Cuttack

Barabati Fort at Cuttack

Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Odisha in East India. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district.[1] Cuttack is nicknamed the "Millennium City" and the "Silver City".[2] Cuttack has over 1000 years of history, and has a famous silver jewelry works.[2] The High Court of Odisha is located in Cuttack.[3] Cuttack is also called as the commercial capital of Odisha. This is due to the large number of trading and business houses in the city.[4]

Cuttack and Bhubaneswar are often called the Twin-Cities of Odisha.[5] The metropolitan area formed by the two cities has a population of 1.68 million in 2014.[6] Cuttack is a Tier-II city as per the ranking system used by Government of India.[7][8][9]

Cuttack Media

Reference

  1. ↑ Shiv Sharma, India - A Travel Guide (New Delhi: Fusion Books, 2008), p. 331
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Silver City Cuttack (April 16, 2015)The Explorer of Miracles. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ S.Chand; S. Tripathy. History of CuttackDepartment of History, Revenshaw University. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Looking Beyond Tier Landscape. Tier IINASSCOM. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  5. ↑ Newsdesk. With more than 300 Puja Pandals, Durga Puja Celebrations pick up pace in twin cities of Odisha (October 9, 2016)NewsGram. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ Major Agglomerations of the World. City PopulationCity Population, Germany. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  7. ↑ Tier I and Tier II Cities map. Tier II Cities mapmaps of India. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  8. ↑ Tier II and Tier III Cities. Tier II CitiesBusiness Today. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  9. ↑ Growth of Tier II and Tier III Cities. Tier II Cities growthNBM Media. Retrieved 2014-08-24.[dead link]