This Urban Local Body was constituted  on 8^th Dec 1988. This ULB is located in Kendrapara Dist. having  longitude 86° 34′ and latitude 20° 33′ of Odisha state. The geographical area of this ULB is 24 sq. kms having 37527 population as per census 2011.

This ULB is subdivide in to 20 Political wards having 17 revenue villages for providing better administration to the public.

The river Brahmani is passing by the side of this ULB and flood water of this river has been inundating over 50% geographical area of this ULB every year. This ULB also comes under the purview of cyclonic zone. So the residence of this ULB suffer a lot due to natural calamity every year.