Dharakote

Dharakote
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Dharakote Location of Dharakote in Orissa and India
Coordinates	19°23′N 84°20′E / 19.38°N 84.34°E / 19.38; 84.34Coordinates: 19°23′N 84°20′E / 19.38°N 84.34°E / 19.38; 84.34
Country	India
State	Orissa
District(s)	Ganjam
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 30 metres (98 ft)

Dharakote (Oriya: ଧରାକୋଟ), famous for Lord Sri Jagannath temple, is a block in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Orissa. It is located about 12 km north-west of the river Rishikulya ASKA, Ganjam. It is just 55 km from Silk City Brahmapur,Orissa . Pincode of Dharakote is 761107

Administratively it consisted of three subdivisions: Jahada with 85 villages, Kunanogada with 37 villages and Sahasrango with 66 villages

Jagannath Temple

Dharakote is famous for Lord Sri Jagannath temple. The jagannath temple looks similar to Puri Temple and Ekadasi Cart festival is famous in local people.

Jagannath Temple

Jagannath Temple

Geography

Dharakote is located at 19°23′N 84°20′E / 19.38°N 84.34°E / 19.38; 84.34.^[1] NH-217 (Gopalpur-Raipur) is passing through this city

Schools & Colleges

• Sri rajas high schoo(Simanchal)
• A.N Mahavidyalya
• Kishore Ch. Girls High School

Villages of Dharakote

1. Baharpur
2. Balarampur
3. Baradabili
4. Dharakote
5. Dhaugam
6. Golla Damodarpalli
7. Jaga Mohan
8. Jahada
9. Jhadabandha
10. Jharapari
11. Machhakot
12. Manikyapur
13. Mundamarai
14. Rugumu
15. Salia
16. Saradhapur
17. Sungipur

street of Dharakote Badadanda street kothari street bazar street Majhi sahi(Basanta) Swain street(Simanchal)

List Of Rajas

• Raja HADU SINGH 1476-1540
• Raja RAI SINGH 1540-1602
• Raja NARAYAN SINGH 1602-1647
• Raja PURUSHOTTAM SINGH 1647-1699
• Raja RAM CHANDRA SINGH 1699-1731
• Raja JAI SINGH 1731-1748
• Raja RAJENDRA SINGH 1748-1780
• Raja DAMODAR SINGH 1780
• Raja KRUSHNA SINGH 1780-1788
• Raja JAGANATH SINGH 1788-1830
• Raja RAGHUNATH SINGH 1830-1863
• Raja BRAJA SUNDAR SINGH 1863-1880
• Raja MADAN MOHAN SINGH DEO 1880-1937
• Raja BRAJKISHORE SINGH DEO 1937-1938
• Raja PADMANABH SINGH DEO 1946-1949
• Raja ANANT NARAYAN SINGH Deo 1974/2003
• Raja KISHORE CHANDRA SINGH Deo
• Rani Sulakhyana Gitanjali Devi
• Raja Jagnath Singh (died in 1938 and end of the dev royal family and finally take over the power of governance by thr Britishers).

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dharakote

DHARAKOTE (Zamindari)