Boudh is a town and a
Notified Area Council in
Boudh district
Boudh District is an administrative and a municipal district, one of the thirty in the Odisha, India. The district headquarters of the Boudh District is the city of Boudh.
History
The early history of Boudh is uncertain. The discovery of Bu ...
in the state of
Odisha,
India. It is the district headquarters of Boudh district. It is located on the bank of
Mahanadi, the largest river of the state of Odisha.
Geography
Boudh is located at .
Demographics
India
census, Baudhgarh had a population of 20,424. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Baudhgarh has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Current
MLA from Boudh Assembly Constituency is
Pradip Kumar Amat
Pradip Kumar Amat (born 18 October 1952) is the former finance minister of Odisha, India
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, also Speaker in State
Legislative Assembly Odisha. He was also the finance minister of
Odisha for some period of time after he won 2014 election and then he was changed to speaker now. He was previously also a speaker in 2009–2014. He won the seat in State elections of 2014,2009, 2004 of
BJD and also in 2000 as an independent candidate. Previous MLAs from this seat include Sachidananda Dalal of
JD who won this seat in 1995 and 1990, Sujit Kumar Padhi of
INC
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in 1985, Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi of INC(I) in 1980, and Natabar Pradhan of
JNP in 1977.
Boudh is part of
Phulbani (Lok Sabha constituency)
Phulbani Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Orissa state in eastern India till 2008.
Assembly segments
Assembly segments which constituted this parliamentary constituency were Bhanjanagar, Balliguda, Uday ...
.
See also
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Baudh State
Baudh State, also known as Boudh State, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was recognized as a state in 1874 and had its capital in Boudh town. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union ...
References
Bibliography
* Bailey, F. G. (1963). ''Politics and Social Change in Orissa''. Berkeley:
University of California Press.
* Pasayat, C. (1998), ''Tribe, Caste and Folkculture'', Jaipur/New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
* Pasayat, C. (2003), ''Glimpses of Tribal and Folkculture'', New Delhi: Anmol Pub. Pvt. Ltd.
* Pasayat, C. (2007), ''Tribe, Caste and Society'', New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
* Pasayat, C. (2007), ''History of Tribal Society and Culture'', New Delhi: Zenith Books International.
* Pasayat, C. (2007), ''Tribal Non-tribal Divide: Myth and Reality'', Bhubaneswar.
* Pasayat, C. (2008), ''Oral Tradition, Society and History'', New Delhi: Mohit Publications.
* Pasayat, C. (2008), ''Paschima Odisara Lokageeta'' (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Folklore Foundation.
* Pasayat, C. and Sudam Naik (2008), ''Subarnapur Darbari Sahitya'' (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Gyanajuga Publications.
* Parishada, O. S. (1995). ''Studies in Buddhism''. Institute of Orissan Culture.
External links
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{{Municipalities of Odisha
Cities and towns in Boudh district