ODISHA

ABOUT
ODISHA ODISHA—
FORMERLY ORRISA EASTERN STATE OF INDIA
THE 8TH LARGEST STATE BY AREA, AND THE 11TH
LARGEST BY POPULATION. ODISHA LIES BETWEEN THE
LATITUDES 17.780N AND 22.730N, AND BETWEEN
LONGITUDES 81.37E AND 87.53E. THE STATE HAVE THE
LARGEST POPULATION OF SCHEDULED TRIBES. ODIA IS
THE LANGUAGE OF ODISHA. THE STATE GOT IT’S
STATEHOOD ON 1ST APRIL 1936(UTKALA DIBASA), NOW
IT’S CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY IS BHUBANESWAR
AND HAVE 30 DISTRICTS. THE PER CAPITA OF THE STATE
IS ₹116,614 AND THE LITERACY RATE IS 73.45%. THE
ECONOMY OF ODISHA IS THE 16TH LARGEST STATE
ECONOMY IN INDIA WITH ₹5.33 LAKH CRORE (US$75
BILLION) IN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. ODISHA
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GEOGRAPHY OF
ODISHA—
• FERTILE PLAINS ALONG
THE COAST.
• FORESTED HIGHLANDS
TOWARDS THE
INTERIOR.
• WESTERN AND
• NORTHERN PORTIONS
• OF THE SAME ARE
OCCUPIED BY THE
CHOTA NAGPUR
CLIMATE—
• THE STATE HAS TROPICAL CLIMATE, CHARACTERIZED
BY HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH HUMIDITY, MEDIUM TO
HIGH RAINFALL AND SHORT AND MILD WINTERS.
• THE STATE EXPERIENCES FOUR METEOROLOGICAL
SEASONS: WINTER (JANUARY TO FEBRUARY), PRE-
MONSOON SEASON (MARCH TO MAY), SOUTH-WEST
MONSOON SEASON (JUNE TO SEPTEMBER) AND NORTH
FLORA AND FAUNA—
• 33% FORESTED AREA, ODISHA HAS 48,903 KM² OF
FORESTS.
• FORESTS ARE REPOSITORIES OF BAMBOO, TEAK,
ROSEWOOD AND HALDI.
• WHITE TIGERS, SLOTH BEARS, MONGOOSE, FLYING
SQUIRREL,OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE ARE FOUND.
• ALEXANDRINE PARAKEET, INDIAN PIED HORNBILL,
AGRICULTURE—
AGRICULTURE PROVIDES 26% OF THE NET STATE DOMESTIC
PRODUCT.
THE INDIAN CROPPING SEASON IS CLASSIFIED INTO TWO MAIN
SEASON.
KHARIF CROPPING SEASON: FROM JULY –OCTOBER DURING THE
SOUTH-WEST MONSOO.
RABI CROPPING SEASON IS FROM OCTOBER- (WINTER) MARCH.
KHARIF IS THE MAIN CROPPING SEASON AND RICE IS THE
PRINCIPAL CROP DURING KHARIF SEASON.
• IT GROWS ALMOST ONE TENTH OF THE TOTAL RICE
PRODUCTION OF THE COUNTRY.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN ODISHA—
ODIA(81.32%)
KUI (2.24%)
SANTALI (2.06%)
URDU (1.60%)
TELUGU (1.59%)
HINDI (1.23%)
BENGALI (1.20%)
OTHERS (8.76%)
ODIA IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ODISHA AND
IS SPOKEN BY 82.7% OF THE POPULATION
ACCORDING TO THE 2011 CENSUS OF INDIA. IT IS
ALSO ONE OF THE CLASSICAL LANGUAGES OF
INDIA. SOME OF THE MAJOR DIALECTS FOUND
INSIDE THE STATE ARE SAMBALPURI, CUTTACKI,
PURI, BALESWARI, GANJAMI, DESIYA AND
PHULBANI. IN ADDITION TO ODIA, SIGNIFICANT
POPULATION OF PEOPLE SPEAKING OTHER MAJOR
INDIAN LANGUAGES LIKE HINDI, TELUGU, URDU
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