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Geographical location:
• 81° 27’ E and 87°29’ E longitude

• 17°49’ N and 22°34’N latitude

• 1030 km from North to South

• 500 km from East to West

• Area- 155707 sq. Km.

• Coastal line – 485 km long

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• Eastern part of Indian peninsula.

• Bay of Bengal lies to it’s East.

• 4 States share boundaries Chhattisgarh in west and north west, west

Bengal in North East, Jharkhand in North , Andhra Pradesh in South.

• 30 district and 314 blocks.

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Statehood : 1st April 1936 (Odisha Day/Utkal Diwas)

Capital : Bhubaneswar (largest city)

Judicial capital : Cuttack

District : 30

Body : Government of Odisha

Governor : Raghubar Das

(Former Chief Minister of

Jharkhand State)
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CM : Naveen Patnaik
Book Written : A Second Paradise, A Desert Kingdom and The
Garden of Life
Legislature : Unicameral (147 seats)
Parliamentary constituency : Lok sabha (21), Rajya sabha (10)
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State with Area : 9th

Population (as per 2011 census) : 41,974,218

Population rank : 11th

High population growth : Balangir (23.32%)

Official language : Odia (one of the classical language of India)

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Highest population : Ganjam

Lowest population : Deogarh

Rural population : 83.32%

Urban population : 16.68%

Largest district : Mayurbhanj

Smallest district : Jagatsinghpur

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Literacy : 73.45%
High literacy District : Khordha (86.88%)
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Emblem : Emblem of Odisha Armiger : The Government of Odisha
Crest : Lion capital of Ashoka
Blazon : Warrior and Horse statue of Konark Sun Temple
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Motto : Odisha Shasan (Government of Odisha) in Odia and Devanagari

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Song : Bande Utkala Janani (written by Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra)

Dance : Odissi (one of 8 classical dance of India)

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Animal : Sambar deer (Rusa Unicolor)

Bird : Indian roller

also known as Neelkanth (Coracias Benghalensis)
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Fish : Mahanadi mahseer also known as kado (Tor Masal Mahanadicus)

Flower : Ashoka (Saraca Asoka)

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Tree : Sacred fig also known as Aswastha (Ficus religosa)

Food : Pakhala

Sweet : Rasagola
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• Total forest cover : 61,204.17 sq.km

• 39.31% area covered by forest.

• Forest cover areawise : Madhya Pradesh>Arunachal
Pradesh>Chattisgarh>Maharashtra

• Forest cover % wise: Mizoram (85.4%)>Arunachal Pradesh

(79.63%)>Meghalaya(76.33%)
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FIRST IN ODISHA

1. First Men Odia Governor – John Austin Hubback

2. First Men Odia Chief Minister – Gajapati Krushna Chandra Narayan Deo
3. First Men Odia Ambassador – Lalit Mansingh
4. First Men Odia Minister – Madhusudan Das
5. First Men Lokpal – Justice Balakrushna Patra
6. First Men Chairman OPSC – Samuel Das
7. First Men Odia Freedom Fighter – Veer Surendra Sai
8. First Men Odia Graduate – Madhusudan Das
9. First Men Odia Doctor Graduate – Dr. Surendra Narayan Acharya
10. First Men Odia Engineer Graduate – Madhab Charan Patnaik
11. First Men Odia Advocate – Madhusudan Das
12. First Men Odia Lecture – Kashinath Das
13. First Men Odia Barister – Biswanath Mishra
14. First Men Odia Major General – Basanta Kumar Mohapatra
15. First Men Odia District Magistrate – Dayanidhi Das
16. First Men Odia Air Marshal – Saraoj Jena
17. First Men Odia Collector – Jatindra Nath Mohanty
18. First Men Odia to Pass Entrance Exam – Banamali Singh
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FIRST IN ODISHA

19. First Men Odia I.C.S – Nilammani Satpathy

20. First Men Odia Vice Chacellor – Dr. Pranakrushna Parida
21. First Men Odia IAS officer – Shyam Charan Tripathy
22. First Men Odia Principal – Dr. Surendra Narayan Acharya
23. First Men Odia S.P – Sri Krushna Mohapatra
24. First Men Odia Advocate General – Swami Bichitra Nanda Das
25. First Men Odia Received Ph.D – Choudhry Jagannath
26. First Men Odia Chief Justice Odisha High Court – Birakishore Ray
27. 23 first men Odia post graduate- Madhusudan Das
24 . First men Odia SP- Sri Krushna Mahapatra
25. First men Odia advocate general - Swami Bichitra Nanda Das
26. First men odisa chief justice of Odisha High court - Bira Kishore Roy
27. First men Odia received PhD ( doctorate ) - Chaudhary Jagannath Das
28. Fast men Odia chief secretary of Odisha -Nagari Mohan Patnaik
29. First men Odia chief justice of supreme court of India - Ranganathan Mishra
30. First men Odia speaker of lok sabha - Rabi Roy
31. First men Oriya ayurvedic doctor - Suresh Chandra Das
32. First men Odia mahamahopadhya - Samantha Chandrashekhar Singh
33. First men Odia traveller to Europe - Madhusudan Das
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34. First men Odia historian - Pyari Mohan Acharya
35. First men historian emperor - kharvela
36. First men Odia drama artist -Jagmohan Lala
37. First men Odia novelist - Fakir Mohan senapati
38. First men Odia poet - Sarala Das
39. First men Odia speaker of Vidhan sabha -Mukunda Prasad Das
40. First men Odia deputy speaker of Vidhan sabha - Nanda Kishore Das
41. First men Odia recipient of "Sir" award King - Sudhal Dev of Bamanda
42. First men Odia union cabinet minister - Dr Harikrishna Mahatab
43. First men Odia governor of Lion's club - Basant Kumar Panigrahi
44. First men Odia bank chairman - Bidhu Bhushan samal
45. First men Odia international cricket player -Debadasi Mohanty
46. First men Odia cricket umpire -Subrat Das
47. First men Odia opening batsman in India cricket team -Siba sundara Das
48. First men Odia cricketer recipient of Ekalavya award -Sanjay Raul
49. First men Odia player in Olympics -Dilip Tirky
50. First men Odia poet recipient of Saraswati Samman -Ramakanta Rath
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51. First men Odia IAS topper in India -Hrushikesh Panda

