Ganjam district is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km²(3,168 mi²). The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions Chhatrapur,Berhampur,and Bhanjanagar. The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 lists Ganjam,along with the Thanjavur and South Canara districts,as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins were most numerous. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Odisha.
Surada is a town and a Notified Area Council in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Dharakot is a semi-urban village and former zamindari estate in Dharakot Community Development Block of Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra Parishad political party from 1950 to 1962 and the President of the Odisha state unit of the Swatantra Party after its merger with the Ganatantra Parishad in 1962. He was the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1967 to 1971.
Dharakot Jagannath Mandir is a Hindu Jagannath Mandir located in Dharakot of Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Kabisuryanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district.
Sundargarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundergarh district.Area of this constituency includes Sundargarh,Sundargarh block,Tangarpali block,Hemgiri block and seven Gram panchayats of Lephripada block.
Soroda Estate present day Sorada or Surada,was a zamindari in the North-Western side of Ganjam district of Odisha,India.
Surada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Patnagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district,Odisha.
Chhatrapur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Khallikote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Chikiti is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Sanakhemundi is a constituency for the Legislative Assembly of Odisha in Ganjam district,Odisha,India.
Basanta Manjari Devi was an Indian politician who served as the first woman minister of Odisha. She was the Deputy Minister of Health in the 1946 Harekrushna Mahatab government.
V. Sugnana Kumari Deo was an Indian politician from Odisha. She was first elected to state assembly in 1963 and won a total of 10 times in her political career. Deo belonged to the royal family of Khallikote and was the daughter-in-law of Raja Ramchandra Mardaja Deo. She was the Pro-tem speaker of the 15th Odisha assembly. Deo died on 10 February 2024,at the age of 87.
Kishore Chandra Singh Deo was an Indian politician who served as Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Surada Assembly constituency.
Ananta Narayan Singh Deo was an Indian ruler and politician who served as Member of 9th Lok Sabha from Aska Lok Sabha constituency,13th Leader of Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Surada Assembly constituency,Deputy Minister for Industries,Commerce,Community Development and Panchayat Raj in Cabinet of Odisha and Raja of Dharakote Estate.
Shanti Devi was an Indian politician from the state of Odisha who served as Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly,Queen of Dharakote and Deputy Chairperson of Ganjam Zilla Parishad. In 1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,she got 45,201 votes.
Ratnaprava Devi also known as Ratnaprabha Debi,was a politician and writer from Odisha,India. She was the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1961.
