee in Ganjam district

Ganjam District

Ganjam district is a district in the Indian state of Orissa located on the border of Andhra Pradesh. Ganjam's total area is 8,070 km² . Its population is approximately 2,704,056.Ganjam is known for its beaches bordering the Bay of Bengal, the most famous ones being Gopalpur and Dhavaleshwar...

  in the state of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

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India

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Geography

Aska is located at 19.6°N 84.65°E. It has an average elevation of 30 metres (98 feet).It is situated at 40 km from Brahmapur on West and 35 km from Bhanjanagar on the East at the confluence of Rivers Rushikulya and Badanadi. NH-217 (Gopalpur-Raipur) is passing through this city appox 3 KM length.

Industries

• Aska Sugar Factory- Asia's 1st Sugar Factory established in 1824.
• Aska Spinning Mill

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Aska had a population of 20,718(Third biggest city in Ganjam dist after Brahmapur & Hinjilicut). Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Aska has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Historical background of ASKA relates to Sugar factory of ASKA which is Asia's 1st Sugar Factory build by Minchin Saheb in British time.This factory has its own name.Due to this factory the Aska Town is known as Sugar City.Still many parts of India(Tamil Nadu), call sugar as ASKA.

When one thinks of Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Ltd., many things come to memory, its history, the pioneers in the field, the hardy local farmers, its workmen, the dedicated bureaucrats, the support it got at highest levels, the institutional infrastructure that helped, and how it over-come so with a back ground of its heritage of being the story of Sugar in Asia and the place where Asia's 1st Sugar Factory was established in 1824.

The jaggery mill which was started in the year 1948 by the name "The Aska Sugar Works and Distillery Ltd." by 'Biny and Co. Madras' which met with huge losses for lack of supervision and other transport bottle-necks. Thereafter Fredrick Josheph Vivian Minchin, the Book Keeper of Biny & Co. purchased the said factory and with the new Sugar Technology obtained from Germany designed and rebuilt the factory in 1856.

Bank

• State Bank of India, Main Branch, Aska
• State Bank of India, ADB-Aska
• Andhra Bank, Aska
• Punjab National Bank, Aska
• Rusikulya Gramya Bank, Aska
• ICICI Bank
• Union Bank of India
• Indian Overseas Bank
• karur vysya bank

School

• Central School(Kendriya Vidyalaya), Aska
• Harihar High School, Aska
• NAC High School, Aska
• Mac Mickel Sanskrit Tol, Aska
• Govt Tech High School, Aska
• Govt Girls High School, Aska
• Aryan Public School, Aska
• DePaul School,Aska
• Mom School of Excellency, Aska
• Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir,Aska

Several other high schools are there nearby Aska.

College

• Aska Science College, Aska
• Binayak Acharya College, Aska
• Niranjan Women's College, Aska
• Mac Mickle Sans College, Aska

Politics

Current MLA from Aska Assembly Constituency is Debaraj Mohanty of BJD

Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...

. Previous MLAs from this seat were Saroj Kumar Padhy, who won the seat as an independent candidate in State elections of 2004, Debaraj Mohanty of BJD

Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...

 who won this seat in 2000, Usharani Panda of INC

Indian National Congress

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 in 1995, Duti Krushna Panda of CPI

Communist Party of India

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 in 1990, Raghaba Parida who won representing INC in 1985 and as a candidate of INC(I) in 1980, and Harihar Swain of JNP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 in 1977.

Aska is part of Aska (Lok Sabha constituency)

Aska (Lok Sabha constituency)

Aska Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:The Legislative Assembly segments, which constituted this parliamentary constituency before delimitation were as follows:...

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