Jatani (or Khurda Road, name of the railway station) is a town in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
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 ...
. It is also a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Khordha district
Khordha district 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 K ...
in Odisha.
Jatni is famous for its celebration of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
Geography
Jatani is located at . It has an average elevation of 36 metres (118 feet).
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Jatani had a population of 63,697. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jatani has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 72%. In Jatani, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
Premier Public Higher Education Institutes
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National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER)
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar
Private Engineering Colleges
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Centurion University of Technology & Management
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Konark Institute of Science and Technology
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Orissa Engineering College (OEC)
Politics
Current
MLA from Jatni Assembly Constituency is Sura Routray of
INC from May 2019, successor to Bhagirathi Badajena, who won the seat in State elections of 2014. Earlier Sarat Paikary won in 1990 as
JD candidate and 2004 as Biju Janta Dal candidate. Winner of this seat in 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 and 1977 was Suresh Kumar Routray, who represented
INC in 2000, 1995 and 1985, represented INC(I) in 1980 and
JNP in 1977.
Jatni is part of
Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...
.
References
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Cities and towns in Khordha district