ODISHA Odisha is one of the 29 States of India located in Western India, it is surrounded by the state of west Bengal to north east, jharkhand to the North, chhattisgarh to the West and north-west and andhra Pradesh to the South. It is the 9th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by the population. The state also has the third largest population of Schedule Tribes in india. The area of odisha is about 1,55,707 square kilometers. Odisha is connected with the world largest bay i.e. Bay of bangal. Bhubaneswar is the capital of odisha. and the capital of odisha bhubaneswar is the 1st smart City in India. It hold the rank 1. There are 30 districts in the state. The High Court is situated in cuttack, odisha. Odia is the official and most widely spoken language in odisha.It hold the 25th rank in the Human Development Index rank. The literacy rate is 73.45%. Odisha was known from many other names some of them are Utkal, Kaling, Udra,Orda,etc. 1st April is celebr
SAMBALPUR The oldest one So today I am going to write about my home town SAMBALPUR Sambalpur is a city and a muncipal corporation located in the western part of odisha. It is one of the oldest and largest city in the state. It is the headquarter of northern revenue division, mahanadi coalfield limited (MCL) and one of the railway division from East coast railway zone. It is situated about 300 km (190 mi) West of the state capital bhubaneswar. The sambalpur City is also called as city of culture, Handloom city, city of textiles and Diamond city of India. Population of the city as per census 2011 is 6,35,761 . The language used to speak by the people of sambalpur city is odia and Hindi. It has two official languages i,e Odia and English . The literacy rate of the city is 85.69% Here below the history, culture and tourism of the city is described History Sambalpur is one of the ancient place of India, which survived even in the prehistoric age an