35 Facts About Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is dubbed the "Temple City", a nickname earned because of the 700 temples which once stood there.

Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the capital on 19 August 1949, 2 years after India gained its independence from Britain.

Bhubaneswar stands near the ruins of Sisupalgarh, the ancient capital of the erstwhile province of Kalinga.

Bhubaneswar was built as a modern city, designed by German architect Otto Konigsberger with wide roads, gardens and parks.

Bhubaneswar is topographically divided into western uplands and eastern lowlands, with hillocks in the western and northern parts.

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Bhubaneswar's soils are 65 per cent laterite, 25 per cent alluvial and 10 per cent sandstone.

Bhubaneswar secured the top rank in the Smart city list in India.

Bhubaneswar has a tropical savanna climate, designated Aw under the Koppen climate classification.

Bhubaneswar is an administrative, information technology, education and tourism city.

Bhubaneswar was ranked as the best place to do business in India by the World Bank in 2014.

Bhubaneswar has emerged as one of the fast-growing, important trading and commercial hub in the state and eastern India.

Bhubaneswar was designed to be a largely residential city with outlying industrial areas.

In 2011, according to a study by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, Bhubaneswar had the highest rate of employment growth among 17 Tier-2 cities in India.

In 2012, Bhubaneswar was ranked third among Indian cities, in starting and operating a business by the World Bank.

Bhubaneswar has been traditionally home to handicrafts industry, including silver filigree work, applique work, stone and wood carvings and patta painting, which significantly contributes to the city's economy.

Industrial sector in Bhubaneswar includes paper, steel, automobile, food, pharma and electronics industries.

Growth in the information technology industry and education sector in Bhubaneswar changed the city's demographic profile; likely infrastructure strains and haphazard growth from demographic changes have been a cause of concern.

The last state assembly election took place in 2019 as well, when all three Vidhan Sabha seats in Bhubaneswar were won by Biju Janata Dal: Susant Kumar Rout from North, Ashok Chandra Panda from Ekamra, and Ananta Narayan Jena from Central.

Bhubaneswar has lower courts: the Court of Small Causes and the District Civil Court decide civil matters; the Sessions Court rules in criminal cases.

The Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate, established in 2008, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack area.

Bhubaneswar is a centre for higher education in the Eastern Region and is considered the education hub of Eastern India with several government and privately funded Universities and colleges.

Utkal University Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Odisha and the 17th oldest university in India.

Schools in Bhubaneswar follow the "10+2+3" plan for Regular Graduates and "10+2+4" plan for Technical studies.

Schools in Bhubaneswar are either run by the state government or private organizations.

Bhubaneswar is connected to the rest of Odisha and India by National Highway-NH 16, which is a part of the Kolkata-Chennai prong of the Golden Quadrilateral, NH 203, State Highway 13 and State Highway 27.

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Bhubaneswar has approximately 1, 600 kilometres of roads, with average road density of 11.

The major carriers from Bhubaneswar are Indigo, Vistara, AirAsia Berhad, AirAsia India and Air India.

Bhubaneswar is supposed to have had over one thousand temples, earning the tag of the 'Temple City of India'.

The Rabindra Mandapa in central Bhubaneswar plays host to cultural engagements, theatre and private functions.

Bhubaneswar's major sporting arena is the Kalinga Stadium, having facilities for athletics, football, hockey, basketball, tennis, table tennis and swimming.

Bhubaneswar has a franchise of Odisha Premier League, Bhubaneswar Jaguars, which started in 2010.

Bhubaneswar is the third Indian city to host the Asian Athletics Championships, with Delhi being the first, in 1989, and Pune, the second, in 2013.

Bhubaneswar is emerging as the new sports capital of India, as the FIH and the IOA president, Narindar Batra, recently stated in a ceremony, while unveiling the new logo for the Indian hockey team jersey, which is sponsored by the government of Odisha.

Bhubaneswar has substantial circulation of financial dailies, including The Economic Times, The Financial Express, Business Line and Business Standard.

Bhubaneswar has five local radio stations broadcasting on FM, including two from AIR.