plant and small metal industries, or sms group, Iocl gas bottling plant. Divisions Parliamentary constituencies: 2 Assembly constituencies: 6 Subdivisions: 2 Villages: 1,561 Blocks: 10 Grama panchayat: 168 Tehsils: 08 Towns: 6 Municipality: 2 (Khordha, Jatni) Municipal Corporation: 1 (Bhubaneshwar) N.A.C: 2 (Balugaon, Banpur) Semi Urban town:1 (Tangi) Tehsils Balianta Balipatna Banapur Begunia Bhubaneswar Bolagarh Chilika Jatni Khordha Tangi Subdivisions Bhubaneswar: consists of 4 blocks, viz. Balianta, Balipatana, Jatni, Bhubaneswar. Khurda: consists of 6 blocks, viz. Tangi, Khorda sadara, Banapur, Begunia, Bolgarh and Chilika. Demographics According to the 2011 census Khordha district has a population of 2,251,673, roughly equal to the nation of Latvia or the US state of New Mexico. This gives it a ranking of 201st in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.65%. Khordha has a sex ratio of 925 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 87.51%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.21% and 5.11% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 92.13% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.98% Urdu, 1.69% Telugu, 1.55% Hindi, 1.38% Bengali and 0.43% Santali as their first language. Politics Vidhan sabha constituencies The following are the eight Vidhan sabha constituencies of Khordha district and the elected members of that area Lok Sabha constituencies During 1952 general election, Pandit Lingraj Mishra was elected from the Khurda (Lok Sabha constituency). 1957 onwards members were elected from Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency). References External links Populated places established in 1993 1993 establishments in Orissa Districts of Odisha