Angul (also known as Anugul) is a town and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

and the headquarters of Angul district in the state of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

, India. Angul has an average elevation of above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km². From the point of view of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha. Statue of B

Geography

Angul is located at . It has an average elevation of above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km². From the point of view of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...

, Angul had a population of 44,390. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Anugul has an average literacy rate of 77.53%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. About 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are almost 3-4 Government High Schools are present for Odia Medium Education. Although, A Sishu Vidya Mandir and two Kendriya Vidyalaya Angul Schools are there for children.

Politics

In the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

Mahesh Sahoo Mahesh Sahoo is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Dhenkanal, Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a re ...

(BJD) won from

Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency) Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. Assembly segments After delimitation of Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency, the seven legislative assembly segments which ...

. In Loksabha general election 2014, Nagendra Pradhan (BJD) and Tathagat Satpathy (BJD) were elected from Sambalpur and Dhenkanal loksabha constituency respectively. Angul is part of

. The current MLA from

Angul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Angul (also known as Anugul) is a town and a municipality and the headquarters of Angul district in the state of Odisha, India. Angul has an average elevation of above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. ...

is Rajanikant Singh of BJD who is elected in

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2019, along with the 2019 Indian general election. The term of the assembly elected in 2014 had expired on 24 May 2019. The incumbent Biju Janata Dal headed by Chief Minister Na ...

and subsequently elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the assembly. He won the seat in State elections of 2004, 2009, and 2014. His father Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as a BJD candidate, in 1990 as JD candidate and in 1977 as JNP candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena of INC in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980. Girija Nandini Sahoo of BJD is the current President Zilla Parishad, Angul. She will hold the post from 2012 to 2017.odishapanchayat.gov.in/download/ZP_Presidents2012-2017.pdf

Climate

References

External links

Official Website
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Angul district