Athagad (also spelt as Athgarh) is a town"(N.A.C)" and a sub-division of

Cuttack district Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts of Odisha state in India. It is located in the coastal part of the state and its administrative headquarters are located in the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 Census, after Ganjam district, Ganjam, it is t ...

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.

Geography

Athagad is located at . It has an average elevation of .

History

During the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

, Athagad was the capital of the Athgarh State, one of the princely states of the

Eastern States Agency The Eastern States Agency was an agency or grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of the British Raj. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agenc ...

.Malleson, G. B.: ''An historical sketch of the native states of India,'' London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984 The Rajguru of Athgarh lived near Gada (rani mahal).

List of Rulers of Athgarh

* 1681 - 1709 Raja SriKaran Narayana Bawarta Patnaik * 1709 - 1741 Raja SriKaran Rama Krishna Bawarta Patnaik * 1741 - 1771 Raja SriKaran Debia Singh Bawarta Patnaik * 1771 - 1821 Raja SriKaran Gopinath Bawarta Patnaik * 1821 - 1825 Raja SriKaran Krishna Chandra Bawarta Patnaik * 1825 - 1837 Raja SriKaran Rama Chandra Bawarta Patnaik * 1837 - 1862 Raja SriKaran Bhubaneswar Bawarta Patnaik * 1862 - 1869 Raja SriKaran Jagannath Bawarta Patnaik II (d. 1869) * 1869 - 1893 Raja SriKaran Bhagirathi Bawarta Patnaik (b. c.1844 - d. 1893) * 1893 - 25 Jan 1896 Raja SriKaran Raghunath Bawarta Patnaik (b. 1865 - d. 1896) * 25 Jan 1896 - 22 Jun 1918 Raja SriKaran Vishvanath Bawarta Patnaik (b. 1885 - d. 1918) * 25 Jan 1896 - 1908 .... -Regent * 22 Jun 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Raja SriKaran Radhanath Bawarta Patnaik (b.1909 - d.1983) * 23 Aug 1983 - 30 Jan 1990 Raja SriKaran Sankar Prasad Bewarta Patnaik (b. 1948 - d. 1990) * 30 Jan 1990 ( present ) Raja SriKaran Subhrapada Bewarta Patnaik (b. 1970- present) * *

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Athagad had a population of 15,850. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Athagad has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Blocks

* Athagad * Baramba *

Tigiria Tigiria is a tehsil (block) of Cuttack district. There are 14 ''(Town Panchayat (T.P.), panchayats)'' with a total of 50 villages under the Tigiria administrative division. Tigiria is part of the Athagarh (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency), Athaga ...

* Narasinghpur

Economy

Some large and medium scale industries have established their base in the area. Some of them are T.S. Alloy KVK Nilachal Power (P) Ltd. Aarati steel Maheswari Ispat Pvt Ltd Pradhan Steel & Power Ltd Amtek Metal &Mining Ltd Visa Power Arati Steel Ltd (power plant)

Famous Places

Dhabaleswar Bhattarika Temple Charchika Temple Ansupa Lake

Politics

Current MLA from Athgarh Assembly Constituency is Ranendra Pratap Swain, who won the seat in State elections of 2004 and also in 2000 representing BJD and as a JD candidate in 1995 and 1990. Other previous MLAs from this seat were Janaki Ballabh Patnaik of INC who won this seat in 1985, Rasananda Sahoo of INC(I) in 1980, and Rasmanjari Devi of JNP in 1977. Athgarh is part of

Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency) Cuttack (, or officially Kataka in Odia language, Odia ), is the former capital, deputy capital and the 2nd largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised f ...

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Cuttack district