Padampur (also known as Padmapur) is a town and a

notified area A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, ...

Bargarh district Bargarh District is an administrative district of Odisha state in eastern India. The city of Bargarh is its district headquarters. The district was carved out of the erstwhile district of Sambalpur on 1 April 1993. History In ancient times ...

in the

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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 ...

Geography

Padmapur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is almost from its district headquarters,

Bargarh Bargarh is a city and municipality in Bargarh district in the state of odisha in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bargarh District. Bargarh is popularly known for intensive cultivation of 'paddy', therefore called "Bhata Handi" o ...

. It is about from its capital city of Bhubaneshwar.

Demographics

India

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, Padampur had a population of 15,438. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Padampur has an average literacy rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Padampur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

MLA from Padmapur Assembly Constituency was Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2019. He died on 3 October, 2022. Padampur used to be part of

Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency covers the whole Sambalpur district and parts of Deogarh and Angul districts. Assembly segments B ...

.Now, it comes under Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency, which is now represented by Suresh Pujari, BJP.

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Bargarh district