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{{About||the city in Rajasthan historically called Jeypore|Jaipur|the zamindari|Kingdom of Jeypore|other uses|Jaipur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jeypore
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| image_skyline = Jeypore Palace.jpg
| image_caption = Former royal palace, Jeypore
| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha
| coordinates = {{coord|18|51|55|N|82|34|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Koraput district|Koraput]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 1648
| founder = Maharajah Veer Vikram Dev
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Nagar Palika|Municipality]]
| governing_body = '''Jeypore Municipality'''
| leader_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| leader_title = [[Jeypore (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name = [[Tara Prasad Bahinipati]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 659
| population_total = 84,830
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community – 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Jeypuriya
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 764001
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 06854
| registration_plate = OD-10
| website =
| footnotes =
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}}

'''Jeypore''' is a city in [[Koraput district]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Odisha]]. It was established by Vir Vikram Dev in the mid 17th century. Dev's kingdom was defeated by the [[East India Company]] in 1777 who declared it a [[Zamindar]]i or Feudatory of the British Crown and much later a [[Princely state]] until its dissolution in the [[Dominion of India]] in [[Independence Day (India)|1947]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Koraput District, Government Of Odisha {{!}} India|url=https://koraput.nic.in/history/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=koraput.nic.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sciences|first=Indian Academy of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8PpbDQNAwUC&q=jeypore+state|title=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences|date=1949|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences|pages=35|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Majumdar|first=A|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2J0fAAAAIAAJ&q=jeypore|title=The History and culture of the Indian people|date=1962|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|pages=9, 189|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Under the British, the Anglican [[Church Mission Society]] focused on developing hospitals and schools. At the end of the 19th century, missionary activity was overseen by [[Baring Baring-Gould|B. Baring-Gould]] including the development of the [[Robert Money School]].<ref name=":BBG">{{Cite book|last1=Baring-Gould|first1=Edith M. E.|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100898814|title=With note-book and camera: a winter journey in foreign lands|last2=Young|first2=W. Mackworth|date=1901|publisher=Church Missionary Society|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Money |first1=Charles Forbes Septimus |last2=Money |first2=Robert Cotton |title=Memoir on the education of the natives of India ... With an introductory notice by the Rev. C. F. S. Money. |date=1857 |publisher=Wertheim and Macintosh |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmFnJTOybG4C |access-date=24 Jan 2022}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Vishweshvar Chandrachud Dev]] was crowned as the [[pretender]] [[Maharaja]] of Jeypore becoming the twenty-seventh king on the 570th anniversary of the dynasty.<ref name="Jeypore hails its new lord">{{cite web |last1=Pattnaik |first1=Satyanarayan |title=Jeypore hails its new lord |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Jeypore-hails-its-new-lord/articleshow/18025343.cms |website=Times of India |access-date=12 September 2019 |ref=jeypore hails its new lord}}</ref>

==Education==
There are several [[Odia language|Odia]] medium schools in the town such as Government Boys High School, Girls High School, Municipal High School No. I, II and III (girls), Upper Kolab Project High School, Saraswati Sishu vidya mandir, etc. The [[English-medium school|English medium schools]] are Modern English School which was established in 1989, [[Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Jeypore|Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya, Jayantigiri, Jeypore]] which was established by [[Government of Odisha|Govt. of Odisha]]; Jeypore Public school, Deepti Convent School, DAV Model Senior Secondary School, Redwoods English School and Noval Siddharth English Medium School.

[[Vikram Dev University]], which is one of the oldest and prominent educational institutions in Odisha. The institution was started at the present P. G. Block, back then it was known as 'Jeypore College' from 1 July 1947. As a tribute to the philanthropist king, Rajarshi Vikram Deb Verma, the college was renamed to "Vikram Deb College" in 1961. Honors subjects teaching were imparted from during 1968–73 and Post Graduate courses were started from 1979. The institution was transformed into a university in 2023. The other colleges being Govt. Women's College and Law College. Lately many private colleges have started in the town making the environment highly competitive. Among them, prominent are Narayani Junior College and vidwan institute of basic sciences.

Jeypore also has colleges offering professional courses such as [[Gopal Krushna College of Engineering & Technology]], which was established in the year 1989. Jeypore college of Pharmacy<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pharmajeypore.org/ |title = Jeypore College of Pharmacy | Jeypore College of Pharmacy}}</ref> is another renowned pharmacy institute. Along with it various Engineering Diploma colleges are present namely Institute of engineering & Management (I.E.M),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iemjeypore.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045355/http://www.iemjeypore.in/ |archive-date=25 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hi-Tech Institute of Information & Technology<ref>http://www.hiitjeypore.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120132841/http://hiitjeypore.org/ |date=20 November 2012 }} www.hiitjeypore.org</ref> and Jeypore School of Engineering and Technologies.

==Business and economy==
Though traditionally an agrarian economy, Jeypore is the business hub for southern [[Odisha]] as well as the bordering towns of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. There is high potential growth of this town due to high minerals, opportunities, resources around the district adding to all the facilities like rail, air in this town. There are many renowned industries in and around Jeypore. Business units include Sewa Paper Mills,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biltpaper.com/network_plant.asp |title=Plant Details |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322201935/http://www.biltpaper.com/network_plant.asp |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> now a part of [[BILT]], and numerous rice and cashew processing units.

==Air transport==
[[Jeypore Airport]] is run and maintained by the [[Government of Odisha]] and the [[Airports Authority of India]]. Until October 2022, it was a private airport that was under [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL), when it began operating commercial flights operated by the new low-cost regional airline, IndiaOne Air, to [[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]] and [[Visakhapatnam Airport|Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biswas |first=Ramakanta |date=31 October 2022 |title=Maiden Jeypore flight takes off from Bhubaneswar |url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/maiden-jeypore-flight-takes-off-from-bhubaneswar-189167/amp |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=Odisha TV}}</ref>

==Politics==
After independence, in the first general election held in 1952, Late Laichan Nayak was elected as the first MLA of Jeypore and reelected for a subsequent term in 1957. [[Raghunath Patnaik]] has been elected for 6 times to the state legislative assembly. Rabi Narayan Nanda has been elected for 3 successive terms starting from the assembly elections in 2000. [[Tara Prasad Bahinipati]] is the present MLA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Odisha Legislative Assembly|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=odishaassembly.nic.in}}</ref>

Jeypore is part of [[Koraput (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Notable people==
* [[Biswanath Rath]], Film Director, Screenwriter, Editor and Producer<ref>{{cite news|title=Never to take things for granted in this industry" Interview with Biswanath Rath CEO of BNR|url=http://theasianentrepreneur.com/blog/2016/10/12/interview-with-biswanath-rath-ceo-of-bnr-films/|access-date=3 April 2018|work=theasianentrepreneur.com|date=12 October 2016}}</ref>

== External links ==

* [https://www.jeypore.net Jeypore.net]

==References==
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{{Koraput district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Koraput district]]
[[Category:Koraput district]]

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Charnkamal at 12:28, 26 November 2025