Cuttack
second largest city of Odisha
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]
Barabati Fort at Cuttack
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]
Reference change
- ↑ Shiv Sharma, India - A Travel Guide (New Delhi: Fusion Books, 2008), p. 331
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Silver City Cuttack". The Explorer of Miracles. April 16, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ S.Chand; S. Tripathy. "History of Cuttack". Department of History, Revenshaw University. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Looking Beyond Tier Landscape". Tier II. NASSCOM. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ Newsdesk (October 9, 2016). "With more than 300 Puja Pandals, Durga Puja Celebrations pick up pace in twin cities of Odisha". NewsGram. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". City Population. City Population, Germany. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ↑ "Tier I and Tier II Cities map". Tier II Cities map. maps of India. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ "Tier II and Tier III Cities". Tier II Cities. Business Today. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ↑ "Growth of Tier II and Tier III Cities". Tier II Cities growth. NBM Media. Retrieved 2014-08-24.[permanent dead link]