Odisha At a Glance

Name : Odisha

Old Name : Utkal, Kalinga, Udra

Area : (i) 1,55,707 sq. km. (4.74% of India`s land mass)

          (ii) There are 30 districts, which are headed by collector.

Location :

(i) 17 49` to 22 34` N latitude and 81 29` E Longitude

(ii)On the eastern coast of India between Kolkata and Chenni (Madras)

(iii)The state of Odisha is like a between North Southern halves of India.

Climate:

(i)Tropical climate.

(ii)Temperature : Max.- 40 cC (summer); (Min-7 C(winter)

(iii)Average rainfall-150cm

(iv) There major seasons are summer, Raimy, Winter.

Coastline : Over 480 kms, dotted with virgin beaches like Chandrabhaga, Puri, Gopalpur, etc.

Forest Area : 46,941 Sq . km (30.10% of the total area of the including biosphere reserves like simplipal, Bhit Tikarpara, Ushakothi (Badrama),Barbara, etc)

Population (2001): 3,67,06,920

Population Density (2001) :236 persons per sq. km.

Language:

(i)Oriya, Hindi, Santhali, Kui,Bengali, Urdu

(ii) Native or regional language is Oriya, but the Travel Trade and Hotel Industry people speak and understand English, Hindi and Bengali.

Religion : Odisha is a secular state with a harmonious blend major religions.

Literacy rate: 63.61%

Number of Districts : 30

Number of Sub-Divisions : 58

Number of Tahasils : 171

Number of Blocks : 314

Total Villages : 51,349

Number of Towns : 138

Date of Formation : January 1,1949

Revenue Zone: 3

Assembly: Unicameral

Seats in Assembly: 147 (34 ST, 22 SC)

Lok Sabha Seats: 21( 5ST, 3 SC)

Rajya Sabha Seats:   10

Political Parties: Biju Janata Dal, BJP, JMM, Congress, NCP, Odisha Jana Morcha

Judiciary`s Seats: Cuttack

Chief Crops : Paddy, Sugarcane, Oil Seeds.

Chief Industries : Steal, Iron ore, Minerals (Like Manganess)

Port : Paradeep

Airport : Bhubaneswer

 Capital:   Bhubaneswer