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<strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> <strong>Balasore</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

1.3. Profile of the <strong>District</strong><br />

<strong>Balasore</strong> is one of the north-eastern coastal districts of Orissa. The <strong>District</strong> lies in between<br />

latitude: 21 003’ to 21 059’ North latitude and 86 020’ to 87 029’ East Longitude. It is bounded<br />

by Bay of Bengal in the East, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts in the West, Medinapore<br />

district of West Bengal in the North and Bhadrakh district in the South. The geographical<br />

area of the district is 3806 Square km. <strong>Balasore</strong>, is crisscrossed with perennial and<br />

estuarine rivers because of its proximity to sea. Five important rivers of Orissa, namely<br />

Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga, Jalaka, Kansabansa and Sono have passed through this<br />

district from west to east before surging into the Bay of Bengal. The district head quarter,<br />

<strong>Balasore</strong> is 214 kms from the State Capital, Bhubaneswar. A brief overview of the district is<br />

presented in table 1.4.<br />

Table 1.4. Overview of <strong>Balasore</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

Feature Unit <strong>Balasore</strong> Orissa<br />

Geographical area Sq. km. 3806 155707<br />

Total population (2001 census) Lakh 2024508 36804660<br />

Sub-divisions Number 2 58<br />

Blocks Number <strong>12</strong> 314<br />

Panchayat Samities Number <strong>12</strong> 314<br />

Tahasils Number 7 171<br />

Revenue villages Number 2971 51349<br />

No. of Inhabited Revenue Villages Number 2586 47529<br />

No. of Uninhabited Revenue Villages Number 385 3820<br />

Gram Panchayats Number 289 6234<br />

Nagar Panchayats (Municipalities) Number 1 35<br />

Nagar Panchayats (Notified Area Councils) Number 3 68<br />

Urban habitations (Wards) Number 80 1631<br />

No. of Police Stations Number 21 465<br />

No. of Parliament Constituency Number 1 21<br />

No. of Assembly Constituency Number 7 147<br />

Length of rail network Km. 114.98 2338.93<br />

Railway Stations Nos. 14 225<br />

Passenger halts Nos. 4 56<br />

Length of different type of roads<br />

National Highways Km. 118 3592<br />

State Highways Km. 67 4959<br />

Major <strong>District</strong> Roads Km. 105 3181<br />

Other <strong>District</strong> Roads Km. 326 6092<br />

Rural Roads Km. <strong>12</strong>21 27402<br />

Forest Roads Km. 79 7467<br />

PS Roads Km. 787 20326<br />

GP Roads Km. 1682 139944<br />

Total Km. 4385 2<strong>12</strong>963<br />

Length of road/sq km of geographical area 1.152 1.3677<br />

Irrigated agriculture (Kharif) % to cultivated area 55.58 46.39<br />

Irrigated agriculture (Rabi) % to cultivated area 42.02 22.77<br />

Barren & Wasteland "000" ha 10 840<br />

Forests "000" ha 33 5813<br />

Major and medium dams Number 0 80<br />

Large and medium industries Number 19 334<br />

1.3.1. Historical Background:<br />

<strong>Balasore</strong> district was part of the ancient Kalinga which later became a territory of Toshala<br />

or Utkal till the death of Mukunda Dev. It was annexed by Moghuls in 1568 and remained<br />

as a part of their suzerainty up to the middle of eighteenth century, to be precised up to<br />

1750-51. Then the Marahattas occupied this part of Orissa and it became a part of the<br />

dominion of the Marahatta Kings of Nagpur. The East India Company ceded this part<br />

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