Puri District
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Puri district ପୁରୀ ଜିଲ୍ଲା |
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The Jagannath Temple at Puri
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 Location in Odisha, India |
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| Coordinates: 19°48′58″N 85°49′59″E / 19.816°N 85.833°ECoordinates: 19°48′58″N 85°49′59″E / 19.816°N 85.833°E | |
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 India
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| State | Odisha |
| Headquarters | Puri |
| Government | |
| • Collector | Mr. Aravind Agarwal IAS. |
| • Members of Lok Sabha | Pinaki Misra, BJD |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,051 km2 (1,178 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,502,682 |
| • Density | 492/km2 (1,270/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 752 xxx |
| Vehicle registration | OD-13 |
| Coastline | 150.4 kilometres (93.5 mi) |
| Nearest city | Bhubaneswar |
| Sex ratio | 1.032 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 73.86% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 2; Puri, Jagatsinghpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | 7;
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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 |
Puri (Odia: )is a coastal district of the Odisha state of India, famous for its historic antiquities, religious sanctuaries, architectural grandeur, sea-scape beauty, and its moderate climate. It holds a wealth of attractions for visitors. It boasts a continuous history from the 3rd century B.C. to the present, and unique monuments such as those of Lord Jagannath at Puri, and the Sun God at Konark. It has the Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lakes in India, that holds a picturesque sea-scape beauty. It offers an ideal resort for birds who migrate from different parts of the continent. By virtue of its geographical location, the climate of Puri is equable throughout the year.
This district comprises 1714 revenue villages. It has one subdivision (Puri Sadar), 11 tehsils and 15 blocks. Puri is the only municipality of the district.
The District has been named after its headquarters town, Puri. According to Cunningham the ancient name of this town was Charitra mentioned by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang as Che-li-ta-lo. But the restoration of the word Che-li-ta-lo as Charitra and its identification with the town of Puri are open to doubt. The importance of the town as a seat of Vaisnavism increased when Chodaganga Deva constructed the temple of Purusottama Jagannath and installed the images of the deities. Thereafter, it became famous as the abode of Purusottama and was popularly called Purusottama Kshetra.
Like many other parts of Odisha, in the Puri District, river gravels and slits may be included among the various Pleistocene formations. But no formation of this period has so far yielded any type of pre-historic stone tool though they are found in a large number from similar formations (river gravels, secondary laterite pits and murrams) in the districts of Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh. So whatever information we have regarding the pre-historic cultures of this districts are mainly derived from different types of stone tools collected from the surface.
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