Puri district
District of Odisha in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Puri.
Puri district is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India. It has one sub-division, 11 tahasils and 11 blocks and comprises 1722 revenue villages. Puri is the only municipality of the district. Konark, Pipili, Satyabadi, Gop, Kakatpur and Nimapada are the NACs in this district while Brahmagiri being a semi-urban town.
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Puri district | |
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Coordinates: 19.816°N 85.833°E / 19.816; 85.833 | |
Country | India |
State | Odisha |
Headquarters | Puri |
Government | |
• Collector & District Magistrate | Samarth Verma, IAS |
• Superintendent of Police | Dr. Kanwar Vishal Singh, IPS |
Area | |
• Total | 3,479 km2 (1,343 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,698,730 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Odia, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 752 xxx |
Vehicle registration | OD-13 |
Coastline | 150.4 kilometres (93.5 mi) |
Nearest city | Bhubaneswar |
Sex ratio | 1.032 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 85.37% |
Lok Sabha constituency | Puri Jagatsinhapur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | 6
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Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
Avg. summer temperature | 37 °C (99 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 13.9 °C (57.0 °F) |
Website | www |
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