Jajpur district


Jajpur is a district of Odisha, India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple district with Jajpur being one of them. The district came into being on 1 April 1993.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Jajpur district has a population of 1,827,192, roughly equal to the nation of Kosovo or the US state of Nebraska. This gives it a ranking of 261st in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.43%. Jajpur has a sex ratio of 972 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.44%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 90.27% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.79% Urdu, 2.09% Ho, 0.74% Santali, 0.69% Munda, 0.55% Hindi and 0.34% Bengali as their first language.

Administrative Divisions

The district is divided into 10 revenue Tehsils as below.
The district consists of 1 subdivision Jajpur. It also consists of 10 blocks.
The district has 331 Gram Panchayats and 1781 Villages.
The district has 2 municipalities Byasanagar and Jajpur, with the later serving as the district headquarters.

Politics

The district consists of one Parliamentary constituency Jajpur. This is currently represented by Sarmistha Sethi of Biju Janata Dal.

Vidhan Sabha Constituencies

The following is the 7 Vidhan sabha constituencies of Jajpur district and the elected members of that area
No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency Member of 16th AssemblyParty
48BinjharpurSCBinjharpur, Dasarathpur Smt. Pramila MallikBJD
49Bari-Bari, Jajpur, Rasulpur Debasis NayakBJD
50Barchana-BarchanaAmar Prasad SatpathyBJD*
51Dharmasala-Dharmasala, Rasulpur Pranab Kumar BalabantrayBJD
52Jajpur-Jajpur, Jajpur, Dasharathpur Pranab Prakash DasBJD
53Korei-Vyasanagar, Vyasanagar, Korei, Rasulpur Ashok Kumar BalBJD
54Sukinda-Sukinda, DangadiPritiranjan GhadaiBJD

Colleges