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Jajpur district

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Also known as Jajapur district

district of Odisha, India

Key facts

Country
India
State
Odisha
Headquarters
Jajpur
Member of lok sabha
Rabindra Narayan Behera , ( BJP )
Total
2,888 km (1,115 sq mi)
Elevation
331 m (1,086 ft)
Density
632.7/km (1,639/sq mi)
Official
Odia , English
Time zone
UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Pin
755 xxx
Vehicle registration
OD-04 (for Chandikhol ), OD-34 (for Jajpur )
Literacy
80.13%
Lok sabha constituency
Jajpur
Vidhan sabha constituency
7 Barchana, Bari , Binjharpur, Dharmasala, Jajpur, Sukinda, Korai
Climate
Aw ( Köppen )
Precipitation
1,014 millimetres (39.9 in)
Avg summer temperature
38 °C (100 °F)
Avg winter temperature
12 °C (54 °F)

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Wikidata facts

Country
India
Capital
Jajpur
Population
1827192
Area
2888
Elevation
331
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Shares border with
Dhenkanal district
Headquarters
Jajpur
Official website
jajpur.nic.in
Households
407851
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Category:Jajpur district
Commons category
Jajpur district
male population
926034
female population
901158
urban population
135097
rural population
1692095
literate population
1290455
illiterate population
536737
short name
JJP
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Encyclopedic overview

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

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jajpur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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