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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khordha
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| settlement_type = City
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| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|20.18|N|85.62|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Khordha district|Khordha]]
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| government_type = Municipality
| governing_body = Khordha Municipality
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| elevation_m = 75
| population_total = 120,204<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=423606 | title=Census of India: Search Details}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
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| 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 = 752055,752057,752056
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 06755
| registration_plate = OD-02
| website = {{URL|odisha.gov.in}}
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'''Khordha''' is a city and a Municipality area in [[Khordha District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]]. [[Bhubaneswar]], is the capital of Odisha located within the Khordha district and is only 25 km from Khordha town. [[Odisha State Highway 1]] and [[National Highway 16 (India)|National Highway 16]] run via this town.

==Geography==
Khordha is located at {{Coord|20.18|N|85.62|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Khordha.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Khordha]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|75|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Area of the district is 2,888 square kilometers (1,115 square miles). From climatological point of view, the average annual precipitation over the district is about 1,200–1,400 mm. Moderate temperature prevails over the area throughout the year barring the summer season (March–June), where the maximum temperature even exceeds 45 °C. The average minimum temperature over the district is 9.6 °C.<ref name="ARIMAKHORDHA2018">{{cite book |last1=Swain|display-authors=etal |first1=S |title=Recent Findings in Intelligent Computing Techniques |chapter=Development of an ARIMA Model for Monthly Rainfall Forecasting over Khordha District, Odisha, India |journal=Recent Findings in Intelligent Computing Techniques (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing |volume=708 |pages=325–331) |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-8636-6_34 |series=Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing |year=2018 |isbn=978-981-10-8635-9 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} [[2001 Indian census|Indian census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title=Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher=Census Commission of India|url-status=dead}}</ref> Khordha had a population of 39,034. The population of Khordha, as estimated in late 2006([http://population-of.com/en/India/21/Khordha/]), was 42,526. Khordha had a population Census of 2011 total 120,204.

==Notable people==
* [[Baidyanath Misra]] - former Vice-Chancellor of the [[Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology]], Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board and Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission.
* [[Godabarish Mishra]] - freedom fighter, writer, teacher
* [[Lokanath Misra]] - former Governor of Assam (1991–1997)
* [[Pragyan Ojha]] - cricketer
* [[J. B. Patnaik]]- former Governor of Assam, Former CM of [[Odisha]]
* [[Manasi Pradhan]]- recipient of 2013 Rani Lakshmibai [[Stree Shakti Puraskar]]

==Politics==
Khordha is part of [[Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swapnainfo.tk/p/best-web-design-company-in-bhubaneswar.html|title=Best web design company in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha|publisher=Swapna InfoTech Bhubaneswar|access-date=1 November 2008|website=swapnainfo.tk|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819183456/https://www.swapnainfo.tk/p/best-web-design-company-in-bhubaneswar.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Khordha assembly constituency is prashant jagdev (BJP Candidate), who had also won this seat in 2024 state elections.<ref>http://www.elections.in/Orissa/assembly-constituencies/Khordha.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

Previous MLAs from this seat were:
* Rajendra Kumar Sahoo who won it for [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] in 2014 election and as an independent candidate in 2009 state elections.
*Jyotindra Nath Mitra who won it for [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] in 2000 & 2004, and also as a candidate of [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] in 1980
*[[Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik]] of INC in 1985
*Sudarshan Mohanty of JNP in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swapnainfo.tk/p/best-web-design-company-in-bhubaneswar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819183456/https://www.swapnainfo.tk/p/best-web-design-company-in-bhubaneswar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2019|title=Best web design company in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha|publisher=Swapna InfoTech Bhubaneswar|access-date=1 November 2008}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Khordha district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Khordha]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Khordha district]]

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