Khordha district
Khordha district is an administrative division of the state of Odisha, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993, by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khordha and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town. The capital city of Bhubaneswar is located in this district. Khordha is the most urbanized of all the districts of Odisha.
Khordha district
Khurda | |
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District of Odisha | |
'From Zigzag from the top': Mangalajodi ,IIT Bhubaneswar, Maa Barunei Temple, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary, Khurda Road Junction railway station, Parsurameswara Temple | |
| Nickname: Paikagada | |
Location in Odisha | |
| Coordinates: 20.166°N 85.666°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| Headquarters | Khordha |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | K Sudarshan Chakravarthy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,813 km2 (1,086 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,251,673 |
| • Density | 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 751 xxx, 752 xxx |
| Telephone code | 674, 6755, 6756 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-02/OD-33, OD-33K |
| Nearest city | Bhubaneswar |
| Sex ratio | 1.108 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 87.51% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 2 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | 6 |
| Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,443 millimetres (56.8 in) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 41.4 °C (106.5 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 9.5 °C (49.1 °F) |
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Khordha Road, the railway station that serves the town, is also the divisional headquarters of the East Coast Railway of the Indian Railways, and contains its own division. Khordha is known for its brass utensils, cottage industries, railway coach manufacturing and cable manufacturing unit and counsumer food manufacturing unit of various MNCs like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, ITC etc.