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According to a Forest Survey of India report released in 2012, Odisha has 48,903 km 2 of wild forest, covering 31.41% of the state's total area. The forests are classified into areas of dense forest (7,060 km 2 ), medium dense forest (21,366 km 2 ), open forest (forest without closed canopy ; 20,477 km 2 ) and scrub forest or scrubland (4,734 ...
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.
Odisha, a state on the eastern coast of India, is divided into 30 administrative geographical units called Districts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These 30 districts have been placed under three different revenue divisions to streamline their governance.
I have started working on odisha geo stubs in or.wikipedia.org,Thanks.— Ishwar ⊕ ⊗ 05:39, 25 December 2012 (UTC) [ reply ] Devopam ( talk · contribs ) Interested in cleaning up or tidying scattered metadata across Odisha related articles Devopam ( talk ) 11:50, 20 May 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
The geology of Odisha is complex and varied. The state is home to some of the oldest rock formations on the planet. The second oldest rocks on the planet were found in Champua, Kendujhar which are 4.2 billion years old. [11] [12] Odisha is part of two cratonic blocks called North Orissa Craton and the West Orissa Craton.
Odisha: 9. Basappa Danappa Jatti: 8 November 1972 20 August 1974 1 year, 285 days Karnataka - Gati Krushna Misra (acting) 21 August 1974 25 October 1974 65 days Odisha: 10. Akbar Ali Khan: 25 October 1974 17 April 1976 1 year, 175 days Andhra Pradesh: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed - Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting) 17 April 1976 7 February 1977 296 days ...
Odisha has, therefore, a syncretic mixture of the three dharmic religions as attested by the fact that the Jagannath Temple in Puri is considered to be holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. Presently, the majority of people in the state of Odisha are Hindus. As per the census of 2001, Odisha is the third largest Hindu-populated state (as a ...
The preliminary survey for the steel plant at Rourkela was started in 1952 and the Government of Odisha issued a gazette notification on 16 February 1954. In accordance with the notification, the Government of Odisha acquired an area of about 80 square miles around Rourkela for the purpose of Steel Plant.