During XII five year plan(2012-2015), the National Aquifer Mapping Programme (NAQUIM) was taken up for detailed hydrogeological investigation, data-gap analysis and Aquifer Mapping in eleven blocks of Puri district namelyAstaranga, Bramhagiri, Delang, Gop, Kakatpur, Kanas, Krushnaprasad, Nimapara, Pipili, Puri Sadar and Satyabadi covering an area of 3479 sq. Km. The study area lies between North Latitudes 19° 28 and 20° 10 and East Longitude 85° 09 and 86° 25, falling in Survey of India Degree toposheet (1:2,50,000 Scale) numbers 74 E, 73 H, 74I, 73L. It is bounded on the north by Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack district, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by Ganjam district, and on the west by Khurda district.The majority of the population lives in rural areas, and agriculture is the main occupation of the District. Out of each 100 workers in the district, 60 are engaged in the agricultural sector. About 84.3 percent of the population of the district lives in rural areas. The district is well connected by rail and roads and is about 60 km from Bhubaneshwar. All the lock headquarters are connected by metaled roads.