INSIGHTS OF ODISHA
OVERVIEW : Odisha borders on the Bay of Bengal. The eastern part, close to the sea is more prosperous, with a lot of tourist locations and religious places. The western part is a hilly and forested area, generally drought-prone. It is a predominantly tribal belt. However, the western part of the state contains enormous volumes of iron ore and other minerals that promise to herald major industrialization of the state. It is a culturally rich state. The Bhubaneswar-Puri-Konark golden triangle is the pride of the state. Traditionally, Odisha descended from the historical kingdom of Kalinga . The script for the Odia (Oriya) language derives from the Kalinga script which is one of the descendants of the Brahmi script. GEOGRAPHY: Odisha lies between the latitudes 17.780N and 22.730N, and between longitudes 81.37E and 87.53E. The state has an area of 155,707 km , which is 4.87% of the total area of India, and a coastline of 450 km. In the e...