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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 name Khondalite is derived from the Khond tribe who inhabit Odisha. [16] The similarity of lithology, tectono thermal events, and major rift features, e.g. the Mahanadi rift, place Odisha close to Eastern Antarctica. Later geological formations such as Gondwana basins are also found in Odisha. The Mahanadi Master Basin holds a major part of ...
Odisha has 485 kilometres (301 mi) of coastline along the Bay of Bengal on its east, from Balasore to Malkangiri. [1] It is the 9th largest state by area , and the 11th largest by population . Odia (formerly known as Oriya ) is the official and most widely spoken language, spoken by 33.2 million according to the 2001 Census.
They are mostly concentrated in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand and northern Odisha where they constitute around 10.7% and 7.3% of the total Scheduled Tribe population respectively, as of 2011 . [3] With a population of approximately 700,000 in the state in 2001, the Ho are the fourth most numerous Scheduled tribe in Jharkhand after the Santals ...
The Kalinga region encompass the whole of present-day Odisha: the north-eastern part of Odisha was included in the distinct Utkala region. [11] Utkala gradually lost its identity, and came to be considered as a part of Kalinga. [12] In the Adiparva of Mahabharata it is mentioned that Arjuna moved to Kalinga crossing Ganga.
The princes later founded kingdoms named after themselves. The prince Vanga founded Vanga kingdom, in the current day region of Bangladesh and part of West Bengal. The prince Kalinga founded the kingdom of Kalinga, in the current day region of coastal Odisha, including the North Sircars. [9] The Mahabharata also mentions Kalinga several more times.
The authors concluded that there was a mostly male-dominated migration into India from Southeast Asia. Modern people in Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia were found to represent the ancestral group, which migrated into India, and spread the Austroasiatic languages. [12] Munda peoples are genetically closely related to Mah Meri and Temuan people of ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states , states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states.