PROFILE, KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRA PURI
1. Name of the KVK: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Puri
2. Full postal and telecommunication address: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Puri
At/Po-Sakhigopal, In front of Block Office,
Dist- Puri, Pin – 752014, Odisha Land line- 06752273960,
Email- kvkpuri.ouat@gmail.com
3. Date of establishment of KVK: 6th July 2006
4. The socio-economic and technological profile of agriculture in area of
Responsibility of the KVK
Puri district is a coastal district on the eastern part of Odisha, India. This district needs no introduction, being the abode of Lord Vishnu, most popularly known as Lord Jagannath Dham. This district derives its name from the heritage city of Puri, one of the four major pilgrimage centres of India. It covers an area of 3479 sq. km having 155 km as its coast line along with the bay of Bengal.
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The District may be divided into two dissimilar natural divisions - the Littoral tract and the Level alluvial tract. It is located at 19’ 28 N Latitude 26’ 35 N, 84’ 29 E. Longitude 86’ 25 E. The district is surrounded by Jagatsinghpur in north, west by Khordha, east by bay of Bengal and south by Ganjam. There is good network connectivity with length of 8979 kilometres road and railway network of 42 kilometres. |