Tigiria

Tigiria
ତିଗିରିଆ
Block Area
Tigiria

Location in Odisha, India

Coordinates: 20°29′0″N 85°31′0″E / 20.48333°N 85.51667°E / 20.48333; 85.51667Coordinates: 20°29′0″N 85°31′0″E / 20.48333°N 85.51667°E / 20.48333; 85.51667
Country India
State Odisha
District Cuttack
NAC Athagad
Named for Former princely state
Languages
 • Official Odia, Hindi, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 754030
STD code 06723
Vehicle registration OD
Ethnicity Odia people
Climate Aw (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature 45 °C (113 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 10 °C (50 °F)
Website odisha.gov.in

Tigiria is a tehsil (block) of Cuttack district. There are 10 (panchayats) with a total of 50 villages under the Tigiria administrative division.[1]

Tigiria is part of the Athagarh Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency which includes as well Athagad, Athagarh block and 5 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.[2][3]

History

Main article: Tigiria State

During the British Raj era, Tigiria was the capital of Tigiria State. It was one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency and the most densely populated one.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Tigiria Block Panchayat List
  2. ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. ↑ Seats of Odisha
  4. ↑ Tigiria Princely State - "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 539
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