It is also the largest national park in Odisha at 845.70 square km ... The core of Similipal that consisted of six villages - Jamunagada, Kabatghai, Bakua, Barahkamuda and Bahaghar - posed ...

BHUBANESWAR: Despite a plethora of welfare schemes and diversion of maximum funds to panchayats to strengthen village economy, rural Odisha continues to face financial hardship with the state ...