COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Puri District

Comprehensive Development Plan – PKDA 20314.5.4 Public, Semi Public, Religious Utilities and DevelopmentThe total area under public and semi public & religious utilities in the PKDA area sums up to 5.99 Sq.km of thetotal area. The development as seen earlier is concentrated within the Puri town area. Apart from the Puriurban area, there are small clusters of public and semi-public areas around the UNESCO protected Konarktemple area.The maps below show the location of the religious, public and semi public utilities in the PKDA Region, Puriurban area and Konark NAC area. These utilities account to about 21.55% of the total urban land area ofPuri.The public/semi public utilities amount to 40.27% of the area under Public, Semi Public, and Religious Utilities.These can be found concentrated around the railway station area and also towards the south- eastern side ofthe urban area. They are also found to be scattered among the religious centres. The public utilities amount toa very small percentage (7.6%) of the land area under Public, Semi Public, and Religious Utilities.There are a very few public and semi public utilities at Konark. They have a scattered pattern ofarrangement, around the existing residential areas. There are two major educational institutions situated onthe highway connecting Konark and Pipli.Puri being a pilgrimage destination, the share of religious spaces is found to be higher accounting to 53.03%of the area under Public, Semi Public, and Religious Utilities. This area comprises of Temples, Mosques,Gurudwara, Ashram/Matha and Church as given in the table. It can be found that the concentration ofreligious spaces is more towards the western side of the city, and towards the Swargadwara area.Table 4.3: Details of religious centres in Puri townReligious CentresNumberAshram/Matha 207Church 6Gurudwara 1Mosque 2Temple 287others 89Source: Puri Municipality, ORSAC Land Use surveyFig 4.12: School in PuriFig 4.13: Matha in PuriCEPT, Ahmedabad 81