INTRODUCTION

The District KHURDA came into being on 1 st April, 1993 by dividing 
it off its erstwhile Puri District which after division became Puri, 
Khurda and Nayagarh. Later on in the year 2000 the District name is 
changed as KHORDHA. It comprises of

02 - Sub-division

10 - Tahasils

10 - Blocks

02 - Notified Area Council (NAC)

02 - Municipality

01 - Municipal Corporation

02 - Parliamentary Constituency

08 - Assembly Constituency

The District is bounded by

Cuttack District - North & North-East

Nayagarh District - West

Puri District - South

Ganjam District - South-West

Lies between

Latitude - 19 Degree 40 to 20 Degree 25 North

Longitude - 24 Degree 55 to 36 Degree 5 East

DISTRICT PROFILE

1. Total Geographical Area of the District : 2887.50 Sq. Kms.

(i) Rural Area : 2642.16 Sq. Kms.

(ii) Urban Area : 245.3416 Sq. Kms

2. Total Population (as per 2001 Census) : 18,77,395

(i) Male : 9,86,886

(ii) Female : 8,90,509

(iii) Schedule Caste : 2,54,251

(iv) Schedule Tribe : 97,186

3. Total Rural Population (as per 2001 Census) : 10,71,689

(i) Male : 5,43,490

(ii) Female : 5,28,199

(iii) Schedule Caste : 1,79,088

(iv) Schedule Tribe : 64,925

4. Total Urban Population (as per 2001 Census) : 8,05,706

(i) Male : 4,43,396

(ii) Female : 3,62,310

(iii) Schedule Caste : 75,163

(iv) Schedule Tribe : 32,261

5. No. of Sub-Division : 02

1. Khordha

2. Bhubaneswar

6. No. of Tahasils : 10

1. Balianta

2. Balipatna

3. Banpur

4. Begunia

5. Bhubaneswar

6. Bolagarh

7. Chilika

8. Jatni

9. Khordha

10. Tangi

7. No. of Blocks : 10

Khordha Sub-Division Bhubaneswar Sub-Division

1. Banpur 1. Balianta

2. Begunia 2. Balipatna

3. Bolagarh 3. Bhubaneswar

4. Chilika 4. Jatni

5. Khordha

6. Tangi

8. No. of NACs (Balugaon, Banpur) : 02

9. No. of Municipality (Khordha, Jatni) : 02

10. No. of Municipal Corporation (Bhubaneswar) : 01

11. No. of villages : 1561

(i) Inhabited : 1355

(ii) Uninhabited : 206

12. No. of Gram Panchayats : 168

13. No. of Police Station : 23

14. No. of Hospitals : 07

15. No. of PHCs & Addl. PHCs : 33

16. No. of Dispensaries : 18

17. No. of Subsidiary Health Centre : 08

18. No. of Primary School : 1026

(i) Rural : 898

(ii) Urban : 128

19. No. of ME School : 341

(i) Rural : 295

(ii) Urban : 46

20. No. of High School : 218

(i) Rural : 162

(ii) Urban : 56

21. No. of Colleges : 39

(i) Rural : 20

(ii) Urban : 19

22. Normal Rainfall : 1443 mm.

23. Temerature :

(i) Maximum : 41.4 deg. Celcius

(ii) Minimum : 9.5 deg. Celcius