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Odisha 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 ...

– one of the 29 states of India, located in the eastern coast. Odisha has of coastline along the

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...

on its east, from

Balasore Balasore or Baleswara is a city in the state of Odisha, about north of the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the largest town of northern Odisha and the administrative headquarters of Balasore district. It i ...

Malkangiri Malkangiri historically known as 'Malikamardhangiri' is a town and a Municipality in Malkangiri district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Malkangiri district. Malkangiri is the new home of the East Pakistani refugee ...

. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population.

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

(formerly known as ''Oriya'') is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 33.2 million according to the 2001 Census. Seal of Odisha

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General reference

Names

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: State of Odisha * Originally known as :

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* Nicknames ** Utkala * Adjectivals **

* Demonyms **Odia * Abbreviations and name codes ** ISO 3166-2 code: IN-OR ** Vehicle registration code: OD

Rankings (amongst India's states)

* by population: 11th * by area (2011 census): 9th * by crime rate (2015): 16th * by gross domestic product (GDP) (2014): 15th * by Human Development Index (HDI): * by life expectancy at birth: * by literacy rate:

Geography of Odisha

Geography of Odisha Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 28 states in the Republic of India. Odisha is located in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula and the Bay of Bengal lies to its East while Chhattisgarh shares its border in the west and n ...

* Odisha is: an

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

* Population of Odisha: * Area of Odisha: * Atlas of Odisha

Location of Odisha

* Odisha is situated within the following regions: **

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East India East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The region roughly corresponds to the historical region of Magadh ...

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Environment of Odisha

Protected areas in Odisha

* Baisipalli *

Balimela Balimela is a town and a notified area committee in Malkangiri district in the Indian state of Odisha. It has several tribes and culture. Odia is local language here. However, because of multiculturalism people also speak Bengali and Telugu. The ...

Bhitarkanika Bhitarkanika Mangroves is a mangrove wetland in Odisha, India, covering an area of in the Brahmani River and Baitarani River deltas. History The Bhitarkanika Mangroves were zamindari forests until 1952, when the government of Odisha abolish ...

Mangroves A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several ...

* Karlapat * Nandankanan * Saptasajya * Satkosia Tiger Reserve *

Sunabeda Tiger Reserve Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and a proposed tiger reserve located in the Nuapada district of Odisha, adjoining Chhattisgarh. It has a total area of . The sanctuary harbours a great diversity of wildlife habitats, with a v ...

Ushakothi Established in 1962 over a forest area of about 304.03 square kilometres, the Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary is situated at a distance of about 22 kilometres from Sambalpur. To the west of the Sanctuary lies Hirakud Dam. Principally dry deciduous fo ...

Natural geographic features of Odisha

* Rivers of Odisha

Regions of Odisha

Administrative divisions of Odisha

= Districts of Odisha

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= Municipalities of Odisha

= Municipalities of Odisha *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of Odisha: Bhubaneswar Capital of Odisha * Cities of Odisha

Demography of Odisha

Demographics of Odisha

Government and politics of Odisha

Politics of Odisha The politics of Odisha are part of India's federal parliamentary representative democracy, where the union government exercises sovereign rights. Certain powers are reserved to the states, including Odisha. The state has a multi-party system, i ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

Indian state government State governments in India are the governments ruling over 28 states and 8 union territories of India and the head of the Council of Ministers in a state is the Chief Minister. Power is divided between the Union government and state government ...

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parliamentary system A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

of representative democracy) *

of Odisha: Capital of Odisha *

Elections in Odisha Main Political Parties *BJD: Biju Janta Dal *BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party *INC: Indian National Congress *CPI: Communist Party of India *CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxist) *AIFB:All India Forward Bloc *Swatantra Party *Janata Party *Janata ...

** (specific elections)

Union government in Odisha

* Rajya Sabha members from Odisha *

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates fo ...

Indian general election, 2009 (Odisha) The Indian general election, 2009 in Odisha were held for 21 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the Third Front, Indian National Congress and the Bharati ...

* Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)

Branches of the government of Odisha

Government of Odisha

Executive branch of the government of Odisha

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Governor of Odisha The governor of Odisha is the head of state and representative of the president of India in the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the President of India at centr ...

