Khandapada (also spelt as Khandapara) is a town and a

notified area committee A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Nayagarh district Nayagarh district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in eastern India. It was created in 1st April 1993 when the erstwhile Puri District was split into three distinct districts, namely Khordha, Nayagarh and Puri. The district is borde ...

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 ...

. It is located in the valley of nine mountains.

Geography

Khandapada is located at . It has an average elevation of .

History

During the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

era, Khandapada was the capital of

Khandpara State Khandpara State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was located in present-day Nayagarh district, Odisha. The state was bounded in the north by the Mahanadi River. The main town was Kantilo, but the ...

. It was one of several

princely states A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

of the

Eastern States Agency The Eastern States Agency was an agency or grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of the Indian Empire. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agen ...

. The instrument of accession to the Indian Union was signed by the last ruler of the state on 1 January 1948.Khandpara Princely State - "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 247
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Demographics

India

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, Khandapada had a population of 8754. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Khandapada has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 67%. In Khandapada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Shri Soumya Ranjan Patnaik is a member of 16th Assembly of Odisha (2019 - 2024) elected from Khandapada assembly constituency.Previously Anubhav Patnaik son of late Arun Pattanaik who won the seat in the state election in 2014. MLA from Khandapada Assembly Constituency is BJD candidate Siddharth Singh, who won the seat in State elections in 2009. Bibhuti Bhushan Singh Mardaraj of INC won this seat in 1995, 1985 and also in 1980 as an independent candidate. Arun Kumar Pattanaik of JD won this seat in 1990 and Satyasundar Mishra won it in 1977 as independent candidate. Khandapada is now part of

Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency) Cuttack Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India. Assembly Segments Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parlia ...

Education

· Pathani Samanta (Degree) College, Khandapara · Women's (Degree) College, Khandapara · Nilamadhab (Degree) Mahavidyalaya, Kantilo · Prahallad (Degree) Mahavidyalaya, Padmavati · Balunkeswar Dev Anchalik (Degree) College, Bhapur · R.C HIGH SCHOOL, KHANDAPADA · GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, KHANDAPADA

Khandapada Block Panchayat List

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Nayagarh district