Jagatsinghpur district

Jagatsinghpur district
District of Odisha
From Top-Left: Statue of cyclone at Paradeep Beach, Aerial View of Paradeep Port, Sunset at Paradeep Beach, Paradeep Beach, Ship at Paradeep Port, Maa Sarala Temple
Nickname:  Bani Kshetra
Location in Odisha
Jagatsinghpur district
Coordinates: 20°15′58″N 86°09′58″E / 20.266°N 86.166°E / 20.266; 86.166
Country	India
State	Odisha
Founded by	Government of Orissa
Headquarters	Jagatsinghpur
Government
• Collector & District Magistrate	Ms. Parul Patawari, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Shri Rahul P R, I.P.S.
• MP (Jagatsinghpur)	Rajashree Mallick
Area
• Total	1,759 km2 (679 sq mi)
Elevation	559.31 m (1,835.01 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,136,971
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	754XXX
Vehicle registration	OD-21
Sex ratio	1.038 ♂/♀
Literacy	87.1%
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur (SC)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	4   101-Paradeep 102-Tirtol(SC) 103-Balikuda-Erasama 104-Jagatsinghpur
Climate	Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,501.3 millimetres (59.11 in)
Website	jagatsinghpur.nic.in

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Jagatsinghpur District is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in the eastern coast of India. It became a new district on 1 April 1993 being separated from Cuttack district with its own headquarter in Jagatsinghpur town. Deltaic and partly littoral; the district of Jagatsinghpur is triangular in shape and small in geographical proportions. It is the smallest district in the state and covers a landmass of 1759 km². It has a history of its own dating back to the 6th century AD, having contemporaneity with the Prachi valley civilization. Its archaeological remains, navigation network, inland and overseas trade, fabric manufacturing & designing, religious tolerance and epoch-making glorious role in freedom struggle; have a savor of distinctiveness.

The places is predominately recognized due to its existence situating to the close proximity of River Mahanadi and Bay of Bengal heralded many eventual episodes and memorable heritage on the anneals of mankind.