Choudwar

Choudwar
Town & Municipality

Choudwar from Dolamundai
Choudwar
Choudwar

Location in Odisha

Coordinates: 20°30′21.76″N 85°55′0.7″E / 20.5060444°N 85.916861°E / 20.5060444; 85.916861Coordinates: 20°30′21.76″N 85°55′0.7″E / 20.5060444°N 85.916861°E / 20.5060444; 85.916861
Country India
State Odisha
District Cuttack
Languages Odia, Hindi, English
Population (2001)
 • Total 42,597
Time zone IST (+5.30)
Postal code 754025
Area code(s) 0671
Vehicle registration OR/05

Choudwar is a city and a municipality in Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India.

Geography

Choudwar (Odia: ଚୌଦ୍ଵାର) is located on the banks of the rivers Mahanadi and Birupa, on National Highway 16 and 55. To the north of Cuttack - an ancient town and the cultural, economical capital of the state, Choudwar has the unique distinction of being an industrial zone in Odisha state. The principal language spoken here is Odia. The STD Code of Choudwar is 0671, same as that of Cuttack, while the postal pincode is 754025/ 71 / 72.

Choudwar now comes under the Cuttack Commissionerate area and an upcoming developed city in the near future as per the plan of Odisha Govt."Vision 2030".

History

Education

There are several schools which have been educating students according to the guidelines of the government of Odisha:

Affiliated with Board of Secondary Education, Government of Odisha

The region also has two regular colleges and one Textile Technology College:

Economy

Some of the current and former industrial employers in the town are

The Libra Carpets organization was functional until early the early 1990s as an EOU (Export-Oriented Unit). Plans are currently underway to revive the organization.

After being functional for more than three decades, Odisha Textile Mills had to shut down its operations owing to mishandling of company funds by the higher management. It was an Odisha state government-owned company. With a work force of over 3000, OTM was effective in providing clothing for much of India and it garnered several awards. Now, though it had been shut down for a decade, some officials still reside in company-provided quarters.

Spread across a wide area towards one end of the town is the ARC, where a part of the central government engages in aviation research and development activities.

With Kalinga tubes winding up its production units at Choudwar in the early 1980s, Dr. Bansidhar Panda, a prominent industrialist, had taken over the equipment to recreate the current ICCL (established in 1983) as a unit of Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys (IMFA). The Industry here is responsible for the production of Charge Chrome. At Choudwar, ICCL has an independent 108 MW coal-based Captive Power Plant unit to meet the power requirements of the two industries. ICCL sprang up as a 100% EOU and has kept with the times in achieving the requisite ISO 9001:2000 certifications. 26 November every year is celebrated as Foundation Day, which is the Birthday of the Founder chairman. ICCL has now been merged with IMFA, and the establishment is now Choudwar Division of IMFA Ltd.

The BILT began functioning in the late 1990s as a unit of Ballarpur Industries Ltd. and this company also shutdown in 2003.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Choudwar had a population of 42,597. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Choudwar has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83% and, female literacy is 71%. In Choudwar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Festivities

The state of Odisha is famous for festivals over the entire year. Some examples are Rath Yatra, Dola purnima, Chadakai, Saraswati puja, Vishwakarma puja apart from Diwali, Dusshera and Laxmi puja.

Choudwar is famous for the Kumar Purnima jatra, a mela where all the idols made during the festivals of dusshera and Laxmi puja gathered and later emerged in the River Birupa. The mela lasts for 3 days. It's one of the promininet occasions in the town.It's also similarities with the famous Cuttack Bali Yatra.

Socio-economic Conditions

A major cross-section of the society is the employees of the organizations. The closure of OTM and Libra carpets in the nineties was very much apparent across the all sections of the society as there was a sudden fall in purchasing capacity of the area. The other segments of society comprise teachers, staff of the local administration (municipality office), and doctors. A very small segment depends on agriculture.

Transportation

People of Choudwar are educationally high & strong, employed (Govt organizations, Central govt orgs,PSUs, Defence & Self-employed.)

Politics

Current MLA from Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly Constituency is Mr. Prabhat Biswal of BJD. Previous MLAs from this seat were Dharmananda Behera of BJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2004, Bibhubhusan Praharaj who won this seat in 2000 as an independent candidate, Kanu Charan Lenka who won in 1995 representing INC and representing INC(I) in 1980, Raj Kishore Ram who won in 1990 representing JD and also in 1977 representing JNP, Rasananda Sahu of INC in 1985.[2]

Choudwar is part of Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  2. ↑ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 45-Choudwar Constituency of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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