The major rivers of Orissa are as follows: The region is fertile, well drained and thickly populated.

The hilly and upland areas in the center - is a part of Indian peninsula with deep and broad valleys cut by the rivers.

Physiographically, the state can be divided into the following areas: The shoreline of the state is comparatively uninterrupted and the length of this shoreline is approximately 485 km. The state forms a part of the eastern seacoast of India. The apex court of the state is the Orissa High Court in Cuttack. The Legislative Assembly of the state is unicameral. The Governor of the state is Ganeshi Lal and there are 147 seats in the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) of the state. Other than Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the major cities in Odisha are Rourkela, Brahmapur, Bolangir, Sambalpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, and Puri.Īt present, the Chief Minister of the state is Naveen Patnaik.

The districts of the state are as follows: Angul, Boudh, Bhadrak, Bolangir, Bargarh, Balasore, Cuttack (Kataka), Debagarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Kendrapara, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, and Sundargarh. The literacy rate is 72.9% (as per the 2011 census.) Other languages spoken in the state are Hindi, Bengali, Santali, and Telugu. The official language of the state is Oriya. About 94.35% of the population is Hindus, 2.07% are Muslims, 2.44% are Christian, and only 1.14% are represented by other communities. The density of the population in the state is 269/ km2. In terms of population, the state is the eleventh biggest state in India, and in area, it holds the eighth rank.Ībout 50.54% of the population of the state is male (21,212,136 ), and 49.46% of the population is female ( 20,762,082). The total area of the state is 155,707 km2 (60,119 sq mi), while the population of Odisha is 41,974,218 as per the 2011 Census.

Till 1948, Cuttack served as the capital of Odisha then shifted to temple city Bhubaneswar.

The contemporary state was formed on April 1, 1936.

Odisha is one of the 28 states that lies on the eastern coast of India.

Bhulekh odisha village map