Koraput
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Place details
- Locality
- Koraput
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 47,468
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Koraput
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Hill station
- Settlement.nicknames
- Switzerland of Odisha, Emerald Highlands of Odisha, Aero Engine Capital of India
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Koraput
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Koraput district
- Area
- +61.1
- Elevation
- +870
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Koraput district
- Image
- Deomali by Santanu Mahapatra, Koraput - panoramio.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Adivasi communities
- Sabara Srikhetra (Jagannath Temple)
- Geography
- Hill stations
- Climate
- Transport
- Administration
- Education
- Politics
- Festivals
- See also
- References
- External links
Koraput is a town and a Municipality in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. Koraput town is the district headquarter of Koraput district.
==History== The district of Koraput derives its name from its headquarters in the present town of Koraput. In ancient times when the Nalas were ruling over this tract, Pushkari near modern Umarkot was the capital city. In the medieval period, Nandapur developed as a little kingdom under the Silavamsi kings that were later expanded by the Suryavanshi kings who arrived in the region in the 13th century from Kashmir. Later, Maharajah Veer Vikram Dev shifted his capital to Jeypore and about the middle of the 17th century, this town prospered under the British Administration. Koraput was chosen by the British in 1870 for better health prospects. The origin of the name Koraput is obscure. There are several theories, none of which are convincing.