Kakatpur
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Kakatpur (काकटपुर) is a tahsil town of Puri district in Odisha, India.
Variants
Location
According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Kakatpur village is 409140. Kakatpur village is located in Kakatpur Tehsil of Puri district in Odisha, India. It is situated 1km away from sub-district headquarter Kakatpur and 50km away from district headquarter Puri. As per 2009 stats, Kakatpur village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 252 hectares. Kakatpur has a total population of 3,722 peoples. There are about 819 houses in Kakatpur village. Nimapada is nearest town to Kakatpur which is approximately 20km away. [1]
Jat clans
Following Jat clans have similarity with places shown in bold in this tahsil/block. There is need to further research this correlation.
History
List of Villages in Kakatpur tahsil
1. Ajamapur 2. Anantapur 3. Asaraphipur 4. Badakusti 5. Badaolangar 6. Bagal 7. Bajapur 8. Balara 9. Bangurigram 10. Bania 11. Belarijhatia 12. Bhandagarh 13. Bhandisahi 14. Bibhutipur 15. Bodaraula 16. Chheliberuhan 17. Chhotarapur 18. Deuli 19. Furusipada 20. Garanayarchhara 21. Gokulpur 22. Gopikantapur 23. Haladibasanta 24. Haridaspur 25. Hasinipur 26. Itapada 27. Jaleswarpada 28. Jiola 29. Jiunti 30. Kahal 31. Kajalpatia 32. Kakatpur 33. Kandalpur 34. Kania 35. Kansilo 36. Kantapada 37. Karuna 38. Katakana 39. Kendrapati 40. Kerandiapal 41. Khandasahi 42. Kiakani 43. Kuapada 44. Kundeswar 45. Kundhei 46. Kurujanga 47. Lataharan 48. Mahadebbasta 49. Mulagarh 50. Murudabada 51. Naiguan 52. Naranpur 53. Naruasankareswar 54. Nasikeswar 55. Ostapur 56. Othaka 57. Patapur 58. Patasundarpur 59. Pateligaon 60. Phanaphana 61. Praharajapur 62. Ratagarh 63. Runkei 64. Sadansha 65. Sadenga 66. Sahubuda 67. Samia 68. Sanaolangar 69. Sankusti 70. Sarangadharpur 71. Somanathapur 72. Srichandanpur 73. Sriramapur 74. Suhagpur 75. Suhanpur 76. Tarat 77. Taya 78. Tentulia 79. Tikarpada 80. Tulamal 81. Udayapur
Shrine of Goddess Mangala
Kakatpur: Kakatpur is famous for the Shrine of Goddess Mangala situated on the bank of Prachi River. The present temple dates back to the 15th century A.D and the deity belongs to the 9th century A.D. Goddess Mangala sits in Lalitasana on a double lotus pedestal. The mother Goddess is Surrounded by a host of ParswaDevatas. Ritualistically Mangala is related with Navakalebar of Lord Jagannath of Puri. The belief is that She gives direction for locating the holy log which forms the icon of the Lord at the time of Navakalebar.JhamuYatra is the famous festival at Kakatpur which generally falls in the month of Chaitra (April) . On this occasion a large no. of Visitors gather at Kakatpur to witness the miracles of fire walking Prasad Sevanat the Temple.[2]