Paikmal is a town in

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 Indian state of

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Geography

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

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. It is about from its capital city of

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. Paikmal is a

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of Padampur subdivision, distance from Paikmal to Padampur is about .One can reach Pailmal from padampur bargarh district

Demographics

India

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, Paikmal had a population of 3916. Male population was 2027 and female population was 1889, this is little low to compare with males population. Paikmal has an literacy rate about nearly 61%.

Politics

Current MLA from

Padmapur Padampur (also known as Padmapur) is a town and a notified area in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha. Geography Padmapur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is almost from its district headquarters, Bargarh. It is ...

Assembly Constituency is Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha of BJD. The former MLA from Padampur Assembly Constituency was Pradeep Purohit of

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from 2014 till 2018. ws.ori.nic.in: ola/mlaprofile
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References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Bargarh district