Kamakhyanagar is a town (
NAC) and a subdivision in
Dhenkanal district
Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha in Eastern India.
Geography
Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located districts in Odisha. It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude: 20° 29 ...
in the Indian
state
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Odisha
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. It is located 37 km north of Dhenkanal.
Demographics
As of 2011 India
census
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, Kamakhyanagar had a population of 16,810. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kamakhyanagar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy in the city is 81%, and female literacy is 65%. In Kamakhyanagar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Current
MLA from Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency is Sj. Prafulla Kumar Mallik of
BJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2004. Previous MLAs from this seat were: Brahmananda Biswal of BJD in 2000, Kailash Chandra Mohapatra who won in 1995 as
INC
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and as INC(I) candidate in 1980, and Prasanna Kumar Pattanayak who won as
JD candidate in 1990 and as
BJP
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candidate in 1985 and as
JNP candidate in 1977 .
Kamakhyanagar is part of
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 ...
.
See also
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Dhenkanal District
Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha in Eastern India.
Geography
Dhenkanal district is one of the centrally located districts in Odisha. It lies between Longitude: 85° 58' to 86° 2' East and Latitude: 20° 29 ...
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Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India.
Geography
Dhenkanal is at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet).
Demographics
As per the 2011 India census, Dhenkanal had a p ...
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Dhenkanal (princely state)
Dhenkanal State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state is now referred to as Dhenkanal district, Odisha, with Dhenkanal town as its district headquarters.
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References
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Cities and towns in Dhenkanal district