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Jaipatna | |
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Town | |
  Jaipatna Location in Odisha, India  Jaipatna Jaipatna (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°28′14″N82°59′50″E / 19.47056°N 82.99722°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Kalahandi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | OD 08 |
| Website | odisha |
Jaipatna is a town in the Kalahandi District in Odisha State. It is surrounded by the Eastern Ghatsrange.
Kalahandi district is a district of Odisha in India.
Mukhiguda is a census town in Kalahandi district in the Indian state of Odisha. Mukhiguda is one of the villages in Jayapatna tehsil. Mukhiguda is 7 km from its tehsil's main town, Jaipatna, is located 87 km from its district's main city, Bhawanipatna, and is located 510 km (320 mi) from its state's main city Bhubaneswar.
Dharamgarh is one of the sub-divisional headquarters in the district of Kalahandi in Odisha, India and it is one of the three Notified Area Councils in Kalahandi. It is also referred as Dharmagarh. Dharamgarh is known as the granary of Kalahandi district. The Dharamgarh sub-division of Kalahandi includes Golamunda, Koksara, Jaipatna, Kalampur, Junagarh and Dharamgarh blocks.
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.
Majursahi(ମଜୁରସାହି )is a village of Koksara Block in Dharmagarh Sub-Division in Kalahandi District of Odisha State. This village comes under Phupagaon Panchayat of Koksara Tahasil in Kalahandi District. It also comes under Kasibahal RI circle. Majursahi is 6.5 km distance from Koksara and 60 km distance from its District Headquarters Bhawanipatna. And about 500 km away from its State Capital Bhubaneswar.Many hundred years ago, majur or mayur (peacock) were seen in this village, so it is named Majursahi.