Districts of Orissa
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Orissa
, a state
on the eastern
coast of India
, is divided into a number of administrative geographical units called districts. Currently (2005), Orissa
consists of the following 30 districts:
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...
, a state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
on the eastern
East India
East India is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Orissa. The states of Orissa and West Bengal share some cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh and with the state of Assam. Together with Bangladesh, West Bengal formed the...
coast of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is divided into a number of administrative geographical units called districts. Currently (2005), 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...
consists of the following 30 districts:
| Code | District | Headquarter(s) | Population (2001) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN | Angul Angul District Angul is a district of Orissa state in India. The city of Angul is the district headquarters.-History:A bridge between western and coastal areas of Orissa where the prehistoric and protohistoric relics are found in village Bhimakund, Kankili, Kulei, Samal, Sanakerjang, Kaliakata, Paranga, Kerjang,... |
Angul Angul, India Angul is the headquarters of Angul district in the State of Orissa, India.The district came into existence on April 1, 1993. The district covers a geographical area of 6232 km2 and supports a population of about 11.40 lakhs... |
1,139,341 | 6,347 | 180 |
| BD | Boudh Boudh District Boudh District, also called Bauda District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The city of Boudh is the district headquarters. As of 2011 it is the second least populous district of Orissa , after Debagarh.... (Bauda) |
Boudh Boudh Boudh is a town and a notified area committee in Boudh district in the state of Orissa, India. It is the district headquarters of Boudh district... |
373,038 | 4,289 | 87 |
| BH | Bhadrak | Bhadrak Bhadrak Bhadrak is a city and a municipality in Bhadrak district in the state of Orissa, India.-Demographics: India census, Bhadrak had a population of 1,33,4000. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Bhadrak has an average literacy rate of 73.86, higher than the national average of... |
1,332,249 | 2,788 | 478 |
| BL | Bolangir Balangir District Balangir District, also called Bolangir District, is a district situated in the western orissa region of India. The district has an area of 5,165 km², and a population of 1,335,760 . The town of Balangir is the district headquarters... (Balangir) |
Balangir Balangir For Balangir District See : Balangir DistrictBalangir', is a city and municipality in Balangir district in the state of Orissa, India. It is also the headquarter of Balangir district.-Overview:... |
1,335,760 | 6,552 | 204 |
| BR | Bargarh Bargarh District Bargarh District ', is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The city of Bargarh is its district headquarters. The district was carved out of the erstwhile district of Sambalpur in 1993.- Geography :... (Baragarh) |
Bargarh Bargarh Bargarh, is a town and a municipality in Bargarh district in the state of Orissa, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bargarh District.- Geography :... |
1,345,601 | 5,832 | 231 |
| BW | Baleswar (Balasore) | Baleswar | 2,023,056 | 3,706 | 546 |
| CU | Cuttack Cuttack District Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts in Orissa state in eastern India. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Orissa , after Ganjam.-Geography:... |
Cuttack Cuttack Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Orissa, India. It is the headquarters of Cuttack district and is located about 20 km to the north east of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa. The name of the city is an anglicised form of Kataka that literally means The Fort, a reference to the... |
2,340,686 | 3,915 | 598 |
| DE | Debagarh Debagarh District Debagarh District, also known as Deogarh District, is a district of Orissa state, India. It is located in the northern part of the state. Debagarh is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2781.66 km². The district has a population of 274,095... (Deogarh) |
Debagarh Debagarh Debagarh, also known as Deogarh, is a city in Orissa state of eastern India. It is the headquarters of Debagarh District.- Deogarh :Deogarh is one of the 30 administrative districts of Orissa situated in the Western region of the state having its Head Quarter at Deogarh town.- Introduction... |
274,095 | 2,781 | 99 |
