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Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

[edit] Kendrapara Subdivision

North-eastern subdivision of Cuttack District, Bengal, lying between 20 degree 18' and 20 degree 48 N. and 86° 15' and 8 7 degree i' E., with an area of 977 square miles. The population in 1901 was 467,081, compared with 429,770 in 1891. The subdivision is a deltaic alluvial tract, bounded on the east by the Bay of Bengal and intersected by numerous rivers and streams. The strip along the coast is very sparsely populated, but the density rises towards the west, and the average for the whole subdivision is 478 persons per square mile. It contains one town, Kendrapara (population, 15,245), its head- quarters; and 1,338 villages.