Kotpad is a town and a
notified area committee
A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...
in
Koraput district
Koraput is a district of India in southern Odisha, with headquarters at Koraput. The district is located in the Eastern Ghats and is known for its hilly terrain, rich and diverse types of mineral deposits and its tribal culture and traditions. Th ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Odisha
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. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station which is a part of
East Coast railway.
Kotpad is famous for Saree and Handloom products. Kotpad Handloom is a vegetable-dyed fabric woven by the tribal weavers of the Mirgan community of Kotpad village in Koraput.
Kotpad recently came to limelight because of director
Biswanath Rath's award-winning movie ''Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time.''
Demographics
India
census
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, Kotpad had a population of 14,914. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kotpad has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Kotpad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Current
MLA from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is
Padmini Dian of
BJD . The previous
MLA from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is Chandrasekhar Majhi of
INC, He is the brother of Basudev Majhi who won the seat in State elections in 2009 and also in 2004, 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 (as candidate of INC(I)) and 1977.
Noteworthy
Kotpad is known for the history of Damanyanti Sagar near Shiv Temple, it was called Damayantinagar earlier.
The headquarters of the social media messaging platfor
Waterchat Corporationref name=":0"> founded in 2020 b
Badal Beherais in Kotpad. Behera is the CEO and controlling shareholder o
Waterchat
References
Cities and towns in Koraput district
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