| DH | Dhenkanal Dhenkanal District Dhenkanal District is an administrative division of Orissa, India. It is bordered by Kendujhar in the north, Jajpur in the east, Cuttack in the south and Anugul in the west. Dhenkanal town, the district headquarters has a cluster of temples, archaeological remains and a mediaeval fort. A former... |
Dhenkanal Dhenkanal, India Dhenkanal is a city and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Orissa, India.-Geography:Dhenkanal is located at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres .-Demographics:... |
1,065,983 | 4,597 | 232 |
| GN | Ganjam 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... |
Chhatrapur Chhatrapur Chhatrapur is a town and a notified area committee in Ganjam District in the state of Orissa, India. It is the headquarter town of Ganjam District. There are two railway stations in Chhatrapur. They are Chhatrapur station and Chhatrapur court station.-Geography:Chhatrapur is located at... |
3,136,937 | 8,033 | 391 |
| GP | Gajapati Gajapati district Gajapati is a district of Orissa, India. It was created from Ganjam District in October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Maharaja Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Dev, the Raja Sahib of the Paralakhemundi estate , who is remembered for his contribution in the formation of a separate... |
Paralakhemundi Paralakhemundi Parlakhemundi is a small town and a municipality in Gajapati district in the Indian state of Orissa. The major languages spoken in this region are Oriya and Telugu.- Demographics :... |
518,448 | 3,056 | 170 |
| JH | Jharsuguda Jharsuguda District Jharsuguda is a district in Orissa, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarters. The district once had an airport during World War II. This region is rich in coal and other mineral reserves... |
Jharsuguda Jharsuguda Jharsuguda is the district headquarters of Jharsuguda district of Orissa, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Jharsuguda district. It is an upcoming industrial hub, basically in the metal and cement sectors. Jharsuguda is well connected to all major cities of India through rail network... |
509,056 | 2,202 | 231 |
| JP | Jajapur (Jajpur) | Jajpur Town | 1,622,868 | 2,885 | 563 |
| JS | Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur District Jagatsinghpur District is an administrative district of Orissa, India. The city of Jagatsinghpur is the district headquarters.-Post-independence:... |
Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghapur is a town and a Municipality area in Jagatsinghpur district in the Indian state of Orissa. Jagatsingpur got the recognition of a district on 1 April 1994, which is situated at a distance of 60 km from Cuttack. Jagtsingpur district has made Orissa's literature and culture... |
1,056,556 | 1,759 | 601 |
| KH | Khordha Khordha district Khordha is an administrative division of the state of Orissa, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993 by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town, formerly... |
Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital... |
1,874,405 | 2,888 | 649 |
| KJ | Kendujhar Kendujhar District Kendujhar District, also known as Keonjhar District, is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendujhar or Kendujhargarh is the district headquarters.... (Keonjhar) |
Kendujhar Kendujhar Kendujhar is a city and a municipality in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district.-Geography:... |
15,61,990 | 8,240 | 188 |
| KL | Kalahandi Kalahandi Kalahandi, , is a district of Orissa in India. The region had a glorious past and great civilization in ancient time. Archaeological evidence of stone age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilized, cultured and urban human... |
Bhawanipatna Bhawanipatna Bhawanipatnais the headquarters of Kalahandi District.Bhawanipatna is a town of numerous temples dedicated to different deities of Hindu pantheon. Named after its presiding deity "Bhawani-Shankar", it is the most convenient base for touring various places of interest in the district and the nearby... |
1,334,372 | 8,197 | 163 |
| KN | Kandhamal Kandhamal Kandhamal is a district of the state of Orissa, India. The district headquarters of the district is Phulbani.-History:The Kandhmal district was created on 1 April 1993 from the former Boudh-Kandhmal district as a result of district reorganization in the state of Orissa.-Communal unrest and... |
Phulbani | 647,912 | 6,004 | 108 |
| KO | Koraput Koraput District Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats.-History:... |
