Kendrapara

• City

Kendrapara is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of Kendrapara district.GeographyKendrapara is located at. It has an average elevation of 13m. It is surrounded by Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts and Bay of Bengal in the east.The river Luna (a branch of Mahanadi) is flowing out side of Kendrapara district. The other rivers of Kendrapara are Karandia, Gobari, Brahamani, Birupa, Kani, Baitarani, Kharasrota, Paika, Chitrotpala & Hansua. This district has 9 blocks named as Aul, Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, Rajkanika, Pattamundai.TransportKendrapara is 58 km from Cuttack. To reach Kendrapara one can go via Cuttack(Jagatpur)-Salipur state high way or on the National Highway No.16 and 53, crossing at Chandikhol Via Chhata towards Paradip. Kendrapara is just two and half hour drive from Bhubaneswar Airport on the National Highway 16 and State Highway 9A.The Nearest Railway station is at Cuttack which is 54 kilometre from Kendrapara town on State Highway 9A.