Sindhekela is a town and a Notified Area Council in

Balangir district Balangir District, also called Bolangir District, is a district situated in Odisha state of India. The district has an area of , and a population of 1,648,997 (2011 census). The town of Balangir is the district headquarters. The composition of t ...

in the

Western Odisha Western Odisha is the western part of the state of Odisha in India, extending from the Kalahandi district in the south to the Sundargarh district in the north. History Historically it has been included within the larger region of Greater Kal ...

region 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. Sindhekela is one of the business hub in Balangir district.

Transport

The nearby Titilagarh railway station is a junction on the Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line and Kantabanji railway station Raipur–Vizianagaram line. Through this it is connected to all major cities of India. It was one of the major railway stations in the

Sambalpur railway division Sambalpur railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of East Coast Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Sambalpur in the st ...

under East Coast Railway Zone. There is a state highway SH-42 between Sindhekela and Balangir district via Kantabanji which also connected with SH-16 and MDR-13 between Sindhekela to Titilagrh. The historical place Ranipur Jharial, known as "Soma Tirtha" in scriptures, is near Sindhekela. It combines a section of religious faiths like Saivism, Buddhism, Vaisnavism and Tantrism. The circular open vault enclosure of sixty-four yoginis, the major attraction of the place, is one of four such shrines in India. The temple of Someswar Siva is the noted one among the approximately 50 temples here. The brick temple of Indralath is said to be the tallest brick temple of Odisha. Distance 100 km from Dist. HQ Communication Road Rail - Nearest station- Kantabanji Lodging and Boarding Kantabanji.Tributaries of the Tel, Sundar river flows near Sindhekela.

Education

* Pallishree Junior Mahavidyalaya, Sindhekela * Pallishree High School, Sindhekela * Govt.(Boys) Primary School, Sindhekela * Govt.(Girls) UP School, Sindhekela * Govt. Nodal Upper Primary School, Sindhekela * Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Sindhekela * J.M.D. English Medium School, Sindhekela * B.R Ambedkar English Medium School, Sindhekela

Notable people

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References

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