Jatani
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Jatani or Jatni or Khurda Road is a city and a municipality
in Khordha district
in the India
n state
of Orissa
. It is close to Bhubaneswar
, the state capital of Orissa. Jatni town is also known as 'Khurda Road' in railways. It is an important railway junction and gateway to the vast tribal hinterland. It has developed as a commercial hub with a number of educational and other institutions. Jatni is famous for Ganesh Chaturti and lots of tourists come here during the festival.
, Jatani had a population of 54,550. 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.
& Telugu
speaking peoples. Others like Muslim
, Marwari
, Gujrati
, Bengali
are also present in good numbers.
Good number of Temples, Masjid & Churches are present here.
It is also the home of highest number of Anglo-Indian
people in Orissa
.
A variety of communities live here because Jatani has been a very important railway station since the British rule. A major chunk of people living here are railway employees.
Jatani is famous for its celebration of the Ganesh Chaturthi
festival. Jatani is very crowded during Ganesh Puja as people from nearby places visit in huge numbers for the occasion. People of Jatani maintain communal harmony. Eid ul-Fitr
& Christmas Day are also celebrated with religious fervour.
Diwali
and Holi
are celebrated here with much fanfare.The firecracker shops in Jatani draw a large number of buyers from nearby places like Bhubaneswar
,Khurda, Puri
etc. reason being there are nearby villages which indulge in making crackers half a year like Padanpur.The success of these shops can be attributed to setting up once again make-shift shops during other festivals like Raksha Bandhan,New Year.
It's a mini India of its own but you can always find some glimpse of evaporating traditions here. Be it the Anglo-Indians celebrating Christmas
in open or the Marwari's Garbha in closely guarded community atmosphere or the Bhogi festival of Telugus.
Several weeklong festivals for the goddess Bhagabati Devi are also celebrated mostly in Railway sareas esp. Locoline and Retang colony.On the last day,the procession is carried out in public,followed by a carnival depicting stories from Hindu mythologies like Ramayana
, Mahabharath etc.
The town is spread across various Railways settlements akin colonies like Traffic colony, New colony, Accounts colony, Retang colony, Loco line surrounded by private townships like Nuagaun, Hata bazaar, Raja bazaar, Bali Chakka Sahi, Railway Market, Kudiary, Sitaram chhack, Thaana Chhack, Bacharapatna (chhack is the local equivalent for Cross,similarly bazaar is the local equivalent for Market).
Dola Jatra is celebrated in Harirajpur (4 km away from Jatni town), which takes place on the 5th day following Holi. It is a very big local gathering where idols of gods from different parts of the district are brought in palaki (palaquin) and placed in jatra(fair). People visit and offer their prayers to gods by applying different colours of Holi.
Ganesh puja is the biggest festival for jatni in which more than 3 lakhs people come during the festival to watch the pandels and enjoy the evening in mina bazar with games and end their day with watch Oriya opera known as jatra party.The Most important historical place near jatni is barunei hill.at the British times all the khurdha paiks started there movement from here.
All trains from different parts of the country divert for Puri dham from main line of Chennai.
.
& Kolkata
) runs close to Jatani (around 7 km).The state capital Bhubaneswar is 25 km from here by road.
(44 km), Howrah(456 km), MumbaiCST(1913), New Delhi (1819 km), Chennai(1204 km), Hyderabad (1124 km), Bangalore (1606 km) etc. by rail.
The figures in the bracket indicate the distance from Jatani.
It is the largest railway junction in Orissa
. It is a saying here, "you just come to Khurda road railway station you will get a train to any part of this country
Kendriya Vidyalaya - The biggest school in the town and arguably the best in terms of infrastructure and educational standards.Popularly known as KV-KUR, it has both Secondary and Senior Secondary level education system. It Provided Facilities like computer Labs, Science Labs(biology lads, chemistry labs,physics labs,junior science labs), Library And a big Playground having cricket ground,football ground, basketball court,volleyball court,badminton court,sketting ground etc. Schools Extra Curricular Activities Dance, Music And Cultural Programme youth parliament,acting/drama, art, drawing, crafing, supw,yoga,sports etc.
Mission school-An ICSE school. Located in the heart of the town. Termed as one of the best schools of Jatni. Also popularly known as BETHEL CHAPEL school.
Railway school-A state board school run by the East Coast Railways. It is preferred by Railway employees.Though it's a state run but it also has Telugu as a medium of instruction. Of late the teaching is mainly done in English. It's situated near the Traffic colony, near the Railway Hospital.
Prananath(P.N.) High School - The oldest school in the town. Situated near Jatni College. Late Prananath Pattnaik build this school. Probably the most well known school in Jatni. It is an Oriya medium school(state board school).
Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir-It is one of the most successful schools in the locality having a 100% pass rate.It is famous for quality education along with cultural and moral teachings.It has produced a number of quality students and artists.
S.D.P Bidyapitha High School-It is an Oriya medium(State Board) school situated near Bachharapatna. Students from every corner of the town come here. This school has proved itself not only in study, but also in extracurricular activities.
NDRC High school- It is an Oriya medium school (state board school). Situated in Retang Colony.
Some other schools are Shishu Sikshya Niketan, SERWO(South Eastern Railway Women's Organisation) school,St.xavier high school, A.D.S public school, Girls high school, Boys high school, D.A.V public school, Cristal valley school.
Colleges:
from 2009,successor to Sarat Paikaray who won the seat in State elections of 2004. Earlier Sarat Paikary also won in 1990 as JD
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)
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Khordha district
Khordha district
Khordha is an administrative division of the state of Orissa, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993 by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town, formerly...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. It is close to Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...
, the state capital of Orissa. Jatni town is also known as 'Khurda Road' in railways. It is an important railway junction and gateway to the vast tribal hinterland. It has developed as a commercial hub with a number of educational and other institutions. Jatni is famous for Ganesh Chaturti and lots of tourists come here during the festival.
Geography
Jatani is located at 20.09°N 85.42°E. It has an average elevation of 43 metres (118 feet).Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Jatani had a population of 54,550. 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.
Culture
The population of Jatani consists mostly of OriyaOriya language
Oriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
& Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
speaking peoples. Others like Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
, Marwari
Marwaris
Marwari or Marwadi or Rajasthani people are Indian ethnic group, that inhabit the Rajasthan region of India. Their language Rajasthani is a part of the western group of Indo-Aryan languages....
, Gujrati
Gujrati
Gujrati may refer to anything of or relating to:* Gujrat, a city in Punjab, Pakistan* Gujrat District, the corresponding district of Punjab...
, Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
are also present in good numbers.
Good number of Temples, Masjid & Churches are present here.
It is also the home of highest number of Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in India, now mainly historical in the latter sense. British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent...
people in Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
.
A variety of communities live here because Jatani has been a very important railway station since the British rule. A major chunk of people living here are railway employees.
Jatani is famous for its celebration of the Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Hindu festival of Ganesha also called Vinayagar in Tamil Nadu, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees in the duration of this festival...
festival. Jatani is very crowded during Ganesh Puja as people from nearby places visit in huge numbers for the occasion. People of Jatani maintain communal harmony. Eid ul-Fitr
Eid ul-Fitr
Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast"...
& Christmas Day are also celebrated with religious fervour.
Diwali
Diwali
Diwali or DeepavaliThe name of the festival in various regional languages include:, , , , , , , , , , , , , popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons...
and Holi
Holi
Holi , is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Holi is also known as festival of Colours. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, United...
are celebrated here with much fanfare.The firecracker shops in Jatani draw a large number of buyers from nearby places like Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...
,Khurda, Puri
Puri
Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...
etc. reason being there are nearby villages which indulge in making crackers half a year like Padanpur.The success of these shops can be attributed to setting up once again make-shift shops during other festivals like Raksha Bandhan,New Year.
It's a mini India of its own but you can always find some glimpse of evaporating traditions here. Be it the Anglo-Indians celebrating Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
in open or the Marwari's Garbha in closely guarded community atmosphere or the Bhogi festival of Telugus.
Several weeklong festivals for the goddess Bhagabati Devi are also celebrated mostly in Railway sareas esp. Locoline and Retang colony.On the last day,the procession is carried out in public,followed by a carnival depicting stories from Hindu mythologies like Ramayana
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
, Mahabharath etc.
The town is spread across various Railways settlements akin colonies like Traffic colony, New colony, Accounts colony, Retang colony, Loco line surrounded by private townships like Nuagaun, Hata bazaar, Raja bazaar, Bali Chakka Sahi, Railway Market, Kudiary, Sitaram chhack, Thaana Chhack, Bacharapatna (chhack is the local equivalent for Cross,similarly bazaar is the local equivalent for Market).
Temples
There are very good and old temples in around Jatani. Among old temples are Budhapada (Lord Shiva). This is a very old temple and devotees from different places in and around of Jatni visit the temple. Other temples are Chotta Somnath Mandira situated at Kudiary, God Venkateswara Temple, and Maa Damunei or Uttarayani Temple, Maa Mangala and Taleshwar(God Shiva) situated at Barapada.Dola Jatra is celebrated in Harirajpur (4 km away from Jatni town), which takes place on the 5th day following Holi. It is a very big local gathering where idols of gods from different parts of the district are brought in palaki (palaquin) and placed in jatra(fair). People visit and offer their prayers to gods by applying different colours of Holi.
