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Jajpur district
District
Top: Brahmani River at Deulipal Bottom: Road in Tomka
Nickname: Jajra nagar
Location in Odisha
Coordinates: 20°51′00″N 86°19′59″E / 20.85°N 86.333°E / 20.85; 86.333
Country	India
State	Odisha
Headquarters	Jajpur
Government
• Member of Lok Sabha	Sarmistha Sethi
Area
• Total	2,888 km (1,115 sq mi)
Elevation	331 m (1,086 ft)
Population
• Total	1,827,192
• Density	630/km (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	755 xxx
Vehicle registration	OD-04 (for Chandikhol) OD-34 (for Jajpur)
Literacy	80.13%
Lok Sabha constituency	Jajpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	7   Barchana Bari Binjharpur Dharmasala Jajpur Sukinda Korai
Climate	Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,014 millimetres (39.9 in)
Avg. summer temperature	38 °C (100 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	12 °C (54 °F)
Website	jajpur.nic.in

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Jajpur (listen) is a district of Odisha state in eastern India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple districts with Jajpur being one of them. The district came into being on 1 April 1993.

Geography

Jajpur is located in eastern Odisha. It borders Kendujhar and Bhadrak districts to the northeast, Kendrapara and Cuttack districts to the south and Dhenkanal district to the west. The district is located on the Odisha coastal plain, with the southern part lying in the Mahanadi River Delta. To the north there are some small discontinuous hill ranges. Some of the major rivers in the district are the Brahmani and Baitarani on the eastern edge.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jajpur district has a population of 1,827,192, roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 261st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 630 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,600/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.43%. Jajpur has a sex ratio of 972 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.44%. 7.39% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 23.72% and 8.29% of the population respectively.

Languages of Jajpur district (2011)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.27% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.79% Urdu and 2.09% Ho as their first language.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 10 revenue Tehsils as below.

• Jajpur
• Dasarathapur
• Binjharpur
• Bari
• Rasulpur
• Dharmasala
• Darpan
• Vyasanagar
• Danagadi
• Sukinda

The district consists of 1 subdivision Jajpur. It also consists of 10 blocks.

• Jajpur
• Binjharpur
• Bari
• Dasarathapur
• Rasulpur
• Dharmasala
• Barchana
• Korei
• Danagadi
• Sukinda

The district has 331 Gram Panchayats and 1781 Villages.

The district has 2 municipalities Byasanagar and Jajpur, with the later serving as the district headquarters.

Villages

• Garagali
• Neulpur

BARUNDEI

• Matiapada
• Sahupada
• Atira
• Gahapal

Politics

The district consists of one Parliamentary constituency Jajpur. This is currently represented by Rabindra narayan behera of [[Bharatiya Janata party ]].

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

The following are the 7 Vidhan sabha constituencies of Jajpur district along with their elected members.

Colleges

• N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur Town
• Vyasanagar Autonomous College, Vyasanagar, Jajpur
• S G College, Kanikapada, Jajpur
• Kanhu Charan Mahavidyalaya, Khan market, Korei, Jajpur
• Gopabandhu Choudhury College, Ramachandrapur, Bari, Jajpur
• Abhimanyu Samanta Singhar College, Abhimayu Balia, Bari, Jajpur

Culture

• Biraja Temple
• Ratnagiri
• Chhatia Bata Temple
• Mahavinayak Temple
• Langudi Hills
• Dashashwamedha Ghat
• Siddheshwar Temple
• Trilochaneshwar Temple
• Garhmadhupur King Palace

References

1. ^ "District Census Handbook 2011 - Jajpur" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
2. "Odisha District Gazetteers" (PDF). gopabandhuacademy.gov.
3. Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901
4. "Table C-01 Population by Religious Community: Odisha". Census of India, 2011. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
5. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est.
6. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Nebraska 1,826,341
7. ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Odisha". Census of India 2011. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
8. "Tehsil – India". Jajpur District:Odisha. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
9. "Subdivision & Blocks – India" (PDF). Jajpur District:Odisha. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
10. "Village & Panchayats – India". Jajpur District:Odisha. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
11. "GARAGALI in Badachana". CityPopulation. Thomas Brinkhoff. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
12. Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent
13. Seats of Odisha
14. "Constituencies – India". Jajpur District:Odisha. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Non-Govt Web Portal Of Jajpur District Archived 25 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Places adjacent to Jajpur district
Kendujhar district Bhadrak district Dhenkanal district Jajpur district Cuttack district Kendrapara district

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