Jatani Orissa
Jatani or Jatni (Oriya:ଜଟଣୀ, Hindi:जटणी) is a city and tahsil in Khordha district in the Indian state of Orissa.
Variants
Origin
Jat clans
Following Jat clans have similarity with places shown in bold in this tahsil/block. There is need to further research this correlation.
Location
It is close to Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa. Jatni town is also known as Khurda Road in railways.... it is a famous railway junction........Khurda-Road is the railway junction and gateway to the vast tribal hinterland. It has developed as a commercial hub with a number of educational and other institutions. Jatani is located at 20.17° N 85.7° E. It has an average elevation of 36 metres (118 feet).
Road: It is well connected to all other cities in the state. The NH-5 National Highway (connecting Chennai & Kolkata) runs close to Jatani (around 7 km). The state capital, Bhubaneswar, is located at a distance of 22 km. Khurda is located at a distance of 8 km. Pipili is located at distance of 13 km.
Rail: Khurda Road Junction railway station is in Jatani. It is a major junction of Indian Railways. It is well connected to other cities like Bhubaneswar (19 km), Puri (44 km), Kolkata (456 km), Mumbai (1913 km), New Delhi (1819 km), Chennai (1204 km), Hyderabad (1124 km), Bangalore (1606 km), Ahmedabad (2000 km), Pune (1721 km) etc. by rail. Khurda Road Junction is one of the three divisions of East Coast Railway Zone (ECoR) of the Indian Railways ( Sambalpur, and Waltair are the other two ), and is an important railway junction which has diversions to Puri and Bolangir, in addition to the Howrah-Chennai main line connecting south India. The connecting tracks to Bolangir is currently semi-operational with trains operating between Khurda Road and Nayagarh.
History
List of Villages in Jatani tahsil
1. Alakar, 2. Ambaata, 3. Aragul, 4. Arisol, 5. Babaja, 6. Badaraghunathpur, 7. Badatota, 8. Bairang, 9. Belapada, 10. Benapanjari, 11. Beruan, 12. Bhimapur, 13. Bijipur, 14. Bisiapada, 15. Budhanagar, 16. Budhapada, 17. Chaitanyaprasad, 18. Chandiheta, 19. Chhelda, 20. Dakhinamundamuhan, 21. Deulabasta, 22. Deuliapatna, 23. Durgapur, 24. Gadajagasora, 25. Gangapada, 26. Gaudakashipur, 27. Gobindapur, 28. Gopalpur, 29. Gopiballavapur , 30. Harapur, 31. Harekrushnapur, 32. Haridamada, 33. Haripur, 34. Industrial Colony Area, 35. Jagasara, 36. Jagasarapatna, 37. Jagulaipadar, 38. Janla, 39. Kaimatiabhoisahi, 40. Kaimatiapatna, 41. Kansapada, 42. Kantia, 43. Kholadwar , 44. Khudupur, 45. Koranga, 46. Madanpur, 47. Mangarajpur, 48. Manipur, 49. Niranjanpur, 50. Ogalapada, 51. Ogarsuan , 52. Padanpur , 53. Pandiabili, 54. Paschimadwarpatana, 55. Patasahanipur, 56. Pitapalli, 57. Podapada, 58. Purusottampur, 59. Ranipur, 60. Rathipur, 61. Rayapurpatana, 62. Samapur, 63. Santarapur, 64. Sathuakera Gopalpur, 65. Seulakhala, 66. Taraboi, 67. Trimal, 68. Uparbasta, 69. Uttarmundamuhan,
जटणी
जटणी - उड़ीसा के खुर्दा जिले में जटणी एक शहर और तहसील है। खुर्दा का रेलवे स्टेशन इसी शहर में स्थित है जो खुर्दा रोड नाम से जाना जाता है। यह सड़क और रेल मार्ग से जुड़ा हुआ है। चेन्नई से कोलकाता जाने वाला राष्ट्रीय मार्ग (NH-5) इसके पास से गुजरता है। उड़ीसा की राजधानी भुवनेश्वर यहां से 22 किलोमीटर और खुर्दा शहर 8 किलोमीटर दूर है। भारतीय रेलवे का यह प्रमुख जंक्शन है। यहां से भुवनेश्वर 19 किलोमीटर पुरी 44 किमी, कलकाता 456 किलोमीटर, मुंबई 1913 किलोमीटर नई दिल्ली 1819 किलोमीटर दूर हैं।
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, 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.
Society & Culture
The population of Jatani consists mostly of Oriya & 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 fervently here.
Transportation and City Access
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 in the state.
It is well connected to all other cities in the state. The NH-5 National Highway(connecting Chennai & Kolkata) runs close to Jatani (around 7 km).The state capital Bhubaneswar is 25 km from here by road.
It is well connected to other cities like Bhubaneswar(19Km), Puri(44Km), Howrah(456Km), MumbaiCST(1913), New Delhi (1819 km), Chennai(1204Km), Hyderabad (1124 km), Bangalore (1606 km) etc by rail. The figures in the bracket indicate the distance from Jatani.
The nearest Airport is at Bhubaneswar, which is 25 km from here.
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 odiya 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.
References
Back to Jat Kingdoms in Ancient India
Back to Orissa