Jeypore

Jeypore
Former royal palace, Jeypore
Former royal palace, Jeypore
Jeypore is located in Odisha
Jeypore
Jeypore
Location in Odisha
Jeypore is located in India
Jeypore
Jeypore
Jeypore (India)
Coordinates: 18°51′55″N 82°34′23″E / 18.86528°N 82.57306°E / 18.86528; 82.57306
Country India
State Odisha
DistrictKoraput
Founded byMaharajah Veer Vikram Dev
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyJeypore Municipality
 • Member of Legislative AssemblyTara Prasad Bahinipati (INC)
Elevation
659 m (2,162 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
84,830
DemonymJeypuriya
Languages
 • OfficialOdia
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
764001
Telephone code06854
Vehicle registrationOD-10

Jeypore is a city in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. It was established by Vir Vikram Dev in the mid 17th century. The kingdom was defeated by the East India Company in 1777 who declared it a Zamindari or Feudatory of the British Crown and much later got acknowledged as a Princely state until its dissolution in the Dominion of India in 1947.[2][3][4]

The erstwhile kingdom was spread over the region of Uttarandhra and Southern Odisha. Geographically, Jeypore is a hilly region surrounded by Eastern Ghats and the Araku hills on three sides like a horseshoe with the western side opening up to Chhattisgarh in central India.

  1. ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
  2. ^ "History | Koraput District, Government Of Odisha | India". koraput.nic.in. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ Sciences, Indian Academy of (1949). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Indian Academy of Sciences. p. 35.
  4. ^ Majumdar, A (1962). The History and culture of the Indian people. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 9, 189.