Chandikhol is a town and a Notified Area Council in
Jajpur district
Jajpur () is a district of Odisha state in eastern India. The Odisha Government carried out a re-organisation of districts of Odisha in 1993. The erstwhile Cuttack district was split into multiple districts with Jajpur being one of them. Th ...
,
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
,
India
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. The place has been named after Goddess "Chandi" worshipped by late monk Baba Bhairabananda Bramhachari who established the deity of ''Maa Chandi'' in one of the adjoining hills of
Barunei full of dense forest and ferocious animals in 1932. Chandikhol has been selected for the establishment of one of
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (India) location.
Geography
It is located in the Jajpur District of Odisha.
Location
Chandikhole is one of the end points of
National Highway 200, the other end being
Raipur
Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...
.
National Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* AH16, Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
– Thompsons Road (Victoria)
– South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Ye ...
passes through Chandikhole.
The nearest airport is
Biju Patnaik Airport
Biju Patnaik Airport is an international airport serving Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. It is situated around south-west of Bhubaneswar Railway Station and from the city center.
Named after Biju Patnaik, the former Chi ...
at Bhubaneswar about 70 km away. It is an extremely strategic location in terms of commerce as it acts as a junction between Kalinganagar, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Paradeep.
The nearest town,
Jaraka, is 12 km away from Chandikhole.
See also
*
Mahavinayak Temple
*
Jaraka
References
External links
Map of Jajpur district with Chandikhole marked
Cities and towns in Jajpur district
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