The current MP from Balasore is Pratap Chandra Sarangi from the BJP.

The district has 1 Lok Sabha constituency ( Balasore) and 8 Vidhan Sabha constituencies. It was established and is managed by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (an autonomous organization of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education).In accordance with the National Policy on Education (1986) of the government of India, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Bagudi in the Balasore district was established during March 1987. Government-run, it provides education to children predominantly from the rural areas and economically challenged families. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bagudi (also known as JNV Bagudi or JNV Balasore) is a public residential school in Bagudi village (near Mangalpur) of Soro block in the Balasore district. The district constitute primary university is F. Other languages include Bhunjia, spoken by approximately 7000 Bhunjia Adivasis and Santali. The local dialect of the region is Baleswari bhasa, a dialect of Odia. The nearest airport from Balasore is Kolkata International Airport and Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar.īalasore runs state Buses of ( OSRTC) which provide point to point service from Kolkata to Bhubaneswar (via Balasore).ĭemographics Historical population YearĪt the time of the 2011 Census of India, 88.30% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 4.11% Santali, 3.39% Urdu, 1.30% Bengali and 0.67% Hindi as their first language. NH 16 (erstwhile NH 5) runs through Balasore, and NH 60, which connects Balasore to Kolkata, is a four lane express way. The Subarnarekha is the main river, and it empties into the Bay of Bengal in the district.īalasore railway station falls en route on the main line connecting Chennai to Kolkata. In the southwest there are some small hill ranges. The district lies along the Odisha coastal plain. It is bounded by Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Jhargram districts of West Bengal in its north, the Bay of Bengal to its east, Bhadrak district to the south and Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts to the west. The district has a total area of 3634 km 2. The average altitude of the district is 19.08-metre. Show zoomed out This article is part of a series onīalasore district is located in the northeast of the state of Odisha and lies between 21° 3' to 21° 59' north latitude and 86° 20' to 87° 29' east longitude.

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