Angul (also known as Anugul) is a city,
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
and the headquarters of
Angul district
Angul district; also known as Anugul, is one of the list of districts of Odisha, thirty districts of Odisha in eastern India. The city of Angul is the district headquarters of Angul district. A major industrial hub of the state, the district h ...
in the state of
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
, India. Angul has an average elevation of above sea level and total area of 6232 km
2.
Geography
Angul is located at . It has an average elevation of above sea level.
The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km
2. It terms of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.
Demographics
As of the
2011 Census of India, Angul had a population of 44,390. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Angul has an average literacy rate of 77.53%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. About 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 3 government high schools present for Odia
medium education. A Sishu Vidya Mandir and two
Kendriya Vidyalaya Angul Schools are there for children.
Politics
In the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and vote ...
,
Mahesh Sahoo (BJD) won from
Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).
In Loksabha general election 2014, Nagendra Pradhan (BJD) and Tathagat Satpathy (BJD) were elected from Sambalpur and Dhenkanal loksabha constituency respectively.
Angul is part of
Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).
The current
MLA from
Angul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) is Rajanikant Singh of
BJD who was elected in the
2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the p ...
and subsequently elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the assembly. He won the seat in State elections of 2004, 2009, and 2014. His father Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as a BJD candidate, in 1990 as
JD candidate and in 1977 as
JNP candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena of
INC in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980.
Girija Nandini Sahoo of BJD was President of Zilla Parishad, Angul from 2012 to 2017.
Climate
Angul has been ranked 6th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.
References
External links
Official Website
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Cities and towns in Angul district