The
head of the state is a Governor
appointed by the President of India.
The actual administration is conducted
by a council of Ministers, headed
by a Chief Minister and responsible
to the elected legislature, which
consists of only one chamber elected
at intervals of not more than five
years through universal adult suffrage.
There
are 30 districts: Anugul, Balasore,
Baragarh, Bhadrak, Bolangir, Boudh,
Cuttack, Jajpur,Deogarh, Dhenkanal,
Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur,
Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal,
Kendrapara, Keonjhar. and
Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanja,
Nawarangapur, Nayagarh, Nuapada,
Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur,Sundargarh:
grouped into three revenue divisions,
each under a Divisional Commissioner.
A board of Revenue is in charge
of Revenue Administration. The District
Administration is conducted by a
Deputy Commissioner who is also
the District Magist
Each district has a Superintendent
of Police. The districts have divided
into Tahsils, each having a Tahasildar
as its Revenue Officer. Tahsils
comprise groups of villages, administrated
by Panchayats (village Councils)
to which villagers elect their representatives.
A sarpancha (elected President)
heads the Panchyat. The system represents
a democratic decentralization of
power for the benefit of the rural
population. The towns are administrated
by Municipalities. |