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, Sambalpur, Berhampur respectively. Each division consists of 10 districts, and has as its administrative head a Revenue Divisional Commissioner, 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.

List of districts by divisions

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, Sambalpur, Berhampur respectively. Each division consists of 10 districts, and has as its administrative head a Revenue Divisional Commissioner, 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:
#Central Revenue Division, CuttackNorthern Revenue Division, SambalpurSouthern Revenue Division, Berhampur
1CuttackSambalpurGanjam
2JagatsinghpurBargarhGajapati
3KendraparaJharsugudaKandhamal
4JajpurDeogarhBoudh
5PuriBalangirKalahandi
6KhordhaSubarnapur Nuapada
7NayagarhDhenkanalKoraput
8BalasoreAngulRayagada
9BhadrakKeonjharNabarangpur
10MayurbhanjSundargarhMalkangiri

Administration

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

Districts

There are 30 districts in Odisha:
Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh.
Mayurbhanj is the largest district and Jagatsinghpur is the smallest district by area and Ganjam is the largest district and Deogarh is the smallest district by population in Odisha. The areas and populations of the 30 districts are given below:
CodeDistrictsHeadquartersPopulation
Population
Area Density in
2011
1AngulAngul1,140,0031,273,8216,376199.8
2Boudh Boudh373,372441,1623,098142.4
3BalangirBalangir1,337,1941,648,9976,575250.8
4BargarhBargarh1,346,3361,481,2555,837253.8
5Balasore Balasore2,024,5082,320,5293,806609.7
6BhadrakBhadrak1,506,5222,505601
7CuttackCuttack2,341,0942,624,4703,932667.5
8Deogarh Deogarh274,108312,5202,940106.3
9DhenkanalDhenkanal1,066,8781,192,8114,452267.9
10GanjamChhatrapur3,130,6353,529,0318,206430.1
11GajapatiParalakhemundi518,837577,8174,325133.6
12JharsugudaJharsuguda509,716579,5052,114274.1
13JajpurJajpur1,624,3411,827,1922,899595.8
14JagatsinghapurJagatsinghapur1,057,6291,136,9711,668681.6
15KhordhaKhordha1,877,3952,251,6732,813800.5
16Keonjhar Keonjhar1,561,9901,801,7338,303217.0
17KalahandiBhawanipatna1,335,4941,576,8697,920199.1
18KandhamalPhulbani648,201733,1108,02191.4
19KoraputKoraput1,180,6371,379,6478,807156.7
20KendraparaKendrapara1,302,0051,440,3612,644544.8
21MalkangiriMalkangiri504,198613,1925,791105.9
22MayurbhanjBaripada2,223,4562,519,73810,418241.9
23NabarangpurNabarangapur1,025,7661,220,9465,291230.8
24NuapadaNuapada530,690610,3823,852158.5
25NayagarhNayagarh864,516962,7893,890247.5
26PuriPuri1,502,6821,698,7303,479488.3
27RayagadaRayagada831,109967,9117,073136.8
28SambalpurSambalpur935,6131,041,0996,624157.2
29Subarnapur Sonepur541,835610,1832,337261.1
30SundargarhSundargarh1,830,6732,093,4379,712188
Odisha36,804,66041,974,218155,707269.6-