Kendrapara district


Kendrapara District is an administrative district of Odisha state in eastern India. The town of Kendrapara is the district headquarters. Kendrapara District is situated in the eastern portion of the state, and is bounded on the north by Bhadrak District, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by Jagatsinghpur District, on the west by Cuttack District on the northwest by Jajpur District.

Geography

Kendrapara District lies in 20° 20’ N To 20° 37’ N Latitude and 86° 14’ E To 87° 01’ E Longitude and situated in central coastal plain zone of the Odisha. The Bay of Bengal lies in the eastern part of the district. The coastline covers 48 km stretching from Dhamra Muhan to Batighar. Kendrapara district headquarters is 55 km from Cuttack.
Kendrapara District lies in the river delta formed by the Brahmani and Baitarani and branch rivers of Mahanadi. The Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Bhitarkanika National Park, Gahirmatha Beach and Baladevjew Temple lie in the district. Other features in the district include Suka-Parikshita Ashram, Kudanagari, Landibata Mahapurusha Matha Chanpur, Pentha sea beach,PatharaKani Temple Gogua, Harihar Kshetra Mahala, Gadadhara Gosain Pitha, and Korua. This district has 9 blocks named as Aul, Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, Rajkanika, Patamundai.

Divisions

There are 9 Tahasilsand 9 blocks in Kendrapara district. They are :
Tahasils
  1. Aul
  2. Kanika
  3. Kendrapara
  4. Marshaghai
  5. Pattamundai
  6. Rajnagar
  7. Mahakalpada
  8. Derabish
  9. Garadpur
Blocks
  1. Aul
  2. Derabish
  3. Garadpur
  4. Kendrapara
  5. Mahakalpada
  6. Marshaghai
  7. Pattamundai
  8. Rajakanika
  9. Rajnagar

    Demographics

According to the 2011 census Kendrapara district has a population of 1,440,361, roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 344th in India.
The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 10.59%. Kendrapara has a sex ratio of 1006 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 85.93%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 91.47% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.76% Bengali and 3.31% Urdu as their first language.

Politics

Vidhan sabha constituencies

The following is the 5 Vidhan sabha constituencies of Kendrapara district and the elected members of that area
No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency Member of 14th AssemblyParty
96Patkura-Derabish, Garadapur, Marshaghai VacantBJD
97KendraparaSCKendrapara, Kendrapara, Pattamundai Shashi Bhusan BeheraBJD
98Aul-Aul, RajkanikaShri Pratap Keshari DevBJD
99Rajanagar-Pattamundai, Rajanagar, Pattamundai DHRUBA CHARAN SAHOOBJD
100Mahakalapada-Mahakalapada, Marshaghai Atanu Sabyasachi NayakBJD