ORISSA STATISTICS
| Population |
:- |
3.15 crores (as per 1991census) |
3.67 crores [as per 2001 census] |
| Literacy | :- | 48.6% [as per 1991 census] | 64.0% [as per 2001 census] |
| Area | :- | 1,55,707 sq. Kms. | |
| Landmass | :- | 4.7% of India's landmass | |
| Density of Populaton | :- | 203 per sq.km[1991 census] | 236 per sq.km[2001 census] |
| Male:Female | :- | 1000:972 | |
| Location | :- | 81029’ E to 870
29’
E 170 49’N to 220 34’ N |
|
| Capital | :- | Bhubaneswar [population 6.57 lakh as per 2001 census] | |
| Per Capita Income(Rs) | :- |
1980-81
1990-91
2000-01 1352 3166 8547 |
|
| Rank in India in Human Development Index | :- |
1981
1991
2001 |
|
Population
Growth
During :
1981-91 - 20%
1991-01 - 16.51%
Urban
Population
as % of
Total
Population
:
13.38%[1991
census] 14.97%[2001 census]
Rural
Population
as % of Total
Population
:
86.62%[1991
census] 85.03%[2001
census]
Largest slum
populated
city :
Cuttack
2nd largest slum
populated
city : Rourkela
3rd largest
slum
populated
city :
Berhampur[slum population 70509]
Cultivable
Land :
79 Lakh hectares
Irrigated
Land :
30%
Non Irrigated
Land
:
70%
Forest Land : 58,13,547 sq.kms
Percentage of
Forest land to
total land
:-
37%
Scheduled Caste
Literacy Rate
:
36.8%
Scheduled Tribe
Literacy Rate
:
22.3%
In 1997-98, major
cereal crops cultivated as %
of total gross cropped area under
principal crops
Paddy - 74.7%
Pulses
- 12.2%
Oil
seeds -
7.0%
Fiber
Crops - 1.2%
Cash Crops - 1.6%
Other
Crops - 3.3%
Other Interesting Facts
*Only 0.12 own internet connections per thousand of people.
*9 per thousand population own a telephone connection in the state.
*18.8 percent of households in Orissa have access to electricity.
*72 percent of children under age 3 are anaemic as against national average
of 54 per cent.
* 16 out of the 30 districts have female literacy rates lower than the
nationalaverage.
BOUNDARY
| East | :- | Bay of Bengal |
| West | :- | Chhatisgarh |
| North | :- | Jharkhand |
| South | :- | Andhra Pradesh |
| North East | :- | West Bengal |
Administrative Divisions
Districts - 30 Sub Divisions- 58 Tehsils - 171 Development Blocks - 314
Political Representation
Number of seats in Lok Sabha- 21
Number of seats in Rajya Sabha- 10
| District with Largest no. of Sub-Divisions - Angul & Mayurbhanj |
| District with Largest no. of Tehsils - Ganjam |
| District with Largest no. of Blocks - Mayurbhanj |
| District with Lowest no. of Blocks - Boudh,Deogarh |
| District with Largest
Population - Ganjam
District with Highest density of Population - Khurda District with Highest urban population - Khurda [8.05lakh,2001census] District with Highest density of urban population - Kendrapada District with Highest percentage of urban population - Khurda District with Highest rural population - Ganjam [25.99lakh,2001census] District with Highest density of rural population - Jagatsinghpur |
| District with 2nd Highest density of Population - Jagatsinghpur |
| District
with Lowest
Population
- Debagarh
District with Lowest density of Population - Phulbani District with Lowest urban Population - Boudh[0.18 lakh,2001census] District with Lowest density of urban Population - Sonepur District with Lowest percentage of urban Population - Nayagarh District with Lowest rural Population - Debagarh[2.54lakh,2001census] District with Lowest density of rural Population - Khandhamal |
| District with 2nd Lowest density of Population - Malkangiri |
| Largest District in terms of Area - Mayurbhanj |
| 2nd Largest District in terms of Area - Sundergarh |
| Smallest district in terms of Area - Jagatsinghpur |
| 2nd Smallest district in terms of Area - Sonepur |
| District having Largest no. of MLAS - Ganjam - 12 |
| District having 2nd Largest no. of MLAS - Mayurbhanj |
| District having Lowest no. of MLAS - Boudh & Deogarh-(1 MLA each) |
| District having 2nd Lowest no of MLAS - Malkangiri & Nuapara -( 2 MLAS each) |
| District with Highest % of Forest area Of the Total Forests in the State- Kandhamaal |
| District with 2nd Highest % of Forest area Of the Total Forests in the State- Sundargarh |
| District with Lowest % of Forest area Of the Total Forests in the State - Bhadrak |
| District with 2nd Lowest % of Forest area Of the Total Forests in the State - Jharsuguda |
| District having Highest Production of Rice - Bargarh |
| District having 2nd Highest Production of Rice - Ganjam |
| District having Lowest Production of Rice - Boudh |
| District having 2nd Lowest Production of Rice - Jharsuguda |
| District having Highest Production of Potato - Cuttack |
| District having 2nd Highest Production of Potato - Kendrapara |
| District having Lowest Production of Potato - Malkangiri |
| District having 2nd Lowest Production of Potato - Gajapati |
| Districts | Sub
Divisions |
Tehsils | Development
Blocks |
Area as % of
Total Area |
No. of Assembly
Constituencies |
| Angul | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Balangir | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Balasore | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2.3 | 7 |
| Bargarh | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Bhadrak | 1 | 6 | 17 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Boudh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Cuttack | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2.4 | 10 |
| Deogarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.8 | 1 |
| Dhenkanal | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Gajapati | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Ganjam | 3 | 14 | 22 | 5.6 | 12 |
| Jagatsinghpur | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Jajpur | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1.9 | 6 |
| Jharsuguda | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Kalahandi | 2 | 7 | 13 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Kandhamala | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4.9 | 3 |
| Khendrapara | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1.6 | 6 |
| Keonjhar | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5.3 | 6 |
| Koraput | 2 | 7 | 14 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Khurda | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1.9 | 6 |
| Malkangiri | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Mayurbhanj | 4 | 9 | 26 | 6.7 | 10 |
| Nabrangapur | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Nayagarh | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Nuapada | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Puri | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2.0 | 6 |
| Rayagada | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Sambalpur | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4.3 | 3 |
| Sonepur | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Sundargarh | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 30 | 58 | 171 | 314 | 100 | 147 |