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Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

: Chief Minister of Odisha,

Legislative branch of the government of Odisha

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Ass ...

* Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly

Judicial branch of the government of Odisha

Law and order in Odisha

* Law enforcement in Odisha **

Odisha Police The Odisha Police abbreviated as either OP or OPS, is the law enforcement agency for the state of Odisha in India. It is headquartered in Cuttack, the former capital of Odisha. The Odisha Police is headed by a Director General of Police, curren ...

History of Odisha

History of Odisha Human history in Odisha begins in the Lower Paleolithic era, as Acheulian tools dating to the period have been discovered in various places in the region. The early history of Odisha can be traced back to the mentions found in ancient texts l ...

History of Odisha, by period

Prehistoric Odisha

Ancient Odisha

Medieval Odisha

Colonial Odisha

Contemporary Odisha

History of Odisha, by region

Historic sites in Odisha This article lists monuments and sites of historic importance in Odisha, India. Prehistoric Ancient Singhapura (In Jajpur Dist): Some historians said that it was the capital of Singha Bahu, a Kalinga King who was contemporary of Lord Buddh an ...

History of Odisha, by subject

Culture of Odisha

Culture of Odisha Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 28 states of India, located in the eastern coast. It is surrounded by the states of West Bengal to the north-east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west, Andhra Pradesh to the south ...

Cuisine of Odisha Odia cuisine is the cuisine of the Indian state of Odisha. Compared to other regional Indian cuisines, Odia cuisine uses less oil and is less spicy while nonetheless remaining flavourful. Rice is the staple food of this region. Mustard oil is us ...

* Monuments in Odisha ** Monuments of National Importance in Odisha ** State Protected Monuments in Odisha * World Heritage Sites in Odisha

Art in Odisha

Cinema of Odisha The Odia film industry, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood. Industry In 1974, th ...

Music of Odisha Subdivisions Subdivisions Subdivision may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Subdivision (metre), in music * ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009 * "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2) * ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005 * "Sub ...

* Odisssy Dance

Languages of Odisha

* Sambalpuri *

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

People of Odisha

People from Odisha A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, ...

Religion in Odisha

Religion in Odisha 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 S ...

Christianity in Odisha Followers of Christianity are a significant minority in Odisha state of India. According to the 2011 Census, Christians make up about 2.77% of the population (about 1,160,000 people). Kurukh, Sora, Kharia and Panos are notable ethnic groups wit ...

Hinduism in Odisha Hinduism is a majority religion in Odisha, which is followed by nearly 93% of the total population of the state. Odisha has a very rich cultural heritage of Hinduism and the state has second highest percentage of Hindus, after Himachal Prades ...

Sports in Odisha

Sports in Odisha * Cricket in Odisha ** Odisha Cricket Association **

Odisha cricket team The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Odisha. It is in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played ...

* Football in Odisha **

Odisha football team The Odisha football team ( or, ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍) is an Indian football team representing the state of Odisha, India. The Football Association of Odisha, a state association of All India Football Federation, con ...

Symbols of Odisha

Symbols of Odisha * State animal:Sambar * State bird:bhadabhadaliya * State flower: * State seal:

Seal of Odisha The Emblem of Odisha is the official seal of the government of the Indian state of Odisha. History On 3 August 1964, the Council of Ministers adopted the design of the ''Konark Horse statue'' as the State Emblem. The emblem symbolises discipline, ...

* State tree:

Economy and infrastructure of Odisha

Economy of Odisha *

Tourism in Odisha Tourism in Odisha is one of the main contributors to the Economy of Odisha, India, with a long coastline, mountains, lakes, natural biodiversity and rivers. Odisha is one of the major tourism sectors of India, with various tourists' attractions, r ...

Transport in Odisha 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 S ...

Airports in Odisha An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

Education in Odisha

Education in Odisha Previously a neglected aspect of the Indian Central government, Education in Odisha is witnessing a rapid transformation. Its capital city, Bhubaneswar, is emerging as a knowledge hub in India with several new public and private universities, in ...