Khordha district is an administrative division of the state of Odisha, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993, by the division of the former Puri District into Puri, Khordha, and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000, the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town. The economy is run by Brass utensils cottage industries, Cable factories, Spinning mills, Watch repairing factories, Railway coach repairing factories, Oil Industries, Coca-Cola bottling plants, and Small metal industries.