Paradip
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Paradeep, also spelled Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelled Paradwip), is a major industrial seaport town and municipality, nearly 80 km from Cuttack city, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a municipality on 12 December 2002. The nearest commercial airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport.
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Place details
- Locality
- Paradip
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 85,868
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Paradeep
- Settlement.other_name
- Paradip
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.nicknames
- Smart Industrial Port Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India#Asia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jagatsinghpur
- Settlement.established_date
- 3 January 1962
- Settlement.founder
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Paradeep Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 23.40
- Elevation
- 1
- Image
- Jagannath Temple at Paradeep.jpg
- Dialing code
- 6722
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- Commons category
- Paradeep
- postal code
- 754142
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- Paradip Port
- Industry
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Paradeep, also spelled Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelled Paradwip), is a major industrial seaport town and municipality, nearly 80 km from Cuttack city, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a municipality on 12 December 2002. The nearest commercial airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport.
The municipality comprises five Revenue Villages, namely Udachandrapur, Chauliapalanda, Sandhakuda, Bijayachandrapur, and Bhitaragarh. Given the increasing population and industrialisation, a proposal to include 15 villages (Paradeep, Garh, Niharuni, Niharuni Kandha, Chouki Matha, Udayabata, Nimidiha, Kotakula, Rangiagarh, Nua Sandhakud, Musadiha, Musadiha Jangle, Boitarkuda, Kaudia, Aganaasi, and Nuagarh) was sent to the state H. & U.D. Department in 2007.
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