Tigiria is a tehsil (block) of Cuttack district. There are 10 (panchayats) with a total of 50 villages under the Tigiria administrative division.[1]

Tigiria
Block Area
Tigiria Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 20°29′0″N 85°31′0″E
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Cuttack
NAC	Athagad
Named for	Former princely state
Languages
• Official	Odia, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	754030
STD code	06723
Vehicle registration	OD
Ethnicity	Odia people
Climate	Aw (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	45 °C (113 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	10 °C (50 °F)
Website	odisha.gov.in

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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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