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Due to the official respelling of the state name in English (from "Orissa" to "Odisha"), [3] the Transport Department modified the state letter on the plates with OD substituting OR on 1 September 2012.
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 ]
Another 13.5% (6,327 km 2) forests are open having crown density more than 10% but less than 40%. The old Koraput and Kalahandi districts and portions of Bolangir districts are mainly hilly. Severe droughts and floods also often visit this region and some areas in quick succession.
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 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.
The red corridor has been steadily diminishing in terms of geographical coverage and number of violent incidents, and in 2024 it was confined to 12 "most affected" (accounting for all LWE civilian or security forces deaths) and 38 "total affected" districts (down from 180 in 2009) [2] across 10 states in two coal rich, remote, forested hilly ...
Bhubaneswar (Odia: [ˈbʱubɔneswɔɾɔ] ⓘ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Odisha.It is located in the Khordha district.The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as Chakra Khetra and Ekamra Khetra (Area adorned with a mango tree). [4]
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