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Odisha

State profile

🦢Fun factOdisha's Chilika Lake is Asia's largest brackish-water lagoon and India's first Ramsar wetland.

Factsheet

Capital: Bhubaneswar
Language(s): Odia
Formed: 1936
Area: 1,55,707 km²
Districts: 30
Head (2025): Mohan Charan Majhi
State animal: 🐾 Sambar deer
State bird: 🐦 Indian roller
State flower: 🌸 Ashoka
State tree: 🌳 Sacred fig (Peepal)

Report Card

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SDG India Index

66

#27 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹1.44 L

#23 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

3.1%

#13 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

64.9%

#11 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

36 per 1,000

#19 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

69.3 yrs

#16 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

1.8

#16 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

92.2%

#17 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

31.0%

#17 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

90.5%

#1 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

72.9%

#24 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

64.0%

#25 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

22.1%

#27 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

311.2 per lakh

#31 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

103.3 per lakh

#32 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

19.7%

#4 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

4,19,74,218

#11 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

979 per 1,000 men

#9 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

16.7%

#32 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

14.0%

#23 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

96.4%

#22 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

56.0%

#30 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

41.3%

#28 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

21.2%

#15 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

1,777 kg/ha

#27 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

31.3%

#20 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

0.95 ha

#23 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

14

#19 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

97,25,000

#20 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

45,000

#22 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023