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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jajpur district
| native_name = 
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Odisha|District]] of [[Odisha]]
| image_skyline = Deulipal, Odisha, India - panoramio.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Brahmani River]] and bridge
| nickname = Jajra nagar
| image_map = India Odisha Jajpur district.svg
| map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|20.85|N|86.333|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jajpur]]
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 2888
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 331
| population_total = 1,827,192
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 658
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 755 xxx
| registration_plate = OD-04(for [[Chandikhol]]) OD-34(for [[Jajpur]])
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Aw]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])
| website = {{URL|www.jajpur.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| native_lang =
| leader_title2 = Member of Lok Sabha
| leader_name2 = [[Sarmistha Sethi]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 80.13%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Jajpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jajpur]]
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = 7 {{collapsible list|title={{nbsp}}|Barchana Bari Binjharpur Dharmasala Jajpur Sukinda Korai}}
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]]
| blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|1014|mm|in}}
| blank3_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature
| blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|38|°C|°F}}
| blank4_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature
| blank4_info_sec2 = {{convert|12|°C|°F}}
}}
{{State of Odisha}}
'''Jajpur''' is [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Standard_recording_3.wav (pronounced)] a district of [[Odisha]] state in eastern India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple districts with Jajpur being one of them. The district came into being on 1 April 1993.<ref>http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Jajpur_Gazetteer.pdf</ref>

== Geography ==
Jajpur is located in eastern Odisha. It borders [[Kendujhar district|Kendujhar]] and [[Bhadrak district|Bhadrak]] districts to the northeast, [[Kendrapara district|Kendrapara]] and [[Cuttack district|Cuttack]] districts to the south and [[Dhenkanal district]] to the west. The district is located on the Odisha coastal plain, with the southern part lying in the [[Mahanadi River Delta]]. To the north there are some small discontinuous hill ranges. Some of the major rivers in the district are the Brahmani and [[Baitarani River|Baitarani]] on the eastern edge.

==Demographics==

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Jajpur district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,827,192,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kosovo]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote =Kosovo 1,825,632 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=30 September 2011
|quote=Nebraska 1,826,341
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=19 October 2013
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 261st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|630|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 12.43%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Jajpur has a [[sex ratio]] of 972 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 80.44%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 90.27% of the population in the district spoke [[Odia language|Odia]], 4.79% [[Urdu]] and 2.09% [[Ho language|Ho]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=5,44,846|13=1911|14=5,58,053|15=1921|16=5,42,368|17=1931|18=5,77,357|19=1941|20=6,04,551|21=1951|22=6,24,633|23=1961|24=7,60,182|25=1971|26=9,48,564|27=1981|28=11,36,093|29=1991|30=13,86,177|31=2001|32=16,24,341|33=2011|34=18,27,192|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Languages of Jajpur district in 2011 census
| label1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| value1 = 90.27
| color1 = gold
| label2 = [[Urdu]]
| value2 = 4.79
| color2 = Green
| label3 = [[Ho language|Ho]]
| value3 = 2.09
| color3 = lavender
| label4 = Others
| value4 = 2.85
| color4 = Grey
}}

== Administrative Divisions ==
The district is divided into 10 revenue [[Tehsil]]s as below.<ref name="Jajpur District:Odisha 2018 Tehsil ">{{cite web | title=Tehsil – India | website=Jajpur District:Odisha | date=20 March 2018 | url=https://jajpur.nic.in/tehsil/ | access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

* Jajpur
* Dasarathapur
* Binjharpur
* Bari
* [[Rasulpur Taluk|Rasulpur]]
* Dharmasala
* Darpan
* Vyasanagar
* Danagadi
* Sukinda

The district consists of 1 subdivision Jajpur. It also consists of 10 blocks.<ref name="Jajpur District:Odisha 2018 Subdivision & Blocks">{{cite web | title=Subdivision & Blocks – India | website=Jajpur District:Odisha | date=20 March 2018 | url=https://jajpur.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ | access-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621064744/http://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Jajpur_Gazetteer.pdf|archive-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

* Jajpur
* Binjharpur
* Bari
* Dasarathapur
* Rasulpur
* Dharmasala
* Badchana
* Korei
* Danagadi
* Sukinda

The district has 331 [[Gram Panchayat]]s and 1781 Villages.<ref name="Jajpur District:Odisha 2018 Village & Panchayats">{{cite web | title=Village & Panchayats – India | website=Jajpur District:Odisha | date=20 March 2018 | url=https://jajpur.nic.in/village-panchayats/ | access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

The district has 2 municipalities [[Byasanagar]] and [[Jajpur]] , with the later serving as the district headquarters.

==Politics==
The district consists of one Parliamentary constituency Jajpur. This is currently represented by [[Sarmistha Sethi]] of [[Biju Janata Dal]].

===Vidhan Sabha Constituencies===
{{main|List of constituencies of Odisha Vidhan Sabha}}
The following are the 7 [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan sabha]] constituencies<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref> of Jajpur district along with their elected members.<ref name="Jajpur District:Odisha 2018 Constituencies ">{{cite web | title=Constituencies – India | website=Jajpur District:Odisha | date=20 March 2018 | url=https://jajpur.nic.in/constituencies/ | access-date=21 June 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Reservation
!Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)
!Member of 16th Assembly
!Party
|-
!48
|[[Binjharpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Binjharpur]]
|SC
|Binjharpur, Dasarathpur (part)
|Smt. Pramila Mallik
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!49
|[[Bari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bari]]
|None
|Bari, Jajpur (part), Rasulpur (part) 
| [[Sunanda Das]]
| bgcolor="#004225" |[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!50
|[[Barchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barchana]]
|None
|Barchana
|Amar Prasad Satpathy
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!51
|[[Dharmasala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmasala]]
|None

|Dharmasala, Rasulpur (part)
| Pranab Kumar Balabantray
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!52
|[[Jajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jajpur]]
|None
|Jajpur (M), Jajpur (part), Dasharathpur (part) 
|Pranab Prakash Das
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!53
|[[Korei (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Korei]]
|None
|Vyasanagar (M), Vyasanagar (O. G), Korei, Rasulpur (part)
| Ashok Kumar Bal
| bgcolor="#004225" |[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!54
|[[Sukinda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sukinda]]
|None
|Sukinda, Dangadi 
|Pritiranjan Ghadai
| bgcolor="#004225" | [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|}

==Colleges==
* [[N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur|N.C. Autonomous College]], Jajpur Town
* [[Vyasanagar College|Vyasanagar Autonomous College]], Vyasanagar, Jajpur
* [[Sadhu Goureswar College|S G College]], Kanikapada, Jajpur

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://jajpur.nic.in/}}
* [http://ejajpur.in Non-Govt Web Portal Of Jajpur District]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jajpur district
|North = [[Kendujhar district]]
|Northeast = [[Bhadrak district]]
|East =
|Southeast = [[Kendrapara district]]
|South = [[Cuttack district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Dhenkanal district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Jajpur district}}
{{Odisha}}
{{Mahanadi Basin}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Jajpur district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Odisha]]

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