| Jajpur district | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Nickname: | Jajra nagar |
| Coordinates: | 20.85°N 86.333°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Jajpur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2888 |
| Elevation M: | 331 |
| Population Total: | 1,827,192 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 755 xxx |
| Registration Plate: | OD-04 (for Chandikhol) OD-34 (for Jajpur) |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Aw (Köppen) |
| Leader Title2: | Member of Lok Sabha |
| Leader Name2: | Sarmistha Sethi |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Odia, English |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 80.13% |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Jajpur |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | 7 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Precipitation |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | 1014mm |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | 38°C |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | 12°C |
Jajpur is a district of Odisha state in eastern India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple districts with Jajpur being one of them. The district came into being on 1 April 1993.[1]
Jajpur is located in eastern Odisha. It borders Kendujhar and Bhadrak districts to the northeast, Kendrapara and Cuttack districts to the south and Dhenkanal district to the west. The district is located on the Odisha coastal plain, with the southern part lying in the Mahanadi River Delta. To the north there are some small discontinuous hill ranges. Some of the major rivers in the district are the Brahmani and Baitarani on the eastern edge.
According to the 2011 census Jajpur district has a population of 1,827,192,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo[3] or the US state of Nebraska.[4] This gives it a ranking of 261st in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 630PD/sqkm.[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.43%.[2] Jajpur has a sex ratio of 972 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 80.44%. 7.39% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 23.72% and 8.29% of the population respectively.[2]
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.27% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.79% Urdu and 2.09% Ho as their first language.[5]
The district is divided into 10 revenue Tehsils as below.[6]
The district consists of 1 subdivision Jajpur. It also consists of 10 blocks.[7]
The district has 331 Gram Panchayats and 1781 Villages.[8]
The district has 2 municipalities Byasanagar and Jajpur, with the later serving as the district headquarters.
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The district consists of one Parliamentary constituency Jajpur. This is currently represented by Rabindra narayan behera of Bharatiya Janata party .
See main article: List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha. The following are the 7 Vidhan sabha constituencies[10] [11] of Jajpur district along with their elected members.[12]
| No. | Constituency | Reservation | Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks) | Member of 17th Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Binjharpur | SC | Binjharpur, Dasarathpur (part) | Smt. Pramila Mallik | BJD | |||
| 49 | Bari | None | Bari, Jajpur (part), Rasulpur (part) | Biswaranjan mallick | BJD | |||
| 50 | Barchana | None | Barchana | Amar Kumar Nayak | BJP | |||
| 51 | Dharmasala | None | Dharmasala, Rasulpur (part) | Himanshu sekhar sahoo | BJP | |||
| 52 | Jajpur | None | Jajpur (M), Jajpur (part), Dasharathpur (part) | Sujata sahu | BJD | |||
| 53 | Korei | None | Vyasanagar (M), Vyasanagar (O. G), Korei, Rasulpur (part) | Akash das nayak | BJP | |||
| 54 | Sukinda | None | Sukinda, Dangadi | Pradeep bal samanta | Bharatiya Janata party | BJP]] |