Khordha district

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Khordha district
Khurda
District of Odisha
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Nickname: 
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Location in Odisha
Khordha district
Khordha district
Coordinates: 20°09′58″N85°39′58″E / 20.166°N 85.666°E / 20.166; 85.666
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Orissa Flag(INDIA).png Odisha
Headquarters Khordha
Government
 •  Collector & District Magistrate K Sudarshan Chakravarthy
Area
 • Total2,813 km2 (1,086 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total2,251,673
 • Density800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Odia, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
751 xxx, 752 xxx
Telephone code674, 6755, 6756
Vehicle registration OD-02/OD-33, OD-33K
Nearest city Bhubaneswar
Sex ratio 1.108 ♂/♀
Literacy87.51%
Lok Sabha constituency2
Vidhan Sabha constituency6
Climate Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation 1,443 millimetres (56.8 in)
Avg. summer temperature41.4 °C (106.5 °F)
Avg. winter temperature9.5 °C (49.1 °F)
Website www.khordha.nic.in

Khordha district is an administrative division of the state of Odisha, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993, by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khordha and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town. The capital city of Bhubaneswar is located in this district. [2] Khordha is the most urbanized of all the districts of Odisha.

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Khordha Road, the railway station that serves the town, is also the divisional headquarters of the East Coast Railway of the Indian Railways, and contains its own division. Khordha is known for its brass utensils, cottage industries, railway coach manufacturing and cable manufacturing unit and counsumer food manufacturing unit of various MNCs like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, ITC etc.

History

It was the capital of Odisha from 1568 to 1803. It is also known for its fort, often described as the "last independent fort". [3] The commander who kept it free from British East India Company was Bakshi Jagabandhu, popularly called 'Paika Bakshi'.

The Savaras tribal group, who are still to be found in the district in some pockets, once heavily populated the area. Khurda came into prominence when the first Rajas of the Khordha dynasty, Ramachandra Deva, made it the capital of his kingdom during the latter part of the 16th century. Khurda suffered repeated onslaughts from Muslim and Maratha cavalry but its royal house retained independence till 1804, when the British East India Company dispossessed Raja of his territory following the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

British government took Odisha under its rule in 1803 but could only include Khurda in 1827. The Paikas of Khurda are known for protesting against the British rule in Odisha.

Geography

It is also the district headquarters of Khurda district located at 20.11° N 85.40° E. The area of the district is 2,813 km2 (1,086 sq mi). [2] The district is bordered by Cuttack district to the north and east, Puri district to the south, Ganjam district to the west, and Nayagarh district to the northwest. The Daya and Kuakhai Rivers flow through Khurda. The forested area is 618.67 km2 (238.87 sq mi). [4] The district is mainly flat coastal plain, with some hill ranges in the west. It borders the Chilika Lake.

Climate

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Economy

It is renowned for its brass utensils cottage industries, cable factory, spinning mills, watch repairing factory, railway coach repairing factory, oil industries, Coca-Cola bottling plant and small metal industries, or sms group, Iocl gas bottling plant.

Divisions


Blocks

  1. Balianta
  2. Balipatna
  3. Banapur
  4. Begunia
  5. Bhubaneswar
  6. Bolagarh
  7. Chilika
  8. Jatni
  9. Khordha
  10. Tangi

Subdivisions [5]

  1. Bhubaneswar: consists of 4 blocks, viz. Balianta, Balipatana, Jatni, Bhubaneswar.
  2. Khurda: consists of 6 blocks, viz. Tangi, Khorda sadara, Banapur, Begunia, Bolgarh and Chilika.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1901470,409—    
1911479,645+2.0%
1921431,482−10.0%
1931478,128+10.8%
1941516,719+8.1%
1951557,718+7.9%
1961658,073+18.0%
1971858,554+30.5%
19811,132,182+31.9%
19911,502,014+32.7%
20011,877,395+25.0%
20112,251,673+19.9%
Source: Census of India [6]
Religions in Khordha district (2011) [7]
ReligionPercent
Hinduism
 
95.38%
Islam
 
3.73%
Christianity
 
0.56%
Other or not stated
 
0.33%

According to the 2011 census Khordha district has a population of 2,251,673, [1] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia [8] or the US state of New Mexico. [9] This gives it a ranking of 201st in India (out of a total of 640). [1] The district has a population density of 799 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,070/sq mi). [1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.65%. [1] Khordha has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males, [1] and a literacy rate of 87.51%. 48.16% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.21% and 5.11% of the population respectively. [1]

Languages of Khordha district (2011) [10]

   Odia (92.13%)
   Urdu (1.98%)
   Telugu (1.69%)
   Hindi (1.55%)
   Bengali (1.38%)
  Others (1.27%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.13% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.98% Urdu, 1.69% Telugu, 1.55% Hindi, 1.38% Bengali and 0.43% Santali as their first language. [10]

Politics

Vidhan sabha constituencies

The following are the eight Vidhan sabha constituencies [11] [12] of Khordha district and the elected members [13] of that area

No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency (blocks)Member of 14th Assembly Party
111JayadevSCBalianta, Balipatna Arabinda Dhali BJD
112 Bhubaneswar Central NoneBhubaneswar MC Ward No. 16 to 29 and 35 to 37Bijaya Kumar Mohanty BJD
113 Bhubaneswar North NoneBhubaneswar (MC) (part), Bhubaneswar (part)Priyadarshi Mishra BJD
114Ekamra-BhubaneswarNoneBhubaneswar (MC) (part), Bhubaneswar (part)Ashok Chandra Panda BJD
115JataniNoneJatani (M), Jatani, Khurda (PART), Bhubaneswar (part)Suresh Kumar Routray INC
116BeguniaNoneBegunia, BologarhRaja Sahoo BJD
117KhurdaNoneKhurda (M), Tangi, Khurda (part)Yotirindra Nath Mitra BJD
118ChilikaNoneBalugaon (NAC), Banapur (NAC), Chilika, Banapur,Prasant Jagdev BJP

Lok Sabha constituencies

During 1952 general election, Pandit Lingraj Mishra was elected from the Khurda (Lok Sabha constituency). 1957 onwards members were elected from Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency). [14]

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  6. ↑ Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
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  11. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent
  12. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  13. ↑ "List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly". ws.ori.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  14. ↑ "First Lok Sabha - State wise Details - Odisha" . Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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