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| Pratapsasan | |
|---|---|
| city | |
  Pratapsasan Location in Odisha, India  Pratapsasan Pratapsasan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20°13′47″N85°51′40″E / 20.2298°N 85.8611°E Coordinates: 20°13′47″N85°51′40″E / 20.2298°N 85.8611°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Khordha |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 11,970 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Oriya |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | OD |
| Website | odisha |
Pratapsasan is a census town in Khordha district in the Indian state of Odisha.
A census town is a type of town that satisfies certain characteristics, depending on the country in which it is located.
Khordha is an administrative division of the state of Odisha, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993, by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khordha and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town. The capital city of Bhubaneswar is located in this district. Khordha is the most urbanized of all the districts of Odisha. Khordha Road, the railway station that serves the town is also the divisional headquarters of the East Coast Railway of the Indian Railways. Khordha is known for its brass utensils, cottage industries, railway coach manufacturing, and cable manufacturing unit.
India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
