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Tigiria

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Country
  
India

NAC
  
Athagad

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area code
  
06723

Avg. winter temperature
  
10 °C (50 °F)

State
  
Odisha

Named for
  
Former princely state

PIN
  
754030

Avg. summer temperature
  
45 °C (113 °F)

District
  
Cuttack

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Durga puja celebration 2015 at nuapatna tigiria cuttack


Tigiria is a tehsil (block) of Cuttack district. There are 10 (panchayats) with a total of 50 villages under the Tigiria administrative division.

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Map of Tigiria, Odisha 754030

Tigiria is part of the Athagarh Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency which includes as well Athagad, Athagarh block and 5 Gram panchayats (Kakhadi, Sankarpur, Badasamantarapur, Mangarajpur and Brahmapur) of Tangi-Chowdwar block.

History

During the British Raj era, Tigiria was the capital of Tigiria State. It was one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency and the most densely populated one.

References

Tigiria Wikipedia