List of districts of Odisha

Odisha, a state on the eastern coast of India, is divided into 30 administrative geographical units called Districts. These 30 districts have been placed under three different revenue divisions to streamline their governance. The divisions are Central, North and South with their headquarters at Cuttack (Central Division), Sambalpur (Northern Division), Berhampur (Southern Division) respectively. Each division consists of 10 districts, and has as its administrative head a Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), a senior rank officer of Indian Administrative Service. The position of the RDC in the administrative hierarchy is that between that of the district administration and the state secretariat. Each District is governed by a Collector & District Magistrate, who is appointed from the Indian Administrative Service. The Collector & District Magistrate is responsible for collecting the revenue and maintaining law and order in the district. Each District is separated into Sub-Divisions, each governed by a Sub-Collector & Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The Sub-Divisions are further divided into Tahasils. The Tahasils are headed by Tahasildar. Odisha has 03 Divisions, 30 Districts, 58 Sub-Divisions, 317 Tahasils and 314 Blocks.

Districts of Odisha ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ଜିଲ୍ଲାସମୂହ
Odisha Political Map
Category	Districts
Location	Odisha
Number	30 districts
Populations	Debagarh – 3,12,520 (lowest); Ganjam – 35,29,031 (highest)
Areas	Mayurbhanj – 10,418 km2 (4,022 sq mi) (largest); Jagatsinghpur – 1,759 km2 (679 sq mi) (smallest)
Government	Government of Odisha
Subdivisions	Sub-Divisions,Tahasils,

List of districts by divisions

Map of districts of Odisha.

  Northern Division

  Central Division

  Southern Division

The 30 districts of Odisha have been placed under three different revenue divisions to streamline their governance. The divisions are Central, North and South with their headquarters at Cuttack (Central Division), Sambalpur (Northern Division), Berhampur (Southern Division) respectively. Each division consists of 10 districts, and has as its administrative head a Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), a senior rank officer of Indian Administrative Service. The position of the RDC in the administrative hierarchy is that between that of the district administration and the state secretariat. The list of districts, organized by divisions:

Northern Division (HQ – Sambalpur)	Central Division (HQ – Cuttack)	Southern Division (HQ – Berhampur)
Angul Balangir Bargarh Deogarh Dhenkanal Jharsuguda Kendujhar Sambalpur Subarnapur Sundargarh	Balasore Bhadrak Cuttack Jagatsinghpur Jajpur Kendrapada Khordha Mayurbhanj Nayagarh Puri	Boudh Gajapati Ganjam Kalahandi Kandhamal Koraput Malkangiri Nabarangpur Nuapada Rayagada

Administration

Collector & District Magistrate is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district and Superintendent of Police (SP), an officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) is responsible for maintaining law and order and related issues of a district in Odisha.

Districts

There are 30 districts in Odisha. Mayurbhanj is the largest district and Jagatsinghpur is the smallest district by area. Ganjam is the largest district and Deogarh is the smallest district by population in Odisha. Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha is located in Khordha district. The area and population of the 30 districts are given below:

Code	Districts	Headquarters	Formation Day	Population (2011 Census)	Area (km2)	Density in 2011 (/km2)	Map
1	Angul	Angul	Apr 1, 1993	1,273,821	6,375	200
2	Balangir	Balangir	Nov 1, 1949	1,648,997	6,575	251
3	Balasore	Balasore	Oct 1828	2,320,529	3,634	638
4	Bargarh	Bargarh	Apr 1, 1993	1,481,255	5,837	254
5	Bhadrak	Bhadrak	Apr 1, 1993	1,506,337	2,505	601
6	Boudh	Boudh	Jan 2, 1994	441,162	3444.8	128
7	Cuttack	Cuttack		2,624,470	3,932	667
8	Debagarh	Debagarh	Jan 1, 1994	312,520	2,782	112
9	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal		1,192,811	4,452	268
10	Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	Oct 2, 1992	577,817	3,850	150
11	Ganjam	Chhatrapur		3,529,031	8,206	430
12	Jagatsinghapur	Jagatsinghapur	Apr 1, 1936	1,136,971	1,759	646
13	Jajpur	Jajpur	Apr 1, 1993	1,827,192	2887.69	633
14	Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda	Jan 1, 1994	579,505	2,081	278
15	Kalahandi	Bhawanipatna	Jan 1, 1948	1,576,869	7,920	199
16	Kandhamal	Phulbani	Jan 1, 1994	733,110	7,654	96
17	Kendrapara	Kendrapara	Apr 1, 1993	1,440,361	2,644	545
18	Kendujhar	Kendujhar	Jan 1, 1948	1,801,733	8,303	217
19	Khordha	Khordha	Apr 1, 1993	2,251,673	2,813	800
20	Koraput	Koraput	Apr 1, 1936	1,379,647	8,807	157
21	Malkangiri	Malkangiri	Oct 2, 1992	613,192	5,791	106
22	Mayurbhanj	Baripada	Jan 1, 1949	2,519,738	10,418	242
23	Nabarangpur	Nabarangapur	Oct 2, 1992	1,220,946	5,294	231
24	Nayagarh	Nayagarh	Apr 1, 1993	962,789	3,890	247
25	Nuapada	Nuapada	Apr 1, 1993	610,382	3,852	158
26	Puri	Puri		1,698,730	3,051	557
27	Rayagada	Rayagada	Oct 2, 1992	967,911	7,073	137
28	Sambalpur	Sambalpur		1,041,099	6,702	155
29	Subarnapur	Subarnapur	Apr 1, 1993	610,183	2,337	261
30	Sundargarh	Sundargarh	Jan 1, 1948	2,093,437	9,712	215
	Odisha		Apr 1, 1936	41,974,218	154,468.98	272

