Jashipur is a town and headquarter of Panchpir subdivision of

Mayurbhanj district Mayurbhanj district is one of the 30 districts in Odisha state in eastern India. It is the largest district of Odisha by area. Its headquarters are at Baripada. Other major towns are Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala. , it is the third-most-popu ...

in the state of

Odisha, India Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

. The town is located in southwestern region of

Simlipal National Park Simlipal is a tiger reserve in the Mayurbhanj district in the Indian state of Odisha covering . It is part of the Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve, which includes three protected areas — Similipal Tiger Reserve, Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary with an ...

comprising diverse geographical valleys, forest lands and scores of ancient temples like Khiching temple and first headquarter of erstwhile

Mayurbhanj state Mayurbhanj State (or ''Morbhanj'') ( or, ମୟୁରଭଞ୍ଜ ରାଜ୍ୟ) was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was one of the largest states of the Eastern States Agency and one of the thre ...

Geography

Jashipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 406 metres (1332

feet The foot ( : feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made ...

). Two National Highways pass through it - NH 49 and NH 39.; Kolkata Mumbai NH and Ranchi Vijaywada NH.TataNagar is 2.5 hrs away from Jashipur. Nearest Railway station is Badampahar which is 10 km from Jashipur and another nearby Railway Station is Bangiriposi which is 30 km from Jashipur.

Demographics

, Jashipur had a population of 14,876. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Jashipur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Jashipur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Now the local population is more than 25,000. A majority of the population belong to the ST community. Other spoken languages are Hindi and Bengali due to Jashipur's proximity to

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

.Rest population are S.C., Christians, Sikhs, Muslims and Higher Caste Hindu.

Education

Colleges in Jashipur include: *Jashipur Junior College Schools in Jashipur include: *Jashipur Primary School *Jashipur Govt High School *Govt Girls High School *De Paul School *DAV Public School * Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (CBSE) Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir. Jashipur Girls High School was privately founded in 1965 by local Muslim Business men namely late Mazhar Imam Khan / PWD Contractor & late Hasim khan of Jashipur Town. But in 1980, it was taken over by the Odisha government.

Tourism

More than 5 waterfalls are located near Jashipur.

is a national park and tiger reserve situated only 50 km. from Jashipur. Jashipur is also famous for Crocodile Park.-which is located around 3 km away from the Main market of Jashipur and on the River Khairi Bhandan. Locally this place is known as Rama Tirtha. In the whole India, this is the only Crocodile Nursery Park under Odisha Forest. There is good connectivity to

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literall ...

Rourkela Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surro ...

and

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

from Jashipur. Private express buses to Tata Nagar,

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmopol ...

and Gaya are also available. Private Taxis are available on hire basis.

References

{{Mayurbhanj district Cities and towns in Mayurbhanj district