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Asika
Asika or Aska is a town and a Notified Area Council in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India. Fondly known as the Sugar city of Odisha. Asika is a major commercial and transportation hub of Ganjam district. Geography Asika is located at . It has an average elevation of 30 metres (98 feet). It is situated at a distance of 40 km from Brahmapur on South, 35 km from Bhanjanagar on the North at the confluence of Rivers Rushikulya and Badanadi (Bara River). Asika Sugar Factory Asika Sugar Factory is the first sugar factory in Asia, established in 1824. The plant is located in Asika town. Asika Cooperative Sugar Industries is a large scale industry employing more than 35000 families. It is one of the oldest in India, built by Minchin Saheb in British time. Along with the factory at Nellikuppam near Cuddalore, it was managed by Parry and Co. Due to this factory Asika Town is known as ''Sugar City.'' The jaggery mill was started in 1848 as Asika Sugar Works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 157 (India)
National Highway 157, commonly referred to as NH 157 is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 57. NH-157 traverses the state of Odisha in India. Route Purunakatak, Phulbani, Kalinga, Bhanjanagar, Asika. Junctions : Terminal near Purunakatak. : Terminal near Asika. See also * List of National Highways in India * List of National Highways in India by state List of the new National Highway numbers (state-wise). Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa ... References External links NH 157 on OpenStreetMap National highways in India National Highways in Odisha {{India-NH-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 59 (India)
National Highway 59 (NH 59) is a National Highway in India connecting Khariar and Brahmapur in the state of Odisha. Before renumbering of national highways, route of NH-59 was part of old national highway 217. The Highway is connected with SH 42 of Odisha State near Bangomunda. Route NH59 links Khariar, Titlagarh, Lankagarh, Baligurha, Surada, Asika, Hinjilicut and Brahmapur in the state of Odisha. Junctions : Terminal near Khariar. : near Belgaon : near Asika : near Asika : Terminal near Brahmapur. See also * List of National Highways in India * List of National Highways in India by state List of the new National Highway numbers (state-wise). Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa ... References External links NH 59 on OpenStreetMap National highways in India National Highways in Odisha {{I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rushikulya
The Rushikulya River is one of the major rivers in the state of Odisha and covers entire catchment area in the districts of Kandhamal and Ganjam of Odisha. The Rushikulya originates at an elevation of about 1000 metres from Daringbadi hills of the Eastern Ghats range. The place from where the river originates, Daringbadi is called the ' Kashmir of Odisha '. The river lies within the geographical coordinates of 19.07 to 20.19 north latitude and 84.01 to 85.06 east longitude. It meets the Bay of Bengal at Puruna Bandha in Ganjam. Its tributaries are the Baghua, the Dhanei, the Badanadi etc. It has no delta as such at its mouth. River course The river flows from the Daringbadi hill station in Kandhamal district. In the Ganjam district it flows through Surada, Dharakote, Asika, Pitala, Purusottampur, Taratarini, Pratappur, Alladigam, Brahmapur, Ganjam and the Chhatrapur block. The river is 165 km long with a total catchment area of 7700 km2. The mean monthly flow rate is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aska (Odisha Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Aska (Sl. No.: 128) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. This constituency includes Aska, Aska block and 12 GPs (Subalaya, Kaniari, Barida, Paikajamuna, Sunapalli, Sialia, Nandiagada, Borasingi, Ambapua, Baliasara, Bolasara and Sunarijhola) of Kabisuryanagar block. Elected Members Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are: *2019: Manjula Swain ( BJD) *2014: Debaraj Mohanty ( BJD) *2009: Debaraj Mohanty (BJD) *2004: Saroj Kumar Padhy (INC) *2000: Debaraj Mohanty (BJD) *1995: Usha Rani Panda (Congress) *1990: Duti Krushna Panda (CPI) *1985: Raghaba Parida (Congress) *1980: Raghaba Parida (Congress-I) *1977: Harihar Swain (Janata Party) *1974: Harihara Das (CPIM) *1971: Krushna Chandra Tripathy (Utkal Congress) *1967: Harihara Das (CPIM) *1961: Lokanath Mishra (Congress) *1957: Harihara Das (CPI) *1951: Harihara Das (CPI) and Mohana Nayak (CPI) 2019 Election Result 2014 Electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aska (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Aska (Sl. No.: 128) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district, Odisha. This constituency includes Aska, Aska block and 12 GPs (Subalaya, Kaniari, Barida, Paikajamuna, Sunapalli, Sialia, Nandiagada, Borasingi, Ambapua, Baliasara, Bolasara and Sunarijhola) of Kabisuryanagar block. Elected Members Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2019. List of members elected from this constituency are: *2019: Manjula Swain ( BJD) *2014: Debaraj Mohanty ( BJD) *2009: Debaraj Mohanty (BJD) *2004: Saroj Kumar Padhy (INC) *2000: Debaraj Mohanty (BJD) *1995: Usha Rani Panda (Congress) *1990: Duti Krushna Panda (CPI) *1985: Raghaba Parida (Congress) *1980: Raghaba Parida (Congress-I) *1977: Harihar Swain (Janata Party) *1974: Harihara Das (CPIM) *1971: Krushna Chandra Tripathy (Utkal Congress) *1967: Harihara Das (CPIM) *1961: Lokanath Mishra (Congress) *1957: Harihara Das (CPI) *1951: Harihara Das (CPI) and Mohana Nayak (CPI) 2019 Election Result 2014 Electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Census Of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'. Spread across 28 states and 8 union territories, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harihar Swain
Harihar Swain (11 November 1939 – 13 October 2012) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Aska constituency of Odisha on a Biju Janata Dal ticket. He was expelled from the Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party ... after voting against the party whip. It was alleged that he had taken a bribe to vote against his own party. He was suffering from multiple ailments and died on 13 October 2012. References External links Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website 1939 births 2012 deaths People from Odisha Biju Janata Dal politicians Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 2004–2009 Lok Sabha members from Odisha People from Ganjam district {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. History Formation The Communist Party of India was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in Kanpur, which was then known as ''Cawnpore''. Its founders included M. N. Roy, his wife Evelyn Trent, Abani Mukherji, and M. P. T. Acharya. S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI. There were many communist groups formed by Indians with the help of foreigners in different parts of the world, Tashkent group of Contacts were made with Anushilan and Jugantar the groups in Bengal, and small communist groups were formed in Bombay (led by S.A. Dange), Madras (led by Singaravelu Chettiar), United Provinces (led by Shaukat Usmani), Punjab, Sindh (led by Ghulam Hussain) and Bengal (led by Muzaffar Ahmed). Involvement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become a Speaker of the Legislature. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopalpur Port
Gopalpur port is a deep sea port of Gopalpur in Ganjam District, Odisha, India. The port has been developed on the banks of the Bay of Bengal. The seaport will increase the sea trade of Odisha, as well as industry and employment. The Odisha government has set a target of completing the first phase of construction work for Gopalpur port by June 2019. Harbor The port harbor is natural and its depth is 18.5 meters. Mini cape vessels of over 100,000 DWT can be handled by the port. There are 3 jetties or berths in this port. Transport The port is connected to the Kolkata-Chennai railway line and National Highways. The port is connected by the 6 km long National Highway 59. The port is close to National Highway 16 (Kolkata-Chennai), providing good links with Gopalpur. The port is 160 km from Paradip Port and 260 km from Visakhapatnam , image_alt = , image_caption = From top, left to right: Visakhapatnam aerial view, Vizag seaport, Simhac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhampur Airport
Berhampur Airport, also known as Rangeilunda airstrip , is located 9 km east of Berhampur (also known as Brahmapur) in Odisha, India. The airstrip was built by the British during World War II and is adjacent to the Berhampur University. Rangeilunda airstrip is spread over 40 acres and is under the control of the State Public Works Department. The runway is 750 meters (around 2461 ft) long and is periodically maintained by the state government of Odisha. There is a suitable helipad A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft. While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ... too. The runway is used by the defence establishment, State Government, Private companies and VIPs to reach Berhampur and other places in south Odisha. The State's second flying training Institute is coming up at the airport. The civic authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
