Introduction

Passport Office, Bhubaneswar was set up in 1979 to provide passport service to the people residing in Odisha. It caters to 34 districts. With the functioning of the office, thousands of people of the state have been able to obtain passport to go abroad for employment, studies, business, attending meetings, seminars, sports, medical treatments etc. The number of passport seekers have grown steadily to 50,000 in the year 2010 from few hundreds in 1979.

Office Address Passport Office Contact Details

A-119 Unit-VIII, Nayapalli,

front of CBI Office, Bhubaneswar,

Odisha-751012

Voice: 0674 2563855, 2564470, 2563860

Fax: 0674-2564460

E-mail: rpo.bbsr@nic.in

Jurisdiction

Angul, Balangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Behrampur, Bhadrak, Bhubaneswar Urban, Boudh, Cuttack Rural, Cuttack Urban, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghapur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Kendujhar, Khordha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawaranpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Sundargarh.

List of Officers Name Designation Mr. R. Chattopadhyay Regional Passport Officer List of Holidays *
Date Holiday
04/01/2015 Mailad-Un-Nabi or Id-E-milad
06/03/2015 Holi
02/04/2015 Mahavir Jayanti
03/04/2015 Good Friday
14/04/2015 Ambedkar Jayanti
04/05/2015 Buddha Purnima
18/07/2015 Eid-Ul-Fitr
17/09/2015 Vinayaka Chaturthi(Ganesha Chaturthi)
25/09/2015 Eid-Ul-Zuha (Bakrid)
21/10/2015 Dussehra (Maha Ashtami)
22/10/2015 Dussehra (Vijay Dashmi)
24/10/2015 Muharram
11/11/2015 Diwali (Deepavali)
25/11/2015 Gurunanak's Birthday
25/12/2015 Christmas Day
 

* Note: In addition, Passport Office will be closed on National Holidays i.e. Republic Day (26th January), Independence Day (15th August) and Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October).