Padmapur is a major town and a notified area in Bargarh district in the

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. It is also a Subdivisional Headquarter and area wise biggest subdivision of Bargarh District.

Geography

Padmapur is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is almost from its district headquarters, Bargarh. It is about from its capital city of

Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra Khetra'' and ''Ekamra Khetra'' ( ...

. Padmapur is also from district headquarter of Balangir towards south. So, it forms a rough equilateral triangle Bargarh - Balangir - Padmapur. And from Nuapada towards west. Towards North of the city around there's the border of state

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.The City has the range of Gandhamardan Hills and forest nearby. The city sits on the bank of

Ong River Ong River is a tributary of Mahanadi river. It flows across Odisha and joins Mahanadi upstream of Sonepur where the Tel merges. The river rises at an elevation of and runs before it meets the Mahanadi. It drains an area of about . Nearby rive ...

(one of the major tributary rivers of

Mahanadi The Mahanadi River is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independenc ...

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, The city's population was 17,625, out of which 8,988 are males and 8,637 are females as per report. The population of children is 1,899 which is around 10.77% of total city's population. The Female sex ratio and child sex ratio 961 and 822 which compared to Odisha State Average 979 and 941 respectively. The city's literacy rate is 83.26% which is higher as compared to state average 72.87%. Male and Female literacy is 89.66% and 76.72% respectively.

Politics

The

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from Padampur Assembly Constituency is Barsha Singh Bariha of BJD, who won the seat in General elections in 2024. Padampur used to be part of Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Now, it comes under Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency, which is now represented by Pradeep Purohit BJP.

Transportation

Padmapur is well connected with the major cities and towns of Odisha by road. Odisha's major expressway

Biju Expressway Biju Expressway is a State highways in India, State Highway in the state of Odisha, with a total length of 650 km. It starts at Chandili (border village in Koraput district) and goes on to touch border towns/market centres such as Kotpad, B ...

passes through this city on Odisha's SH-3. The city is the end point of Chhattisgarh's SH-16. •Buses: Padmapur is one among the 23 bus depots of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation. And It is well connected to cities like

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Cuttack 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 ...

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, Bargarh,

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, Balangir,

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, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh,

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, Sonepur and many more places with both Government and Private buses. It also has interstate bus service to Chhattisgarh's

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and

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. OSRTC operates it's Premium Volvo 9600 from Padampur to Puri, Bhubaneswar. •Railways: Currently there is no direct railway connectivity to Padmapur city. But the Indian Railways Ministry approved one of the most important projects i.e Bargarh Road railway station to Nawapara Road railway station via Padmapur in 2024. The railway had already sanctioned ₹2621.96 crore to complete this within upcoming 5 years. Currently the nearest railway stations are: Bargarh Road railway station - Balangir Junction railway station - Kantabanji railway station - Nawapara Road railway station - Khariar Road railway station - •Airways: Currently the nearest Airport to Padmapur are: Veer Surendra Sai Airport -

Swami Vivekananda Airport Swami Vivekananda Airport , formerly known as Mana Airport, is a domestic airport serving Raipur, the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is located at Mana, approximately south-east of Raipur and east of Naya Raipu ...

- Biju Patnaik Airport - The Padmapur city has an airstrip Satibhata Airstrip. It can serve for small Light aircraft and yet to be progress under

UDAN ''Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik'' (Hindi for "Let the common citizens of the country fly"), known by its acronym ''UDAN-RCS'' ('Udan' is Hindi for "flight") is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regio ...

scheme in the future.

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Bargarh district