Cuttack district

Cuttack district
Cuttack district
District
	Top: Barabati fort, Deojhar Waterfall, Baba Bukhari Dargah in Cuttack, Anshupa Lake, Banasur Temple in Barapurikia, Bhattarika Temple
	Location in Odisha
	Coordinates: 20°27′58″N 85°49′59″E / 20.466°N 85.833°E
Country	India
State	Odisha
Headquarters	Cuttack
Government
• Collector & District Magistrate	Hardik Satapathy, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	Jugal Kishore Banoth, IPS
Area
• Total	3,932 km2 (1,518 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,624,470
• Rank	2nd
• Density	666/km2 (1,720/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	753 xxx
Telephone code	0671
Vehicle registration	OD-05
Sex ratio	940 ♀/1000 ♂
Literacy	85.05%
Lok Sabha constituency	Cuttack
Vidhan Sabha constituency	09
Climate	Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,501.3 millimetres (59.11 in)
Avg. summer temperature	40 °C (104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	10 °C (50 °F)
Website	cuttack.nic.in

Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in India. It is located in the coastal part of the state and its administrative headquarters are located in the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 Census, after Ganjam, it is the second most populous district of Odisha (out of 30), with a population of 2,624,470.^[1] The name is an anglicized form of Kataka or Katak meaning Fort – referring to the Barabati Fort. The district is bisected by the river Mahanadi and its numerous distributaries and occupies a large portion of the river's delta. It is bounded by the Angul, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh and Khurda districts to the west while its southern and eastern boundaries touch Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Jajpur districts.

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook 2011 - Cuttack" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

[districtcensus-1] "District Census Handbook 2011 - Cuttack" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

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