Kashinagar is a Town, a NAC and also a Community Development Block Headquarter in

Gajapati district Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi estate and the first Prime ...

in the

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Demographics

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, Kashinagar had a population of 9782. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Kashinagar has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 53%, and female literacy is 34%. In Kashinagar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Road communication, medical, education level to be improved.

Transport

;Road Kashinagar has frequent connectivity of buses to Srikakulam,

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, Temburu, Mukhalingam. ;Rail Kashinagar can be reached by train via the

Naupada Naupada is a village located in Santha Bommali mandal of Srikakulam district near to major town palasa, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is famous for salt fields and called the "Salt Bowl of Andhra Pradesh". It is better known for its railway junction ...

branch line. The railway station is Kashinagar station of

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. It is connected to Howrah-Chennai main line. It has trains to

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, Palasa-Kasibugga,

. ;Air The closest airport is

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situated 185 km from Kashinagar. Bhubaneswar Airport is 305 km away.

References

Cities and towns in Gajapati district {{Gajapati-geo-stub