52. First men Odia producer in Hindi film -Sita kanta Mishra (Film - Sodh)
53. First men odia first novelist -Umesh Chandra Sarkar
54. First men odia director in Hindi film -Prashant Nanda
55. First men odia Gyanpith award winner -Gopinath Mohanty
56. First man Odia art film producer -Manmohan Mahapatra
__57. First men Odia participant in all India badminton championship-
__58. First men Odia chief justice of Delhi High court-
59. First men odia Royal prisoner -Raja Krushna Bose
60. First men Odia to swim across British channel -Mihir Sen
61. First men Odia recipient of Anubrat award- Dr Radhanath Rath
62. First men Odia news reader on Odia Dura Darshan- Deba Prasad Das
63. First men Odia scientist -Dr Pranav Krishna Parija
64. First men Odia governor -Dr Harikrishna Mahatab
65. First men Odia story writer- fakir Mohan senapati
66. First men Odia astrologer- Samantha Chandrasekhar
67. First men Odia Grammarian -Pandita Mrityunjaya
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__68. First main Odia general secretary of Congress -Shyam Sundar Mahapatra
69. First men odia Editor of newspaper -Gauri Shankar Ray
70. First men Odia Radio artist -Kalicharan Patnaik
71. First main Odia chartered accountant -Hrudananda Nayak
72. First main Odia "Atibista seva padak " -Kamakshya Prasad Singh Deo
73. First men DSP - Guruprasad Das
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1. First woman chief minister of Odisha -Smt Nandini Satpathy
2. First woman commissioner of Odisha - Ranu Mishra
3. First woman minister of Odisha -Basanta manjari Devi
4. First woman tribal minister of Odisha -Saraswati Hembram
5. First woman advocate of Odisha - Urmibala Ray
6. First woman pilot of Odisha- Giribala Mohanty
7. First woman layer of Odisha - Sudhanshubala Hajra
8. First woman physician of Odisha- Dr Kuntala Kumari sabat
9. 1st woman surgeon of Odisha - Dr Jyotshna Devi
10. First woman cricket trainee of Odisha- Ranjita Mohanty
11. First woman MLA of Odisha - Sarala Devi
12. First woman collector of Odisha- Chandramani Narayani Swami
13. First woman college lecturer of Odisha- Nirmala Nayak
14. First woman graduate of Odisha -Narmada Kar
15. First woman poet of Odisha- Sulakshana Devi
16. First woman engineer of Odisha - Sudhira Das
17. First woman all India Congress leader of Odisha- Jayanti Patnaik
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18. First woman traveler from the seaway from Odisha- Nibedita Acharya
(to Indonesia)
19. First woman Rajyasabha member from Odisha- Nandini Satpathy
20. First woman high court Judge of Odisha Smt Amiyakumari Padhi
21. First Woman IAS topper of Odisha -Rupa Mishra
22. First woman "Arjuna awardees" of Odisha- Minati Mohapatra
23. First woman TV news reporter of Odisha- Sanghamitra Kanungo
24. First woman IPS officer of Odisha- Soumya Mishra
25. First woman mayor of Odisha - Sushree Nibedita Pradhan
26. First woman journalist of Odisha- Padmalaya Das
27. First woman film director of Odisha - Parvati Ghosh
28. First woman Hindi film actor of Odisha -Dali Jena
29. First woman Bengali film actor of Odisha -Mahasweta Ray
30. First woman English film actor of odisha - Jyotshna Devi
31. First woman architect of Odisha- Kavita Mohanty
32. First woman director for radio center from Odisha-Veena Devi
33. First woman Europe traveler of Odisha- Sailabala Das
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34. First man politician of Odisha - Rama Devi
35. First woman barister of Odisha - Urmibala Ray
36. First women physician of Odisha- Dr Kuntala Kumari sabat
37. First woman member in lok sabha -Jayanti Patnaik
38. First woman to pass entrance exam -Narmada Kar and Chandramukhi Sarangi
39. First woman to get padmashree - Sanjukta Panigrahi
40. First women of high court- Smt Amiyakumari Padhi
41. First woman mines owner - Sarojini Pradhan
42. First woman novelist - Kuntala Kumari Sabat
43. First woman IAS officer- Pragyan Paramita Das
44. First woman minister of Odisha -Basanta Manjari Devi
45. First woman news reader in Odia Doordarshan- Sanghamitra Kanungo
46. First woman poetess of Odisha - Madhabi Dasi
47. First woman Jamuna Lal Bajaj winner of Odisha- Ramadevi Chaudhary
48. First woman principal of Odisha -Nirmala Nayak
49. First woman received PhD in Odia - Sarada Kumari Mohanty
50. First woman script research scholar of Odisha- Snigdha Tripathy
51. First woman vice chancellor of Odisha -Priyambada Mohanty
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