Districts of Odisha

Sub-divisions

There are 30 districts in Odisha

1.      Angul

2.      Balasore

3.      Bargarh

4.      Bhadrak

5.      Bolangir

6.      Boudh

7.      Cuttack(Kataka)

8.      Debagarh

9.      Dhenkanal

10.  Gajapati

11.  Ganjam

12.  Jagatsinghpur

13.  Jajapur

14.  Jharsuguda

15.  Kalahandi

16.  Kandhamal

17.  Kendrapara

18.  Keonjhar

19.  Khordha

20.  Koraput

21.  Malkangiri

22.  Mayurbhanj

23.  Nabarangpur

24.  Nayagarh

25.  Nuapada

26.  Puri

27.  Rayagada

28.  Sambalpur

29.  Subarnapur

30.  Sundargarh

Each district is governed by a district collector or district magistrate, appointed either by the Indian Administrative Service or the Odisha Administrative Service. Each district is subdivided into Sub-Divisions, governed by a sub-divisional magistrate, and again into Blocks. Blocks consist of panchayats (village councils) and town municipalities.

The capital and largest city of the state is Bhubaneshwar and its another name is temple city. Other major cities in Odisha are Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore & Puri.