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Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 28 states in the Republic of India. Odisha is located in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula and the Bay of Bengal lies to its East while Chhattisgarh shares its border in the west and north-west. The state also shares geographic boundaries with West Bengal in the north-east, Jharkhand in the north and Andhra Pradesh in the south. The state is spread over an area of 1,55,707 km2 and extends for 700 km from north to south and 500 kilometres from east to west. Odisha has a coastline of 574.71 km along the Bay of Bengal. According to a report based on surveys by the National Hydrographic Office (NHO) and Survey of India, the state's coastline length was revised from the earlier estimate of 476.4 km. The state is divided into 30 districts which are further subdivided into 314 blocks called tahasil. Physiographically, Odisha consists of coastal plains, central plateaus, central hilly regions, flood plains, and uplands.