Khordha (also written Khurda) is an administrative division of the state of Orissa, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993 by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town, formerly known as Jajarsingh, or Kurada. The capital city of Bhubaneswar is located in this district. Khurda is the most urbanized of all the di...
more
Read article at Wikipedia
Khurda District
Location
Contains:
We can also tell you Khurda District is a
If you know more about Khurda District, you can add more facts here »
Similar topics in Freebase
-
Cachar District
Cachar (Assamese and Sylheti: কাছাড় Kasaŗ, Bengali: কাছাড় Kachhaŗ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Silchar. The district occupies an area of 3786 km². Bengali has a status of Official Language in this district, majority of the... -
Tinsukia district
Tinsukia is one of the twenty three administrative districts in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters are located at Tinsukia. The district occupies an area of 3790 km² and has a population of 1,150,062 (as of 2001). Hindus 1,029,142, Christians 62,403, Muslims 40,000 (3.47%). The... -
Howrah District
Howrah district (Bengali: হাওড়া জেলা) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.. The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes. The district is bounded... -
Yavatmal District
Yavatmal district (Marathi: यवतमाळ जिल्हा) (also Yeotmal) is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. Yavatmal town is the administrative headquarters of this district. It is believed that Yavatmal, along with the... -
Mumbai City District
Mumbai City District (मुंबई जिल्हा) is a district of Maharashtra in Konkan Division. As a city district, it has no headquarters or subdivisions. It, along with the Mumbai Suburban District make up the metropolis of Mumbai. The city area is called the "island city" or South Mumbai or Old Bombay. It... -
Gaya District
Gaya is a district of Bihar. It is the birthplace of eminent nationalist Bihar Vibhuti Dr Anugrah Narain Sinha, one of the founders of modern Bihar. Another great nationalist Pandit Yadunandan (Jadunandan) Sharma was the biggest leader of peasants in the Gaya district and second in command to the... -
Panchmahal district
Panchmahal, also Panch Mahal, is a district in the western India, in the eastern portion of Gujarat State. Panch-mahal means "five tehsils/talukas" (5 sub-divisions), and refers to the five sub-divisions namely - Godhra, Dahod, Halol, Kalol and Jhalod that were transferred by the Maharaja Sindia of... -
Mahoba District
Mahoba district (Hindi: महोबा जिला) is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India and Mahoba town is the district headquarters. Mahoba district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. The district occupies an area of 2884 km². It has a population of 708,447 (2001 census). This district was... -
Yavatmal Majlis
One of the oldest, yet most versatile, tradition of Yavatmal has been the majlis organized by Shia Ismaili Community every year in winter. Ever since its commemoration in the later years of 19th century, Yavatmal Majlis has had a rather chequered past. There have been times when the majlis got... -
Sonipat district
Sonipat (Hindi: सोनीपत) is one of the districts of Haryana state, India, and Sonipat town is the district headquarters. The district touches Delhi on one end, Panipat District on the other, and the Yamuna River acting as a border in one direction and Rohtak on the other side. Sonipat was earlier...