Nabarangpur | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Odisha#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Odisha, India |
Coordinates: | 19.23°N 82.55°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nabarangpur |
Established Date: | 2 October 1992 |
Leader Title1: | Member of Parliament |
Leader Name1: | Ramesh Chandra Majhi, (BJD) |
Leader Name2: | Sadashiv Pradhani, (BJD) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 557 |
Population Total: | 69,307 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Odia |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 764059 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06858 |
Registration Plate: | OD 24 |
Nabarangpur is a town and municipality in Nabarangapur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of Nabarangpur district.
India census,[1] Nabarangapur had a population of 12,20,946. Males constitute 49.53% of the population and 50.47% are females.
Nabarangpur has an average literacy rate of 82.4%, higher than the national average of 74.0%.
Nabarangpur is often referred to as the land of Late Sadhashiv Tripathy the erstwhile chief minister of Odisha and a freedom fighter. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms first in 1951 then in 1957, 1961, and 1967. He served as the revenue minister of Odisha for a long time. He served as the Chief Minister of Odisha between 1965 February 21 to 1967 March 8.Habibulla Khan of INC was elected as the MLA from Nabarangpur Assembly Constituency in 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004. He represented INC(I) in the 1980 elections. The current MLA is Sadasiva Pradhani of (BJD) who was elected in 2019.Jagannath Tripathy, a freedom fighter was also the MLA of Nabarangpur.[2]