Paradeep

Paradeep Paradip
Smart Port City Of Odisha
Paradweep
Clockwise from top left: Shri Jagannath Temple, Paradip Port, Paradip Sea Beach, 'I LOVE PARADEEP' sign at Paradip Beach
Nicknames:  Smart Industrial Port City
Paradeep Location in Odisha, India Paradeep Paradeep (India) Paradeep Paradeep (Asia)
Coordinates: 20.316°N 86.610°E / 20.316; 86.610
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Jagatsinghpur
Established	3 January 1962
Founder	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Paradeep Municipality
• Chairman	Sri Basanta Biswal
Area
• Total	105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3.3 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	68,585
• Density	653/km2 (1,690/sq mi)
Demonym	Paradipians
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	754142
Vehicle registration	OD-21 (JAGATSINGHPUR)

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Paradeep, also spelled Paradip (originally Paradweep, also spelled Paradwip), is a major industrial seaport city and municipality, nearly 90 km from Cuttack city, in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradeep was constituted as an NAC on 27 September 1979 and converted into a municipality on 12 December 2002. The nearest commercial airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport.

The municipality comprises five Revenue Villages, namely Udachandrapur, Chauliapalanda, Sandhakuda, Bijayachandrapur, and Bhitaragarh. Given the increasing population and industrialisation, a proposal to include 15 villages (Paradeep, Garh, Niharuni, Niharuni Kandha, Chouki Matha, Udayabata, Nimidiha, Kotakula, Rangiagarh, Nua Sandhakud, Musadiha, Musadiha Jangle, Boitarkuda, Kaudia, Aganaasi, and Nuagarh) was sent to the state H. & U.D. Department in 2007.

Companies established in Paradeep include IFFCO, Paradeep Phosphates Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum, Numaligarh Refinery Limited and Goa Carbon Limited.