Ganesh puja is the biggest festival for jatni in which more than 3 lakhs people come during the festival to watch the pandels and enjoy the evening in mina bazar with games and end their day with watch Oriya opera known as jatra party.The Most important historical place near jatni is barunei hill.at the British times all the khurdha paiks started there movement from here.
Transport
It has excellent rail linkages with most major cities in the country. Jatani Railway Station is known as Khurda Road, it is the biggest Railway Junction of the East Coast for the Indian Railways in the state.All trains from different parts of the country divert for Puri dham from main line of Chennai.
.
Road
It is well connected to all other cities in the state. The NH-5 National Highway(connecting ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
& Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
) runs close to Jatani (around 7 km).The state capital Bhubaneswar is 25 km from here by road.
Rail
It is well connected to other cities like Bhubaneswar(19 km), PuriPuri
Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...
(44 km), Howrah(456 km), MumbaiCST(1913), New Delhi (1819 km), Chennai(1204 km), Hyderabad (1124 km), Bangalore (1606 km) etc. by rail.
The figures in the bracket indicate the distance from Jatani.
It is the largest railway junction in Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. It is a saying here, "you just come to Khurda road railway station you will get a train to any part of this country
Medical
- Jatani Municipal Hospital
-
- It is an old hospital run by the OrissaOrissaOrissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
Government that provides necessary health care services to the populace of local and neighboring areas. It operates for about 8 hours in a day. It has experienced doctors and pharmacists, who are very dedicated towards their work.
- It is an old hospital run by the Orissa
- Railway Hospital
-
- This hospital is set up for the Railway employees only. Employees from areas around Jatani and neighboring towns and villages also avail of the facilities provided by this hospital.
- Chandan Clinical Laboratory
-
- This is the oldest pathological laboratory in Jatani, which provides all types of Lab work and round the clock home-visit services. It is situated at Sitaram Chawk.
Education
SchoolsKendriya Vidyalaya - The biggest school in the town and arguably the best in terms of infrastructure and educational standards.Popularly known as KV-KUR, it has both Secondary and Senior Secondary level education system. It Provided Facilities like computer Labs, Science Labs(biology lads, chemistry labs,physics labs,junior science labs), Library And a big Playground having cricket ground,football ground, basketball court,volleyball court,badminton court,sketting ground etc. Schools Extra Curricular Activities Dance, Music And Cultural Programme youth parliament,acting/drama, art, drawing, crafing, supw,yoga,sports etc.
Mission school-An ICSE school. Located in the heart of the town. Termed as one of the best schools of Jatni. Also popularly known as BETHEL CHAPEL school.
Railway school-A state board school run by the East Coast Railways. It is preferred by Railway employees.Though it's a state run but it also has Telugu as a medium of instruction. Of late the teaching is mainly done in English. It's situated near the Traffic colony, near the Railway Hospital.
Prananath(P.N.) High School - The oldest school in the town. Situated near Jatni College. Late Prananath Pattnaik build this school. Probably the most well known school in Jatni. It is an Oriya medium school(state board school).
Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir-It is one of the most successful schools in the locality having a 100% pass rate.It is famous for quality education along with cultural and moral teachings.It has produced a number of quality students and artists.
S.D.P Bidyapitha High School-It is an Oriya medium(State Board) school situated near Bachharapatna. Students from every corner of the town come here. This school has proved itself not only in study, but also in extracurricular activities.
NDRC High school- It is an Oriya medium school (state board school). Situated in Retang Colony.
Some other schools are Shishu Sikshya Niketan, SERWO(South Eastern Railway Women's Organisation) school,St.xavier high school, A.D.S public school, Girls high school, Boys high school, D.A.V public school, Cristal valley school.
Colleges:
- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
- National Institute of Science Education and Research
- Konark Institute of Science & Technology (KIST)
- Centurion Institute of Technology
- Jatni College,this is a non-technical institution.
- Baba Residential College
- Sarat Paikaray Mahabidyalaya.
- Orissa Engineering College (OEC)
- C.V. Raman College of Engineering
Politics
Current MLA from Jatni Assembly Constituency is Bibhuti Balabantaray of BJDBiju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...
from 2009,successor to Sarat Paikaray who won the seat in State elections of 2004. Earlier Sarat Paikary also won in 1990 as JD
Janata Dal
Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...
candidate. Winner of this seat in 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 and 1977 was Suresh Kumar Routray, who represented INC
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
in 2000, 1995 and 1985, represented INC(I) in 1980 and JNP
Janata Party
The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...
in 1977.
Jatni is part of Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bhubaneshwar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:...
.