Bondamunda

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Bondamunda
Bandhamunda
village
Country  India
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Languages
  Official Oriya
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 770032
Telephone code 0661
Vehicle registration OR-14-
Nearest city Rourkela/Raurkela
Lok Sabha constituency Raurkela
Avg. summer temperature 45-47 °C (113-117 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 15-19 °C (59-66 °F)

Bondamunda is a part of Rourkela Steel City and a municipality.

Railway developments

Bondamunda railway station (IR Station code:BNDM) is an important railway junction station under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway (India) zone of Indian Railways. It is a station on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.

It connects Sini and Chakardharpur on east direction, Ranchi, Hatia on North direction, Jharsuguda on east direction and Barsuan and Bimlagarh on south direction.

Asia's second largest railway yard is located here.

Railway colony

The residents mainly consist of railway employees. people here are highly educated and well behaved. the residents here are multi ethnic and people of all religion live in harmony with each other. This place is surrounded by beautiful small hills. One of the places worth giving a visit is Dumetra. The Kali temple of Dumetra is a famous temple situated on a hill surrounded by forests. The residents are mostly Railway Employees working in various cadres but live here without any demarcation.

Bondamunda Well connected with Rourkela with local transport, bus, autorickshaw.

Shopping / Market Place : Sector-C Main Market, Sector "D" weekly market

Culture

Ganesh Puja, Durga puja, Kali puja and Sarawati puja are the most watchable and enjoyable festivals here. Some festivals like Balaji Kalyanam, was being performed by the Railway Employees who belong to Andhra Pradesh, in this Kalyanam not only Telugu People but people of all religions participate. Communism never touched this place.

Festival : Ganesh Puja, Durga Puja, Diwali, Sarswati Puja, Rath (Cart) Yatra, Holi, Balaji Kalyanam, Rama Kalyanam, Ammvari Puja ( During Summer vacation ), Christmas and lot more local and traditional festival .

Education

Schools: S.E.Railway Primary School S.E.Railways M H School - Up to 10+2 level KV Bondamunda and Radha Soami English Medium School : CBSE Standard

College: College of Arts, Science & Technology, Up to Graduation level

Hospital : S.E.Railway Hospital, Sector -"C"

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