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| Country | India |
| State | Orissa |
| Headquarters | Jagatsinghpur |
| Nearest city | Bhubaneswar |
| Collector | Shri Narayana Chandra Jena |
| Member of Parliament | Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai |
| Parliamentary constituency | 1, Jagatsinghpur |
| Assembly constituency | 5 |
| Population • Density |
1,058,894 (2001[update]) • 602 /km2 (1,559 /sq mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1.038 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 69.79% |
| Official languages | Oriya, Hindi, English |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
1,759 square kilometres (679 sq mi) • 559.31 metres (1,835.0 ft) |
| Climate |
Aw (Köppen) • 1,501.3 mm (59.11 in) |
| Website | jagatsinghpur.nic.in |
Jagatsinghpur District (Oriya: ଜଗତସିଂହପୁର ଜିଲା)is an administrative district of Orissa, India. The city of Jagatsinghpur is the district headquarters.
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The Jagatsinghpur District was the site of protests in June 2011 due to the construction of a steel plant by South Korea's Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.[1]
In this district the villages Fulapatana, Harishpur, Naharan, Marichpur, Balipatana, Dhanuhar Belari etc. are adjacent to Bay of Bengal.
Jagatsinghpur was the worst hit district in the super cyclone in October 1999 in which more than 10,000 of people died.
Paradip, a modern deepwater port, was built in the 1960s. It has now become a business destination due to the large foreign direct investment (FDI) in India as POSCO is setting up a plant along with its own port for transportation. Indian Oil Corporation has been trying to set up an oil refinery also.
This district was subdivided into 8 Tehsils,they are Jagatsinghpur, Kujang, Tirtol, Balikuda, Biridi, Naugaon, Ersama, Raghunathpur. The last four are new Tehsils created in 2008.
According to the 2011 census Jagatsinghpur district has a population of 1,136,604,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[3] or the US state of Rhode Island.[4] This gives it a ranking of 410th in India (out of a total of 640).[2] The district has a population density of 681 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,760 /sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 7.47 %.[2] Jagatsinghapur has a sex ratio of 967 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 87.13 %.[2]
Jagatsinghpur is also famous for the Sarala Temple and is well known as the cultural heart of Orissa. The district (smallest in size among the 30 districts in Orissa) has produced some of the most famous names in Oriya and Indian literature: Sarala Dasa, Birakishore, Gopal Chhotaray, Pratibha Ray and Bibhuti Patnaik, for example.
The District is also famous for having theater groups which keep the old tradition of live acting before a crowd. The theater groups have become the part of mainstream entertainment for people all over Orissa.
Jashobanta Das one among panchasakha (Achuta,Anant,Balabant,jaganntath)also born in village Nailo of Jagatsinghpur District, who written Malika.
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