Orissa
a maritime province, of Hindustan; on the Bay of Bengal; constituted by the British in 1912 out of the state of Bengal, area, 13,743 square miles, pop. about 5,210,000 and the native states of Bihur and Orissa, area, 28,648 miles. Pop. about 5,200,000. The surface along the shore is in general low and sandy, and in the interior wild and rugged. The inhabitants are composed chiefly of Oorias, the conquerors of the country, and of wild hill tribes. The largest river is the Mahanadi. The chief towns are Cattack, Puri or Juggernauth, and Balasore.