The study focused to measure the efficiency of District Co-operative banks of Odisha using DEA approach. The efficiency score are calculated under BCC Mode of DEA which is based on the assumption of variable return to scale and DCCBS are ranked accordingly. | Application of data envelopment analysis for measuring financial efficiency of district central cooperative banks International Journal of Management IJM Volume 10 Issue 6 November-December 2019 pp. 161 169 Article ID IJM_10_06_016 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 10 amp IType 6 Journal Impact Factor 2019 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS FOR MEASURING FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY OF DISTRICT CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANKS Chinmaya Kumar Rout Research Scholar Faculty of Management Sciences Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar India Dr. Prafulla Kumar Swain Professor Faculty of Management Sciences Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar India Dr. Manoranjan Dash Associate Professor Faculty of Management Sciences Siksha O Anusandhan Deemed to be University Bhubaneswar India Corresponding Author Email manoranjandash@ ABSTRACT Agriculture being the primary sector of Indian economy now a day s drawn more attention and emphasised has given for the overall development. Efficient credit facilities are essential for the improvement of this sector. Cooperative bank play a vital role in providing the forward as well as backward linkage of agricultural credit to be routed. The study focused to measure the efficiency of District Co-operative banks of Odisha using DEA approach. The efficiency score are calculated under BCC Mode of DEA which is based on the assumption of variable return to scale and DCCBS are ranked accordingly. The findings indicated that majority of DCCB s are efficient where as others found to be inefficient. Keywords Financial Efficiency Cooperative Banks Data Envelopment Analysis Cite this Article Chinmaya Kumar Rout Dr. Prafulla Kumar Swain and Dr. Manoranjan Dash Application of Data Envelopment Analysis for Measuring Financial Efficiency of District Central Cooperative .