Puri district, 3,922 sq mi (10,159 sq km) in area, comprises a rice-growing alluvial pl.... eastern puri

Puri district, 3,922 sq mi (10,159 sq km) in area, comprises a rice-growing alluvial plain in the east and a forested hilly region crossed by the Eastern Ghats range in the west. The town of Khurda, the divisional headquarters of the Eastern Railway, has an arts college. Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is located in Puri district. Many of the district's people died in the 1866 Orissa famine. eastern puri