Binika (also known as Binka) is a town and a
notified area council in
Subarnapur district 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
Binika is located at . It has an average elevation of 122 metres (400 feet).
The city is situated in the bank of river Mahanadi. It is 32 km distance from Sonepur district.
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 ...
, Binika had a population of 14,537. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Binika has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 50%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
MLAs who represented Binka Assembly Constituency are Padmanav Behera of
BJD (2009-2014 and 2014-2019), Niranjan Pujari of
BJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2004 and also in 2000. Previous MLAs from this seat include
Narasingha Mishra of
JD who won this seat in 1995, Chitiaranjan Mishra of
INC in 1985, Pradip Hota of INC(I) in 1980, and independent candidate Parakhita Karna in 1977.
Binka is part of Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency).
References
{{Municipalities of Odisha
Cities and towns in Subarnapur district