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Balasore, the North-Eastern district of Orissa is situated between 20.48 N and 21.59’ Latitude and between 86.16’ and 87.29’ East-Longitude. It is bounded by Bay of Bengal in the East, Mayurbhanj district in the West, Midnapore (W.B.) district in the North and Bhadrak district in the South. It has a massive coast line of 81 kms. The district head quarter, Balasore is 204 kms from the State Capital, Bhubaneswar.

SL. NO.	PARTICULARS	FIGURES IN DETAIL
1	Geographical area	3634.0 Sq Kms
2	Cultivable area	2,69,630 Hects
3	Irrigated area	78,164 Hects.
4	Coast line	81 Kms.
5	Population	23,17,419 (As per 2011 census)
	Male	11,84,371
	Female	11,33,048
6	No. of subdivisions	02 (Balasore and Nilgiri)
7	No. of Tahasils	07 ( Balasore, Baliapal, Basta, Jaleswar, Nilgiri, Simulia and Soro)
8	No. of blocks	12 (Bahanaga, Balasore, Baliapal, Basta, Bhograi, Jaleswar, Khaira, Nilgiri, Oupada, Remuna, Simulia and Soro)
9	No. of Gram panchayats	257
10	No. of villages	2971
11	Major Rivers (5)	Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga, Jalaka, Kansabansa and Sono
12	Communication facilities	Bus, Railway (BBSR to Howrah)
13	Interim Test range (I.T.R)	Chandipur (Sadar block, Srikona G.P.)

GENERAL
Geographical area (Sq. Km)	3,706
Latitudes	20.48N 21.59N
Longitudes	86.16E 87.29E
No. of Subdivisions	2
No. of Tahasils	7
No. of Blocks	12
Towns & Urban bodies	4
Gram Panchayats	289(257 old+ 32new)
Villages	2971
Inhabited villages	2602
DEMOGRAPHY (CENSUS 2011)
Population 2011	23,17,419
Population density (persons per Sq km)	609
Sex Ratio (Female per 1000 male)	957
Literacy Rate	80.66%
Male Literacy	88.06%
Female Literacy	72.95%
Children (0-6 years)	2,74,432
Child Sex ratio (0-6 years)	941
Rural
Urban
Scheduled Caste (SC)
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
Number of rural families
Rural Families Below Poverty Line (BPL) (1999 survey)
INSTITUTIONS
ICDS Projects (Integrated Child Development Services)	12
Anganwadi Centres (AWC)	1578
Hospitals (Dist Hqr & Sub-division)	2
CHC (Community Health Centre) & PHC (Primary Health Centre)	3 & 75
ANM Sub-centres (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife)	264
Ayurvedic & Homeopathic Hospitals and Dispensaries	24 & 30
Primary Schools	1507
Middle Schools	856
High Schools	439

Rural Water & Sanitation
Rural Households having toilets	< 2%
Number of Hand pumps (IMII, IMIII, Tara)	9640
Defunct (out of total above)	625
Population covered with drinking water	85%
Pipe water supply schemes	16 + 32 ongoing
Schools without water supply	1290

Climate And Rainfall

Climate of the district is generally not with high humidity. May is usually the hottest month. Occurrence of large number of fire accidents is a regular feature of the district during the summer months i.e. April to May. December is the coolest month of the year. The highest maximum temperature recorded at Balasore was 44˚ C on 8.6.98.

Monsoon generally commences from 14^th June every year. Average rainfall of the undivided district is 1568.4 mm. The rainfall during June to December constitutes at least 75% of the annual rainfall of the district. There are average 62 rainy days in a year in the district. Normal and actual rainfall of Balasore district for the last 18 years is as follows:

Year	Normal rainfall (in mm.)	Actual rainfall ( in mm.)	Deviation from normal.
1984	1568.4	1534.0	(-) 34.4
1985	1568.4	1753.4	(+) 185.0
1986	1568.4	2022.0	(+) 454.5
1987	1568.4	1059.9	(-) 508.5
1988	1568.4	1696.2	(+) 128.8
1989	1568.4	1640.0	(+) 71.6
1990	1568.4	1905.0	(+) 336.6
1991	1568.4	1512.5	(-) 55.9
1992	1568.4	1624.9	(+) 56.5
1993	1568.4	1967.4	(+) 499.0
1994	1568.4	1781.2	(+) 212.8
1995	1568.4	2203.0	(+) 634.6
1996	1568.4	1410.5	(-) 157.9
1997	1568.4	2232.4	(+) 664.0
1998	1568.4	1608.0	(+) 39.6
1999	1568.4	2186.6	(+) 618.2
2000	1568.4	1492.3	(-) 76.1
2001	1568.4	1828.85	(+) 260.45

River Systems And Dams

The district of Balasore has given ways to the following rivers.

· Subarnarekha

· Budhabalanga

· Jalaka

· Kansabansa

· Sono

The detail information about these rivers are given below:

· River Subarnarekha

Gauge point : Rajghat

Warning Level : 9.45 metre/12.00ft

Danger Level : 1.56 metre/15.00ft

Highest Level : 20.80ft(16.10.85) and 12.20 Meters(7.8.98)

The river Subarnarekha originates from Chhotnagpur hill of Bihar State and enters Balasore district near Olmara of Jaleswar block. Expect some small strips of embankments the river is mostly without embankments. The river falls in Bay of Bengal near Kirtania of Bhograi block. During flood, large areas of Jaleswar, Bhograi and Baliapal blocks and a small pocket of Basta block are affected.

· River Budhabalanga:

Gauge point : Govindapur (N.H.5 Bridge)

Warning level : 7.21 Metres/11ft

Danger level : 8.13 Metres/14ft

Highest level : 9.50 Metres/18.50ft (12.10.73)

(Ever recorded.)

The river originates from Similipal hills of Mayurbhanj district and enters Balasore district near Kalyanpur of Remuna block. There is no flood protection embankment in either side of the river. It falls in to Bay of Bengal near Balaramgadi. During flood, it affects large part of Remuna and Balasore Sadar block. The river is fed by other rivulet like Sono and Gangahara. Some part of Nilgiri block and large areas of Remuna block are being affected due to flood in river Sono and Gangahar.

· River Jalaka:

It is a small river. Rainwater from Mayurbhanj district is mainly being discharged through this river. The river has no flood gauge. It submerges large areas of Basta block including the Orissa Trunk Road connects Basta with Balasore.

· River Kansabansa:

It is also a small river having no permanent flood gauge. Irrigation Department however, use to take flood reading from National High Way bridge. It affects some portion of Simulia, Khaira, Soro and Bahanaga blocks. The danger level at Radhabalavpur is 25.3.ft.

· River Sono:

This is a small river. The river has no flood embankment. It falls in the river Budhabalanga near Govindapur village of Remuna block. Some portion of Nilgiri and Remuna blocks are badly affected due to flood in the river.