Chandikhole Explained

Chandikhole
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Odisha#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates:20.6994°N 86.1339°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Odisha
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jajpur
Government Type:NAC
Governing Body:Chandikhol NAC
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Odia
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:OD-04
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Jajpur

Chandikhol is a town and a Notified Area Council in Jajpur district, Odisha, India. The place has been named after Goddess "Chandi" worshipped by late monk Baba Bhairabananda Bramhachari who established the deity of Maa Chandi in one of the adjoining hills of Barunei full of dense forest and ferocious animals in 1932. Chandikhol has been selected for the establishment of one of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (India) location.[1]

Geography

It is located in the Jajpur District of Odisha.

Location

Chandikhole is one of the end points of National Highway 200, the other end being Raipur. National Highway 16 passes through Chandikhole.

Nearest airport is Biju Patnaik Airport at Bhubaneswar, which is at a distance of about 70 km. It is an extremely strategic location in terms of commerce as it acts as a junction between Kalinganagar, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Paradeep.

The nearest town is Jaraka which is 12 km away from this place.

See also

References

  1. News: India to build two more strategic petroleum reserves: Piyush Goyal. The Economic Times.

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