District	Headquarters	Population (2011)	Males	Females	Percentage decadal growth 2001–2011	Sex ratio	Density (persons per km2)	Child population 0–6 years	Child sex ratio	Literacy rate
Angul	Angul	1,271,703	654,898	616,805	11.55	942	199	145,690	884	78.96
Balangir	Balangir	1,648,574	831,349	817,225	23.29	983	251	206,964	951	65.50
Balasore	Baleswar	2,317,419	1,184,371	1,133,048	14.47	957	609	274,432	941	80.66
Bargarh	Bargarh	1,478,833	748,332	730,501	9.84	976	253	156,185	946	75.16
Bhadrak	Bhadrak	1,506,522	760,591	745,931	12.95	981	601	176,793	931	83.25
Boudh	Boudh	439,917	220,993	218,924	17.82	991	142	59,094	975	72.51
Cuttack	Cuttack	2,618,708	1,339,153	1,279,555	11.87	955	666	251,152	913	84.20
Debagarh	Debagarh	312,164	158,017	154,147	13.88	976	106	38,621	917	73.07
Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	1,192,948	612,597	580,351	11.82	947	268	132,647	870	79.41
Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	575,880	282,041	293,839	10.99	1,042	133	82,777	964	54.29
Ganjam	Chhatrapur	3,520,151	1,777,324	1,742,827	11.37	981	429	397,920	899	71.88
Jagatsinghpur	Jagatsinghpur	1,136,604	577,699	558,905	7.44	967	681	103,517	929	87.13
Jajpur	Jajpur	1,826,275	926,058	900,217	12.43	972	630	207,310	921	80.44
Jharsuguda	Jharsuguda	579,499	297,014	282,485	12.56	951	274	61,823	938	78.36
Kalahandi	Bhawanipatna	1,573,054	785,179	787,875	17.79	1,003	199	214,111	947	60.22
Kandhamal	Phulbani	731,952	359,401	372,551	12.92	1,037	91	106,379	960	65.12
Kendrapara	Kendrapara	1,439,891	717,695	722,196	10.59	1,006	545	153,443	921	85.93
Kendujhar	Kendujhar	1,802,777	907,135	895,642	15.42	987	217	253,418	957	69.00
Khordha	Khordha	2,246,341	1,166,949	1,079,392	19.65	925	799	222,275	910	87.51
Koraput	Koraput	1,376,934	677,864	699,070	16.63	1,031	156	215,518	970	49.87
Malkangiri	Malkangiri	612,727	303,913	308,814	21.53	1,016	106	105,636	979	49.49
Mayurbhanj	Baripada	2,513,895	1,253,633	1,260,262	13.06	1,005	241	337,757	952	63.98
Nabarangapur	Nabarangpur	1,218,762	604,046	614,716	18.81	1,018	230	201,901	988	48.20
Nayagarh	Nayagarh	962,215	502,194	460,021	11.30	916	247	101,337	851	79.17
Nuapada	Nuapada	606,490	300,307	306,183	14.28	1,020	157	84,893	971	58.20
Puri	Puri	1,697,983	865,209	832,774	13.00	963	488	164,388	924	85.37
Rayagada	Rayagada	961,959	469,672	492,287	15.74	1,048	136	141,167	955	50.88
Sambalpur	Sambalpur	1,044,410	529,424	514,986	12.24	973	158	112,946	931	76.91
Subarnapur	Sonepur	652,107	332,897	319,210	20.35	959	279	76,536	947	74.42
Sundergarh	Sundergarh	2,080,664	1,055,723	1,024,941	13.66	971	214	249,020	937	74.13

Proposed Districts

There are demands for about 28 districts. Most notable new district forming demands are given below.

External links

• Official website of Government of Odisha