| Districts of Odisha ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ଜିଲ୍ଲାସମୂହ | |
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 Odisha Political Map | |
| Category | Districts |
| Location | Odisha |
| Number | 30 districts |
| Populations | Debagarh – 3,12,520 (lowest); Ganjam – 35,29,031 (highest) |
| Areas | Mayurbhanj – 10,418 km2 (4,022 sq mi) (largest); Jagatsinghpur – 1,759 km2 (679 sq mi) (smallest) |
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| Subdivisions |
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Odisha, a state on the eastern coast of India, is divided into 30 administrative geographical units called Districts.[1][2][3] These 30 districts have been placed under three different revenue divisions to streamline their governance. The divisions are Central, North and South with their headquarters at Cuttack (Central Division), Sambalpur (Northern Division), Berhampur (Southern Division) respectively. Each division consists of 10 districts, and has as its administrative head a Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), a senior rank officer of Indian Administrative Service. The position of the RDC in the administrative hierarchy is that between that of the district administration and the state secretariat. Each District is governed by a Collector & District Magistrate, who is appointed from the Indian Administrative Service. The Collector & District Magistrate is responsible for collecting the revenue and maintaining law and order in the district. Each District is separated into Sub-Divisions, each governed by a Sub-Collector & Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The Sub-Divisions are further divided into Tahasils. The Tahasils are headed by Tahasildar. Odisha has 03 Divisions, 30 Districts, 58 Sub-Divisions, 317 Tahasils and 314 Blocks.
- ^ "Districts of Odisha". Official Portal. Bhubaneswar: Government of Odisha. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Districts of Orissa". Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "List of Districts" (PDF). Retrieved 13 January 2012.