Rajkanika
| Rajkanika | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Kendrapara |
| Tehsil | Kanika |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | OD-29 |
| Website | odisha |
Rajkanika is a town and one of the 314 blocks of the Indian state Odisha. Situated in Kanika tehsil, is famous for the BhitarKanika crocodile sanctuary. It's also famous due its beauty and the Palace built around a century ago by the king of then Kanika Raja R N Bhanjadeo.
Rajkanika's geographical condition looks like a semi-Island. It is surrounded by two big rivers called Kharasrota and Baitarani. It's also known for one of the crocodile species called Garihal Crocodiles.
Rajkanika was known as the Kanika rajya before independence and the last king of Kanika was Raja Rajendra Narayana Bhanjadeo. After independence, it was under undivided Cuttack district and declared as a block consisting of 29 gram panchayatas.
There are several stories regarding the empire of Kanika in the history of Odisha. The soldiers of Kanika were brave warriors at those times. The royal administrations was famous for its great and nice ruling. Every people of Kanika (the ancient Rajkanika) feels proud being people of this brave soil.
Rajkanika was affected by natural calamities several times and recovered easily by the patience and bravery people of this soil. The worst known calamities were cyclones and floods in 1971, 1983, 1999. The block was severely hit by the March 31 tornado of 2009, killing several people across 11 villages.
Rajkanika is surrounded by rivers in three sides, the rivers are Brahmani, Baitarani, and Kharashrota. It is the north end block of Kendrapara district and nearer to Bhadrak and Jajpur District. Its northern end starts from village Gualigan and ends at Bharigada village in the south and starts from Jayanagar in the east to Gopalpur in the west.
The block headquarters is Rajkanika which is a small town. Rajkanika is under the administration of Kanika tahasil. It has a police station, a panchayat samiti office, block office, a fire station, Irrigation office etc. as the offices of the Odisha state under the Republic of India. It is under the district administration of Kendrapara district. Rajkanika comes under the Aul electoral constituency for state assembly and represented by Mr Debendra Sharma as the M.L.A. and under Kendrapara constituency for the Indian Parliament represented by Mr. Baijayanta Panda as M.P. Rajkanika.
Rajkanika is well connected from the state capital Bhubaneswar and the silvercity Cuttack by road. More than thirty buses are available from Cuttack to Rajkanika via different routes, private taxis and cabs are available from Cuttack which is a three hours drive from Cuttack. The nearest Railway stations are Bhadrak (55 km), Cuttack (98 km), Dhamara (60 km) and the nearest airport is Bhubaneswar (120 km), intra state water route is also present.
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