Madanpur Rampur | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Odisha#India |
Coordinates: | 20.1953°N 83.5183°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kalahandi |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Population Total: | 80524 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 87.40 % |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
Postal Code Type: | Pincode |
Postal Code: | 766102[1] |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06676[2] |
Leader Title: | Block Development Officer |
Leader Name: | Uttam Bag, [OAS] |
Madanpur Rampur or M. Rampur is one of the towns in Bhawanipatna sub-division [3] in Kalahandi District in Odisha State. This town is maintaining 55 km distance from its District main city Bhawanipatna and 410 km far from its State capital Bhubaneswar.
In 1852 when the British entered Kharonde (Kalahandi) by that time Kharonde was in two parts. One part was known as Kharonde Dependency (from Junagarh to Asurgarh, Narla) and another was Mudunpoor Kharonde6 (Madanpur Kharonda from Narla to river Tel in the North of Kalahandi). Madanpur-Kharonda was independent in nature, the land of temples, forts and rivers. The rivers were highway by that time for trade and communication7. As per Global Positioning System (GPS) Madanpur-Rampur is situated at the altitude of 1136 ft from the sea level to the North-0190.45.942, East-0830.10.002. Kalahandi was a portion of Tri–Kalinga which had extended from Godavari in the south to river Tel and Toshala in the north along the eastern border of Kalinga and the western border of Dahalas and south Koshala.