Paradip
Sign in to saveParadeep, also spelled Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelled Paradwip), is a major industrial seaport town and municipality, nearly 80 km from Cuttack city, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a municipality on 12 December 2002. The nearest commercial airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport.
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Place details
- Locality
- Paradip
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 85,868
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Paradeep
- Settlement.other_name
- Paradip
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.nicknames
- Smart Industrial Port Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Jagatsinghpur district
- Area
- +23.40
- Elevation
- +1
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Jagannath Temple at Paradeep.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Transport
- Paradip Port
- Industry
- Demographics
- Languages
- References
- External links
Paradeep, also spelled Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelled Paradwip), is a major industrial seaport town and municipality, nearly 80 km from Cuttack city, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a municipality on 12 December 2002. The nearest commercial airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport.
The municipality comprises five Revenue Villages, namely Udachandrapur, Chauliapalanda, Sandhakuda, Bijayachandrapur, and Bhitaragarh. Given the increasing population and industrialisation, a proposal to include 15 villages (Paradeep, Garh, Niharuni, Niharuni Kandha, Chouki Matha, Udayabata, Nimidiha, Kotakula, Rangiagarh, Nua Sandhakud, Musadiha, Musadiha Jangle, Boitarkuda, Kaudia, Aganaasi, and Nuagarh) was sent to the state H. & U.D. Department in 2007.