Jharbandh Explained

Jharbandh
Nickname:JRB
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Odisha#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates:21.0611°N 82.7927°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Odisha
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bargarh
Government Type:block
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:265
Population Total:3669
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Odia
Demographics1 Title2:Local
Demographics1 Info2:Sambalpuri
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:768042
Registration Plate:OD17

Jharbandh is a town in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha. Jharbandh comes under the padmapur Vidhan Sabha in Odisha state and is under the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency in India

Geography

Jharbandh is located at . It has an average elevation of 265m (869feet). It is almost 132km (82miles) from its district headquarters, Bargarh. It is about 502km (312miles) from its capital city of Bhubaneshwar.Jharbandh is a block of Padampur subdivision, distance from Jharbandh to Padampur is about 56km (35miles).The area around Jharbandh is rain-fed and hence is prone to frequent droughts. The Gandhamardhan hills is about 32km (20miles) away and forms the borders between Bargarh and Balangir districts. To date, the beautiful locale has not been spoiled by industrialisation, but the per capita income is very low.Nrusinghanath Temple of Gandhamardhan hills is famous in all over the Odisha for lord Nrusingha.

Demographics

India census,[1] Jharbandh had a population of 2200. Jharbandh has a literacy rate of about nearly 61%.

Jharbandh Block

Jharbandh is the Panchayat Samiti headquarters consisting of 14 grampanchayats.[2]

The grampanchayats are:

  1. Bhandarpuri
  2. Dava
  3. Chhotanki
  4. Kurlupali
  5. Bhainsadarha
  6. Amthi
  7. Bilaspur
  8. Chandibhata
  9. Gothuguda
  10. Jagdalpur
  11. Kandadangar
  12. Kumir
  13. Laudidarha
  14. Jharbandh

Politics

Current MLA from Padmapur Assembly Constituency is barsa singh bariha of BJD who won the seat in by-elections in 2023. He was succeeded by Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2009.[3] He also won this seat earlier for BJD in 2000 and for JD in 1995 and in 1990. Other previous MLAs from this seat were Satya Narayan Sahu of INC who won this seat in 2004, in 1985 for INC and in 1980 representing INC(I).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  2. Web site: Odissa.in.
  3. http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?123 ws.ori.nic.in: ola/mlaprofile