Koraput Koraput Koraput is a town and a Notified Area Council in Koraput district in the Indian state of Orissa.-History:The district of Koraput derives its name from its headquarters the present town of Koraput. In ancient times when the Nalas were ruling over this tract, Pushkari near modern Umarkot was the... |
1,177,954 | 8,534 | 138 |
| KP | Kendrapara Kendrapara District Kendrapara District is an administrative district of Orissa state in eastern India. The town of Kendrapara is the district headquarters. Kendrapara District is situated in the eastern portion of the state, and is bounded on the north by Bhadrak District, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the... |
Kendrapara Kendrapara Kendrapara is a city and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the headquarters of Kendrapara district.-Geography:Kendrapara is located at . It has an average elevation of... |
1,301,856 | 2,546 | 511 |
| ML | Malkangiri Malkangiri district Malkangiri district is a district of the state of Orissa, India.-History:This district was carved out as district from the undivided Koraput district on 2nd Oct, 1992. The administrative headquarters of this district is Malkangiri town.... |
Malkangiri Malkangiri Malkangiri is a town and a notified area committee in Malkangiri district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the headquarters of the Malkangiri district. Malkangiri is the new home of the Bangladeshi refugees, who were rehabilitated since 1965 under the Dandakaranya project... |
480,232 | 6,115 | 79 |
| MY | Mayurbhanj | Baripada Baripada Baripada is a city and a municipality in Mayurbhanj district in the state of Orissa, India. Baripada is the district headquarters. It is a place to stay and tour the Mayurbhanj region, a region with one of the most important wildlife parks of India , lush valleys, forest lands and scores of ancient... |
2,221,782 | 10,418 | 213 |
| NB | Nabarangpur | Nabarangapur | 1,018,171 | 5,135 | 198 |
| NU | Nuapada Nuapada District Nuapada is a district of Orissa, India.-History:The District of Nuapada was a part of Kalahandi District till early March 1993, but for the administrative convenience, Kalahandi District was divided into two parts i.e. Kalahandi and Nuapada vide State Government Notification No. DRC-44/93/14218/R.... |
Nuapada Nuapada Nuapada,is a city in Koshal region of Orissa state of eastern India. It is the headquarters of Nuapada district. It is part of Orissa, liguistically & culturally.-Politics:... |
530,524 | 3,408 | 156 |
| NY | Nayagarh Nayagarh District Nayagarh district is one of the 30 districts of Orissa State in eastern India. It was created in 1995 when the erstwhile Puri District was split into three distinct districts. It is home to the Baisipali Wildlife Sanctuary.-Maoist attacks:... |
Nayagarh Nayagarh Nayagarh is a town and a notified area committee in Nayagarh district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the headquarters of Nayagarh district.-Geography:Nayagarh is located at... |
863,934 | 3,954 | 218 |
| PU | Puri Puri District Puri being a coastal district of Orissa, is famous for its Historic antiquities, Religious sanctuaries, Architectural Grandeur, Sea-scape beauty,moderate climate.It holds a wealth of attraction for the visitors. It boasts of a continuous history from the 3rd Century B.C... |
Puri | 1,498,604 | 3,055 | 491 |
| RA | Rayagada Rayagada District Rayagada is a mineral-rich district in the southern part of the state of Orissa, in India. The city Rayagada is its headquarter. The population of this district consists mainly of tribals.The District occupies a total area of 7,584.7 km2... |
Rayagada Rayagada Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district.-Geography:... |
823,019 | 7,585 | 109 |
| SA | Sambalpur Sambalpur District Sambalpur District is a district in the western part of state of Orissa, India. The historic city of Sambalpur is the district headquarters.The district is located in the Mahanadi River basin. It has a total area of 6,702 square kilometers, of which almost 60% of the district is covered in dense... |
Sambalpur Sambalpur Sambalpur is a city in Sambalpur district in the Indian state of Orissa.It lies at a distance of 321 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar. In the year 1876, Sambalpur was established as a municipality. It is currently the headquarters and the largest city of Sambalpur district. It is also... |
928,889 | 6,702 | 139 |
| SO | Subarnapur (Sonepur) | Subarnapur Subarnapur Subarnapur may refer to:*Subarnapur district in the state of Orissa, India**Sonepur, headquarters of Subarnapur district*Subarnapur, Nepal... |
540,659 | 2,284 | 237 |
| SU | Sundargarh (Sundergarh) | Sundargarh | 1,829,412 | 9,942 | 184 |