Tigiria
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Tigiria ତିଗିରିଆ |
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| Block Area | |
 Tigiria
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| Coordinates: 20°29′0″N 85°31′0″E / 20.48333°N 85.51667°ECoordinates: 20°29′0″N 85°31′0″E / 20.48333°N 85.51667°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Cuttack |
| NAC | Athagad |
| Named for | Former princely state |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 754030 |
| STD code | 06723 |
| Vehicle registration | OD |
| Ethnicity | Odia people |
| Climate | Aw (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 45 °C (113 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 10 °C (50 °F) |
| Website | odisha |
Tigiria is a tehsil (block) of Cuttack district. There are 10 (panchayats) with a total of 50 villages under the Tigiria administrative division.
Tigiria is part of the Athagarh Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency which includes as well Athagad, Athagarh block and 5 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.
During the British Raj era, Tigiria was the capital of Tigiria State. It was one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency and the most densely populated one.
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