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State
Area (Sq. Km.) |
155,707
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State
Capital |
Bhubaneswar
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Major
Language(s) |
Oriya
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Number
of Districts |
30
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Population |
36,706,920
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Males |
18,612,340
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Females |
18,094,580
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Growth
Rate 1991-2001 |
15.94
%
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Density |
236
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Urban Population |
14.97
%
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Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) |
972
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Literacy Rate |
63.61
%
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Males |
75.95
%
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Females |
50.97
%
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Legislature |
Legislative
Assembly
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Judicature |
High Court,
Cuttack
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Governor |
Sri Rameshwar Thakur
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Address |
Governor's House, Bhubanesewar, Orissa |
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Office No. |
0674-2400056, 2410550, 2402550 |
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Residence
No. |
0674-2401001 |
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Fax |
0674-2404695 |
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email |
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Chief Minister |
Sri Navin Patnaik
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Address |
Naveen
Nivas, Aerodrome Road, P.O. Bhubaneswar
Distt. Khurda, Pin - 751 001 (Orissa) |
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Office No. |
0674-2531100, 2535100, 2531500 |
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Residence
No. |
0674-2590299 |
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Fax |
0674-2400100 |
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email |
cmo@ori.nic.in |
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Chief Secretary |
Shri Anil Kumar
Tripathy |
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Address |
Bhubaneswar-751001 |
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Office No. |
0674 -
2534300, 0674 - 2536700 |
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Residence
No. |
0674 -
2531402 |
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Fax |
0674 -
2536660 |
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email |
= |
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General
Information
Location
Located in eastern India, Orissa is bounded north by Jharkhand, northeast by West Bengal, east by the Bay of Bengal, south by Andhra Pradesh and west by Chhattisgarh.
History
Orissa, the land of Oriyas, was known as Kalinga in ancient ages. Ashoka conquered it in 261 BC with the horrible bloodshed, which converted him into a pacifist and a Buddhist monk. On his death, Kalinga recovered its freedom and rose to great heights under Kharavla. It came to be ruled by the Hindu dynasty until its conquest by the Mughals in 1592. Alivardi Khan Nawab of Bengal ceded it to the Marathas in 1751 from whom the East India Company snatched it in 1803. In 1803, a board of two commissioners was appointed to administer the province, but in 1805 it was designated the district of Cuttack and was placed in charge of a collector, judge and magistrate. In 1829, it was split up into three regulation districts of Cuttack, Balasore and Puri, and the non-regulation tributary states, which were administered by their own chiefs under the aegis of the British Government. Angul, one of these tributary states, was annexed in 1847 and with the Khondmals, ceded in 1835 by the tributary chief of the Boudh state, constituted a separate non-regulation district. Sambalpur was transferred from the Central Provinces to Orissa in 1905. These districts formed an outlying tract of the Bengal Presidency till 1912 when they were transferred to Bihar, constituting one of its divisions under a commissioner. Orissa was constituted as a separate province on April 1, 1936, some portions of the Central Provinces and Madras being transferred to the old Orissa division.
The rulers of 25 Orissa states surrendered all jurisdiction and authority to the Government of India on January 1, 1948, on which date the Provincial Government took over the administration. The administration of two states, viz., Saraikella and Kharswan, was transferred to the Government of Bihar in May 1948. By an agreement with the Dominion Government, Mayurbhanj State was finally merged with the province on January 1, 1949, the states were completely merged with the State of Orissa on August 19, 1949.
References:
Manorama
Year Book 2007
http://www.orissa.gov.in/
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