Jajpur district explained

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]

Geography

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.

Demographics

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]

Administrative Divisions

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.

Villages

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Politics

The district consists of one Parliamentary constituency Jajpur. This is currently represented by Rabindra narayan behera of Bharatiya Janata party .

Vidhan Sabha Constituencies

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.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)Member of 17th Assembly Party
48BinjharpurSCBinjharpur, Dasarathpur (part)Smt. Pramila MallikBJD
49BariNoneBari, Jajpur (part), Rasulpur (part) Biswaranjan mallickBJD
50BarchanaNoneBarchanaAmar Kumar Nayak BJP
51DharmasalaNoneDharmasala, Rasulpur (part)Himanshu sekhar sahoo BJP
52JajpurNoneJajpur (M), Jajpur (part), Dasharathpur (part) Sujata sahuBJD
53KoreiNoneVyasanagar (M), Vyasanagar (O. G), Korei, Rasulpur (part)Akash das nayak BJP
54SukindaNoneSukinda, Dangadi Pradeep bal samantaBharatiya Janata party BJP]]

Colleges

Culture

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Odisha District Gazetteers. gopabandhuacademy.gov.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook 2011 - Jajpur. Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  3. Web site: US Directorate of Intelligence . Country Comparison:Population . https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html . dead . 13 June 2007 . 1 October 2011 . Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est. .
  4. Web site: 2010 Resident Population Data . U. S. Census Bureau . 30 September 2011 . Nebraska 1,826,341 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php . 19 October 2013 .
  5. Web site: Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Odisha. Census of India 2011 . Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
  6. Web site: Tehsil – India . Jajpur District:Odisha . 20 March 2018 . 21 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Subdivision & Blocks – India . Jajpur District:Odisha . 20 March 2018 . 21 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621064744/http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Jajpur_Gazetteer.pdf. 21 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Village & Panchayats – India . Jajpur District:Odisha . 20 March 2018 . 21 June 2019.
  9. Web site: GARAGALI in Badachana . CityPopulation . Thomas Brinkhoff . 18 April 2021 . 8 July 2023.
  10. http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent
  11. http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha
  12. Web site: Constituencies – India . Jajpur District:Odisha . 20 March 2018 . 21 June 2019.