Kalahandi district is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and urban human settlement about 2000 years ago in the region. In South Asia it is believed that the lands of Kalahandi district and Koraput district were the ancient places where people started cultivation of paddy. In ancient time it was known as Mahakantara and Karunda Mandal, which means treasure of precious stones like karandam (corundum/manik), garnet, beruz, neelam, and alexandrite, etc. Manikeswari is the clan deity of Kalahandi may also signify its historical name.
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar and Patna which means "place" in Odia like "Padaa". Bhawanipatna municipality is the administrative head of the city, which is divided into twenty wards with different sub-areas called pada. Originally, these padaas were inhabited by people of different communities, but over the last few decades, these padaas have become homogeneous. Bhawanipatna has more than forty padaas.
Vedanta Resources Limited is an Indian diversified mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the largest mining and non-ferrous metals company in India and has mining operations in Australia and Zambia and oil and gas operations in three countries. Its main products are Zinc, Lead, Silver, Oil & Gas, Iron Ore, Steel, Aluminium and Power. It has also developed commercial power stations in India in Odisha and Punjab.
Berhampur Airport, also known as Rangeilunda airstrip, is located 9 km east of Berhampur in Odisha, India. The airstrip was built by the British during World War II and is adjacent to the Berhampur University.
Bhakta Charan Das is an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented the Kalahandi constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.
Jeypore Airport or Jayapura Airport is a domestic airport serving Jeypore, Odisha, India. It is located three kilometres (1.9 mi) north-west of the city of Jeypore in Koraput District, serving the city of Koraput, Odisha, India. The airstrip was constructed in 1962 along with the establishment of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory nearby at Sunabeda. In the 1980s, Vayudoot operated a daily Bhubaneswar-bound flight via Visakhapatnam.
Junagarh Road railway station is a terminus station belonging to Indian Railways in Kalahandi district of Odisha State in India.
Vedanta Jharsuguda Power Station is a coal based thermal captive power plant located near Jharsuguda town in Jharsuguda district in the Indian state of Odisha. The power plant was commissioned in July 2008, and is operated by the Vedanta Resources. It supplies power to aluminum smelter of Vedanta Resources.
Lanjigarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.
Jajpur Airstrip, also known as Sukinda Airstrip, is a private airstrip located at Sukinda in the Jajpur district of Odisha. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Savitri Jindal Airport in Angul, Odisha. It is operated by Tata Steel for emergency medical purposes.
Kendujhar Airstrip, also known as Raisuan Airstrip is a public airstrip located at Gopinathpur in the Kendujhar district of Odisha. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Barbil Tonto Aerodrome in Barbil, Odisha.
Barbil Tonto Airstrip is a public/private airstrip owned by the Government of Odisha and leased to the Jindal Steel and Power located at Barbil in the Kendujhar district of Odisha. The nearest airport/airstrip to this airstrip is Kendujhar Airstrip in Kendujhar, Odisha.
Digambara Patra is a Professor of Chemistry at the American University of Beirut.
Nuapada Airstrip, also known as Gotma Airstrip, is a public airstrip located at Nandapur in the Nuapada district of Odisha. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Utkela Airport is owned by the Government of Odisha located at Utkela in Bhawanipatna of Kalahandi district, Odisha, India. The airstrip has been designated to be developed as a regional airport under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (UDAN).
Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo was the last ruler of Kalahandi State 1939-1947 and an Indian politician in post-independence India. He was elected from the Kalahandi in Odisha to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha. He was deputy Leader of the Opposition, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1952—1956.
Rairangpur Airstrip is located 6 km away from Rairangpur city center in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, India.
Therubali Airstrip is a private airport located 3.3 km from Therubali city center in Rayagada district, Odisha.The Airstrip is spread over 30 acres and is under the control of the Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA). The runway is 1,135 meters long and is periodically maintained by the IMFA.
Dhamra Airport is a proposed to be built by the Dhamra Port Company Limited, 20 km from Dhamra Port in the Bhadrak district of Odisha, India.
