• BRAJA BIHARI PANDA
• MURALIDHAR MAJHI

The present paper analyses the district level regional disparities in status of agricultural Odisha with a special reference to Western Odisha Development Council region.The analysis of the study bring out by altering and merging the associated data with nine prominent indicators by the using the Sudarshan Iyengar Methodology. Beta distribution has been devised for categorization of district into four categories viz. developed, developing, backward and very backward. The major findings of this study that majority of district of Western Odisha Development Council region along with a few from southern district are languishing in utter backwardness in comparison to their counter part of Coastal Odisha or the twin city of Cuttack – Bhubaneswar and its surrounding district. Results clearly revealed large regional disparities in the level of agricultural status among the district of Odisha.

Backward region development, Agricultural Disparity, Composite Index, Sudarshan Iyengar Methodology, Beta Distribution.

"Regional disparities in Agriculture: A District level mapping analysis of Odisha (with special reference to WODC)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.315-323, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M39.pdf

"Regional disparities in Agriculture: A District level mapping analysis of Odisha (with special reference to WODC)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp315-323, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M39.pdf