Tigiria

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Tigiria
Block Area
Tigiria is located in Odisha
Tigiria
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
CountryIndia
StateOdisha
DistrictCuttack
NACAthagad
Named forFormer princely state
Languages
 • OfficialOdia, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
754030
STD code06723
Vehicle registrationOD
EthnicityOdia people
ClimateAw (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature45 °C (113 °F)
Avg. winter temperature10 °C (50 °F)
Websiteodisha.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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