TOPOGRAPHY
Khurda district on the basis of soil, climate topography,
geohydrology and other resources are divided into two
district sub-regions consisting of the following blocks as
given below.
I. Deltaic Alluvium Sub-regions :
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Three Blocks namely, Balipatna, Balianta and Chilika came
under Deltaic Alluvium Sub-region.
II.Laterite Sub-regions :
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Remaining 7 Blocks i.e. Bhubaneswar, Begunia, Bolagarh,
Jatni, Khurda, Banpur and Tangi came under laterite
sub-region.
DEMOGRAPHY
Demographic distribution of Khurda district may be described
as below :
Population :(1991 Census)
TOTAL
Total : 1502014 (4.75 % of the State)
Urban : 516281
Rural : 985733
COMMUNITIES
S.C. : 204564
S.T. : 77242
Others : 1220208
SEX-Wise
Male : 789334
Female : 712680
LITERACY
Total : 861321
Male : 528602
Female : 332719
LITERACY RATE
Total : 67.72%
Male : 78.74%
Female : 55.39%
(i) KUAKHAI
River Kuakhai originating as a branch of Mahanadi enters Bhubaneswar block area from the north near Jhinkardiha and Marichia villages of Dadha G.P. and flow touching the eastern boundaries of Kalyanpur, Barimund, Basuaghai and Sisupal G.P. and passes amidst Mancheswar. During flood the excess water from kuakhai river submerge Jhinkardiha, Marichia and some parts of Gandarpur village. It even affects Mancheswar Bhoisahi if the flood is very severe. Excess water over flowing Mancheswar escape over river Kuakhai completely submerges the paddy field of Mancheswar and Baramunda G.P.s and maroons Singada, Rokata and Krushnaranapur Villages.
(ii) BHARGAVI
The river Bhargavi starts from river kuakhai at Balakati & flows to east.The river Bhargavi passes through some villages of Balianta block. The river affects a part of Balianta and balipatna blocks during floods.
(iii) BUDUNAI
It originates from the forest and hilly tracks of chandaka and flows through Daruthenga G.P. near Alasua, Raghunathpur, Kalarahanga and Barimunda G.P.s anf finally merges into river Kuakhai near Jaripatna. Excess water flowing through Budunai flows over Nandankanan - Jaripada road. Communication is cut off during heavy rains and flood.
(iv) DAYA
The river Daya takes off from river Kuakhai at Saradeipur (near Badahati) and runs towards a few miles and then makes a sharp turn West ward for four miles and after that continues its course outwards the rest of the length emptying itself into the north eastern corner of the chilika lake 37 miles from its take off place.
(v) KUSABHADRA
Kusabhadra starts from the river Kuakhai at Balianta and flows in the South - Western direction for 46 miles till it enters the Bay of Bengal near Ramachandi temple, 15 miles East of Puri. The mouth of Kusabhadra below Ramachandi is free from lid. The river bed is shallow resulting in low discharge at the time of heavy flow. The river Dhanua with its tributory brings a large volume of water to Kusabhadra.
(vi) MALAGUNI
It runs through Khurda Tahasil. This is more or less a hill stream and badly affects some portions of Khurda, Chilika and Tangi blocks during flood.There is a Minor Irrigation project constructed on it near Rameswar village.
(vii) RANA
The river Rana rises in Khurda Sub-division and eventually join the river Mahanadi after flowing through Banki Tahasil in the district of Cuttack. An area of 27 Sq.Kms (some portions of Begunia and Khurda blocks) is innundated by the back water of this river when Mahanadi is flooded.
(viii) KUSUMI
This river affects some villages of Tangi block during flood.