Chandikhole
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| Vehicle registration | OD-04 |
| Nearest city | Jajpur |
| Website | jajapur |
Chandikhole is a place and Notified Area Council in
Jajpur district, Odisha, India. The place has been named after Goddess "Chandi" worshipped by late monk Baba Bhairabananda Bramhachari who established the deity of Maa Chandi in one of the adjoining hills of Barunei full of dense forest and ferocious animals in 1932. Chandikhol has been selected for the establishment of one of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (India) location.[1]
Geography
It is located in the Jajpur District of Odisha.
Location
Chandikhole is one of the end points of
National Highway 200, the other end being Raipur. National Highway 16
passes through Chandikhole.
Nearest airport is Biju Patnaik Airport at Bhubaneswar, which is at a distance of about 70 km. It is an extremely strategic location in terms of commerce as it acts as a junction between Kalinganagar, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Paradeep.
The nearest town is Jaraka which is 12 km away from this place.
See also
References
- ^ "India to build two more strategic petroleum reserves: Piyush Goyal". The Economic Times.