Odisha, formerly Orissa, is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third-largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. It neighbours the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Odisha has a coastline of 485 kilometres (301 mi) along the Bay of Bengal in Indian Ocean. The region is also known as Utkaḷa and is mentioned by this name in India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. The language of Odisha is Odia, which is one of the Classical Languages of India.
Kalahandi district is a district of western Odisha in India.
Nuapada district is an area of Odisha state in India. Nuapada town is the headquarters of the district. It has one subdivision: Nuapada, and five blocks: Khariar, Sinapali, Boden, Komna, and Nuapada. Nuapada District has three Notified Area Councils: Khariar, Khariar Road, and Nuapada, six tehsils and more villages such as Gandabahali, Tukla, Hatibandha, Duajher, Bargaon, Tarbod, Udyanbandh, and Larka.
Bhawanipatna is a city and the headquarter of Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha, India. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar, and Patna, which means "place" in Odia.
Kesinga is a town and a notified area committee in Kalahandi district in the Indian state of Odisha, near India's east coast. It is also called the gate to Kalahandi. Kesinga is rich in agriculture, small industries, and start-ups as well.
Junagarh is a town and a notified area council in Kalahandi district in the Indian state of Odisha. MLA of Junagarh is Captain Divya Shankar Mishra. It was the capital of the former state of Kalahandi. Junagarh is 26 km from Bhawanipatna, connecting National Highway 201.This highway recently has been termed as National Highway 26.
Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.
Bhubaneswar Behera was an engineer, writer and scholar from the Kalahandi district of Odisha.
Balsi is a village in Kesinga Block Kalahandi district in the India state of Odisha, near the east coast of India. This Village belongs to Odisha.
The history of Kalahandi goes back to the primitive period where a well-civilized, urbanized, and cultured people inhabited this land mass around 2000 years ago. The world's largest celt of Stone Age and the largest cemetery of the megalithic age have been discovered in Kalahandi. This shows the region had a civilized culture since the pre-historic era. Asurgarh near Narla in Kalahandi was one of the oldest metropolises in Odisha whereas the other one was Sisupalgarh near Bhubaneswar. Some other historical forts in the region includes Budhigarh, Amthagarh, Belkhandi and Dadpur-Jajjaldeypur. This land was unconquered by the great Ashoka, who fought the great Kalinga War, as per Ashokan record. In medieval period the region had played a prominent role to link South India, Eastern India and Central India region and witnessed the battle ground for Somavamsi, Chola, Kalachuris of Kalyani and Eastern Ganga dynasty. Kalahandi region was the main route for Chola to attack Subarnapur.
Behera(; is a hill town and Gram Panchayat of Dharamgarh Tehsil. It is 20 km from Dharamgarh and 14 km from Athara-Nala forest. Behera Dam is situated nearby which is 18 km from the village. This small hill town is surrounded by forests and is situated nearly to a very well known tourist place Dokrichanchra of Kalahandi. Behera is 65 km distance from its District Main City Bhawanipatna, and 560 km distance from its State Capital Bhubaneswar.
Golamunda is a town and a block in Golamunda Tehsil, Kalahandi, Odisha. Golamunda is 58 km from its district main city Bhawanipatna and 500 km from its state main city Bhubaneswar. Dharamgarh is the sub-divisional headquarters of Golamunda block.
Bhawanipatna is classified as one of the major tourist destinations by the tourism Department of Government of Odisha. All the tourist attraction in Kalahandi region comes under Bhawanipatna jurisdiction. Though tourist potential of Kalahandi has not been exploited optimally due to poor marketing, political negligence and infrastructure development, the land is very rich in terms of water fall, forest and wild life, natural and scenic beauty, tribal life, mountains, agriculture field, historical sites and handicrafts. The best time to visit Kalahandi region is from October to March. April–June is hard Summer and the mercury may rise to 45 degree C and June to August is the Monsoon Season. It occasionally rains in September, but do not miss the great festival like Nuakhai in September and Dassara in end of September or early October. Beginning of Dessara marks the pleasant weather condition till the celebration of Chaitra in February/March.
Kalampur is a town in the Dharamgarh sub-division of the Kalahandi district in India's Odisha State. The town is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the district's main city Bhawanipatna, and 430 kilometres (270 mi) from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
Koksara is one of the Town in Dharamgarh sub-division in Kalahandi District in Odisha State. This town and Gram Panchayat comes under Kokasara Tehsil in Kalahandi District. Kokasara is 57 km distance from its District Main City Bhawanipatna and 484 km distance from its State Main City Bhubaneswar. Smt Rita Agrawal is the Chairperson of Koksara Block, Sri Tribhuban Naik is the PS member from Koksara GP and Sri Kishor Chandra Pradhani is the Sarapanch of Koksara Gram Panchyat.
Dharmagarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha.
TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited (TPWODL) is a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha with the majority stake being held by The Tata Power Company Limited (51%). The Discom TPWODL serves a population of 88 lacs with a customer base of more than 21 lacs. It has a vast distribution area in the Western part of Odisha covering 48,373 km2 across nine revenue districts of Odisha such as Bargarh, Bolangir, Debagarh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Sambalpur Sonepur and Sundergarh. It procures power from Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) at 33KV at various supply points and maintains extensive 33KV, 11KV and LT overhead networks for distribution of electric supply over its entire area of operation. For making reliable power supply, along with prompt service to its consumers, this power distribution company in Odisha has divided its area of power distribution into 5 Circles and 17 Divisions as under: -
Kalahandi Utsav also called "Kalahandi Utsav Ghumara" is an annual exhibition or festival celebrated along with district administration in Bhawanipatna and Dharamgarh of Kalahandi District in the Indian state of Odisha. Kalahandi Utsav is a platform to encourage, motivate and showcase the art, culture, music, drama, literature, handy crafts of Odisha globally.
Sujeet Kumar is an Indian politician of the Biju Janata Dal party and a Member of Parliament (MP), representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha(The Council of States or The Upper House), since 2020. He is also a Lawyer and trained Arbitrator, and practicing in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and Tribunals. He is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha, one of the youngest ever to chair a Parliamentary Committee. He earlier served as the Advisor, in the rank of Chief Secretary, to the Special Development Council (SDC) of Government of Odisha and as the Special Secretary of Odisha State Planning Board, very senior policy planning positions with Government of Odisha.
Mousadhi Bag is a politician from Odisha in India. He is currently serving as Member of Legislative Assembly of Dharmagarh after being elected in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.
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