Kalabuda is a village in Garadpur block,

Kendrapara Kendrapara is a Town and a municipality in the Kendrapara district of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of Kendrapara district. Geography Kendrapara is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is surrounded by Bh ...

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, near the eastern coast.

Location

Kalabuda is situated about from

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and from

town, on the bank of

Chitroptala river The Chitrotpala river is a river in Orissa state, India. It is a distributary of the Mahanadi, situated in both Kendrapara and Cuttack districts. The river starts from Guali/Salipur, downstream towards Kendrapara. Within again it subdivides i ...

. The Kalabuda (A), Kalabuda (B) and Kalabuda (C) wards are under this village.

History

"Kalabuda" literally means "art hub" from "''kala''" (art) and "''buda''" (hub) in

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). It refers to the prevalence of local artisans.

Facilities

Kalabuda hosts a primary school and a high school. The village offers a medical facility, post office, fax facility, and Internet facility. The bridge in the village connecting Korua and Kalabuda is the main communication path in this area.

Notable residents

Chakradhar Satapathy Chakradhara Satapathy was the former MLA of the Patakura assembly constituency. He was elected from the Patakura assembly constituency to the state assembly as a Praja Socialist Party (PSP) candidate in 1967 after defeating former chief minis ...

(former MLA, Patakura)

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Villages in Kendrapara district {{Odisha-geo-stub