Baripada

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

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

Baripada

Capital of Mayurbhanj, one of the Orissa Tributary States, Bengal, situated in 21° 56' N. and 86° 44' E., on the Burhabalang river. Population (1901), 5,613. Baripada is connected by a light railway (2 feet 6 inch gauge) with Rupsa junction on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, and by metalled roads with Bahalda and Karanjia, the head- quarters of the Bamanghati and Panchpir subdivisions, and with the towns of Balasore and Midnapore ; several fair-weather roads run from it to other parts of the State. It is the seat of the administration, and contains the residence of the chief, a good dispensary, and a high school, besides criminal and civil courts, and a jail.