Odisha

 

Odisha : at a glance/ Odisha : In a Line

• The name “Odisha” is derived from Sanskrit word "Odra Vishaya" or "Odra Desa".

• The ancient province of "Odra desa" or "Or-desa" was limited to the valley of the Mahanadi and to the lower course of the Subarnarekha River.

• Odisha is located in the eastern part of India.

• The Bay of Bengal lies in East; Chhattisgarh shares its border in West and North-west; West Bengal in North-east; Jharkhand in North and Andhra Pradesh in South.

• Latitude - 17.31N to 22.31N

• Longitude - 81.31E to 87.29E

• Area – 1,55,707 km² and extends for 700 km from north to south and 500 km from east to west.

• Its coastline is 450 km long.

• No. of Districts – 30

• No. of Blocks - 314

Odisha Administration : -

• Official Languages - Odia, English

• Divisions - 3 Revenue Divisions (Central - Cuttack, Northern - Sambalpur, Southern - Berhampur)

• Lok Sabha Seats - 21

• Rajya Sabha Seats - 10

• Vidhan Sabha Seats - 147

• Nature of State Legislature - Unicameral

• High Court - Orissa High Court, Cuttack

First in Odisha

• First Chief Minister - Krushna Chandra Gajapati

• First Woman Chief Minister - Smt. Nandini Satapathy

• First Governor - Sir Chandula Madhav Lal Trivedi

• First Central Minister of Odisha - Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab

• First Chief Justice of Supreme Court - Ranganath Mishra

• First Woman Commissioner - Ranu Mishra

• First Woman IPS Officer - Sowmya Mishra

• First Woman IAS - Pragnya Paramita Das

• First Odia Lok Sabha Speaker - Rabi Ray