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The 30 districts of Odisha have been placed under three different revenue divisions to streamline their governance. The divisions are Central, North and South with their headquarters at Cuttack (Central Division), Sambalpur (Northern Division), Berhampur (Southern Division) respectively.
Odisha had a rural unemployment rate of 8.7% and an urban unemployment rate 5.8% calculated based on the current daily status basis in the 68th National Sample Survey (2011–2012). [16] The per capita income of the state was ₹ 98,983 ( US$ 1,531) in 2013–14. [ 17 ]
The term "Scheduled Tribes" signifies specific indigenous groups whose status is formally acknowledged to some extent by Indian legislation, often colloquially referred to as "tribals" or "adibasi." In adherence to the Constitution of the Indian Republic , the state of Odisha officially recognizes a total of 64 distinct tribes as Scheduled Tribes.
Minister of Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Higher Education , Sports & Youth Services of Odisha 47 Chandabali: Byomakesh Ray: Biju Janata Dal: Jajpur: 48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik: 49 Bari: Biswa Ranjan Mallick: 50 Barchana: Amar Kumar Nayak: Bharatiya Janata Party: 51 Dharmasala: Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo: Elected as IND: 52 Jajpur ...
Odisha (English: / ə ˈ d ɪ s ə /; [19] Odia: ⓘ), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), [20] is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area , and the eleventh-largest by population , with over 41 million inhabitants.
The Kosal state movement is an effort by people of the Western Odisha region of India to secede from the state of Odisha. [when?] [citation needed] Organizations like Western Odisha Yuva Manch (WOYM), Kosal Youth Coordination Committee (KYCC), Kosal State Coordination Committee (KSCC), Koshal Sena, Koshal Mukti Bahini and Koshal Mukti Morcha are mainly leading this.
View of the banks of the Daya River from a top Dhauli Hills, the presumed venue of the Kalinga War. Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 28 states in the Republic of India. Odisha is located in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula and the Bay of Bengal lies to its East while Chhattisgarh shares its border in the west and north-west.
The governor of Odisha is the head of the Indian state of Odisha.The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at central level.