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Jeypore
City in Odisha, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the city in Rajasthan historically called Jeypore, see Jaipur. For the zamindari, see Kingdom of Jeypore. For other uses, see Jaipur (disambiguation).
Jeypore is one of the city of Odisha in India and a place of historical significance in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was established by Vir Vikram Dev in the mid 17th century. The kingdom was defeated by the East India Company in 1777 who declared it a Zamindari or Feudatory of the British Crown and much later got acknowledged as a Princely state until its dissolution in the Dominion of India in 1947.[2][3][4]
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Jeypore | |
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![]() Former royal palace, Jeypore | |
Coordinates: 18°51′55″N 82°34′23″E | |
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State | ![]() |
District | Koraput |
Founded by | Maharajah Veer Vikram Dev |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Jeypore Municipality |
• Member of Legislative Assembly | Tara Prasad Bahinipati (INC) |
Elevation | 659 m (2,162 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 84,830 |
Demonym | Jeypuriya |
Languages | |
• Official | Odia |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 764001 |
Telephone code | 06854 |
Vehicle registration | OD-10 |
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The erstwhile kingdom was spread over the region of Uttarandhra and Southern Odisha. Geographically, Jeypore is a hilly region surrounded by Eastern Ghats and the Araku hills on three sides like a horseshoe with the western side opening up to Chhattisgarh in central India.