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

• First Autobiography Writer - Fakir Mahan Senapati

• First College - Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (1868)

• First Medical College - Sreeram Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Cuttack (1944)

• First Engineering College - University College of Engineering, Burla (1956)

• First Private Engineering College - Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar (1986)

• First Odia Poet - Mahakabi Sarala Das

• First Odia Everest Mountaineer - Chetana Sahu

• First Odia Arjuna Awardees - Minati Mohapatra

• First Odia Police Commissioner - Srikrushna Mohapatra

• First Odia Padmabhushan Awardees - Prof. Pranakrushna Parija

• First Odia Padmashree Awardees - Laxminarayan Sahu (For Education) 

• First Odia Foreign Justice - Lalitendu Maansingh

• First Odia American Ambassador - Lalitendu Maansingh

• First District Collector - Jatindra Nath Mohanty

• First Air Marshal - Saroj jena

• First Cinema Hall of Odisha - Sitaram Vilas Talkies (SRVT), Berhampur

• First Colour Odia Film - Gapa Helebi Sata (1976)

• First Newspaper - Utkal Deepika

• First Printing Press - Utkal Printing Press

• First River Dam - Hirakud

• First Daily Newspaper - Dainika Asha

• First Odia ICS Officer - Nilamani Senapati

• First Bharat Ratna Awardee of Odisha - VV Giri

Largest/Longest in Odisha

• Largest District (Area wise) - Mayurbhanj 

• Largest District (Population wise) - Ganjam

• Largest Fair - Baliyatra (Cuttack)

• Largest Lake - Chilika

• Largest Waterfall - Duduma

• Largest Hot Springs - Atri (Baghamari)

• Largest Park - Ekamra Kanan Bhubaneswar

• Largest Port - Paradeep Port

• Largest Museum - Jayadeva State Museum, Bhubaneswar

• Largest Library - Harekrushna Mahatab State Library, Bhubaneswar

• Largest Town - Bhubaneswar

• Largest Temple - Sri Jagannath Temple, Puri 

• Largest Stadium - Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 

• Largest Pilgrim Center - Puri

• Largest Railway Platform - Bhubaneswar

• Largest Railway Junction - Khordha Road

• Largest Airport - Biju Pattnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar

• Largest Fort - Barabati Fort

• Largest Mine - Talcher Coal Mines

• Largest Populated City - Bhubaneswar

• Largest Residential Area - Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar

• Largest Zoo - Nandankanan

• Longest River - Mahanadi River

• Highest Mountain Peak - Deomali, Koraput

• Largest Missile Launching Center - Chandipur, Balasore