ABOUT ODISHA

FROM THE 29 STATES, ODISHA IS ONE OF THEM LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PART  OF INDIA. THE STATES OF CHHATTISGARH IS SITUATED TO THE WEST, WEST BENGAL TO THE NORTH EAST, JHARKHAND TO THE NORTH AND ANDHRA PRADESH IS SITUATED TO SOUTH OF ODISHA. THERE ARE 30 DISTRICTS IN ODISHA — ANGUL, BALANGIR, BALASORE, BARGARH, BHADRAK, BOUDH, CUTTACK, DEOGARH, DHENKANAL, GAJAPATI, GANJAM, JAGATSINGHPUR, JAJPUR, JHARSUGUDA, KANDHAMAL, KALAHANDI, KENDRAPARA, KEONJHAR, KHORDHA, KORAPUT, MALKANGIRI, MAYURBHANJ, NABARANGPUR, NAYAGARH, NUAPADA, PURI, RAYAGADA, SAMBALPUR, SUBARNAPUR, SUNDARGARH.

ABOUT THE STATE

FROM THE TOTAL AREA OF INDIA, ODISHA IS 4.87%. IT HAS AN AREA OF 155820 SQUARE KM, IS PRESENT BETWEEN THE LATITUDES 17.780N AND 22.730N AND BETWEEN LONGITUDES 81.37E AND 87.53E. BY AREA, ODISHA IS THE 9^TH LARGEST STATE AND BY POPULATION 11^TH LARGEST STATE.

STATE	ODISHA
LANGUAGE	ODIA
COUNTRY	INDIA
STATEHOOD	26/01/1950
CAPITAL	BHUBANESWAR
CHIEF MINISTER	NAVEEN PATNAIK
LEGISLATURE	147 SEATS (UNICAMERAL)
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY	21 SEATS (LOK SABHA)
	10 SEATS (RAJYA SABHA)
TOTAL AREA	155820 SQUARE KM
TOTAL POPULATION	41,947,358
MAJOR RIVERS	MAHANADI,BAITARANI, BRAHMANI, BUDHABALANGA, SUBARNAREKHA AND RUSHIKULYA.

DEMOGRAPHICS

SL. NO	DISTRICTS	HEADQUARTER	POPULATION (CENSUS - 2011)	MALES	FEMALES	LITERACY RATE
1	ANGUL	ANGUL	1,271,703	654,898	616,805	78.96
2	BALANGIR	BALANGIR	1,648,574	831,349	817,225	65.5
3	BALASORE	BALAORE	2,317,419	1,184,371	1,133,048	80.66
4	BARGARH	BARGARH	1,478,833	748,332	730,501	75.16
5	BHADRAK	BHADRAK	1,506,522	760,591	745,931	83.25
6	BOUDH	BOUDH	439,917	220,993	218,924	72.51
7	CUTTACK	CUTTACK	2,618,708	1,339,153	1,279,555	84.2
8	DEBAGARH	DEBAGARH	312,164	158,017	154,147	73.07
9	DHENKANAL	DHENKANAL	1,192,948	612,597	580,351	79.41
10	GAJAPATI	PARALAKHEMUNDI	575,880	282,041	293,839	54.29
11	GANJAM	CHHATRAPUR	3,520,151	1,777,324	1,742,827	71.88
12	JAGATSINGHPUR	JAGATSINGHPUR	1,136,604	577,699	558,905	87.13
13	JAIPUR	JAIPUR	1,826,275	926,058	900,217	80.44
14	JHARSUGUDA	JHARSUGUDA	579,499	297,014	282,485	78.36
15	KALAHANDI	BHAWANIPATNA	1,573,054	785,179	787,875	60.22
16	KANDHAMAL	PHULBANI	731,952	359,401	372,551	65.12
17	KENDRAPARA	KENDRAPARA	1,439,891	717,695	722,196	85.93
18	KENDUJHAR	KENDUJHAR	1,802,777	907,135	895,642	69
19	KHORDHA	KHORDHA	2,246,341	1,166,949	1,079,392	87.51
20	KORAPUT	KORAPUT	1,376,934	677,864	699,070	49.87
21	MALKANGIRI	MALKANGIRI	612,727	303,913	308,814	49.49
22	MAYURBHANJ	BARIPADA	2,513,895	1,253,633	1,260,262	63.98
23	NABARANGPUR	NABARANGPUR	1,218,762	604,046	614,716	48.2
24	NAYAGARH	NAYAGARH	962,215	502,194	460,021	79.17
25	NUAPADA	NUAPADA	606,490	300,307	306,183	58.2
26	PURI	PURI	1,697,983	865,209	832,774	85.37
27	RAYAGADA	RAYAGADA	961,959	469,672	492,287	50.88
28	SAMBALPUR	SAMBALPUR	1,044,410	529,424	514,986	76.91
29	SUBARNAPUR	SUBARNAPUR	652,107	332,897	319,210	74.42
30	SUNDERGARH	SUNDERGARH	2,080,664	1,055,723	1,024,941	74.13

ACCORDING  TO  THE  2011  CENSUS OF INDIA,  THE TOTAL POPULATION

OF   ODISHA  IS  41947358  OUT  OF WHICH  21201678  ARE  MALE  AND

20745680 ARE FEMALE.

RELIGION

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN ODISHA ARE HINDU. HINDUISM (93.63%), CHRISTIANITY (2.76%), ISLAM (2.17%), SIKHISM (0.05%), BUDDHISM (0.03%), JAINISM (0.02%).