What is "jatani"

Jatani or Jatni or Khurda Road is a town and a major sub-urban area of Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha. It is also a municipality in Khordha district in the Indian state of Odisha. Jatni,also known as Khurda Road Junction in Indian Railways parlance, acts as an important railway junction between the main railroads running between Kolkata to Chennai, with diversions to the Hindu pilgrimage city of Puri, and also with another diversion to the vast tribal hinterland of Odisha. It has emerged as a commercial hub with a number of educational and other institutions. Jatni is famous for its celebration of the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and lots of people gather here during the festival.

Jatani (Sl. No.: 115) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district, Odisha, India.

This constituency includes Jatani, Jatani block and 6 Gram panchayats (Gadahaladia, Keranga, Malipur, Tangiapada, Pubusahi and Nalipada-Arjunpur) of Khurda block and 3 GPs (Chandaka, Darutheng, Andharua, Paikerapur, Mendhasal, Tamando, Nanput, Kantabad and Patrapada) of Bhubaneswar block.