Kotpad

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Kotpad
city
Kotpad Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 19°09′45″N 82°19′32″E / 19.1624°N 82.3256°E / 19.1624; 82.3256Coordinates: 19°09′45″N 82°19′32″E / 19.1624°N 82.3256°E / 19.1624; 82.3256
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Koraput
Population (2001)
• Total	14,914
Languages
• Official	Oriya
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Kotpad is a town and a notified area committee in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station located on Kothavalasa-Kirandul railway.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Kotpad had a population of 14,914. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kotpad has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Kotpad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.!!

Politics

Current MLA from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is Basudev Majhi of INC, who won the seat in State elections in 2004 and also in 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 (as candidate of INC(I)) and 1977. Sadan Naik of JD had won this seat in 1990.^[2]

Kotpad is part of Nowrangpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

References

↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 88-Kotpad Constituency of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

v t e Koraput district

Towns and villages	Alamanda Barlamunda Damanjodi Jeypur Koraput Kotpad Sunabeda Sunki

Other districts	Angul Balangir Balasore Bargarh Bhadrak Boudh Cuttack Debagarh Dhenkanal Gajapati Ganjam Jagatsinghpur Jajpur Jharsuguda Kalahandi Kandhamal Kendrapara Kendujhar Khordha Malkangiri Mayurbhanj Nabarangpur Nayagarh Nuapada Puri Rayagada Sambalpur Subarnapur Sundergarh

v t e Rayagada district

Towns and villages	Bhaliapadar Bissam Cuttack Chandili Gudari Gunupur Muniguda Rayagada

Other districts	Angul Balangir Balasore Bargarh Bhadrak Boudh Cuttack Debagarh Dhenkanal Gajapati Ganjam Jagatsinghpur Jajpur Jharsuguda Kalahandi Kandhamal Kendrapara Kendujhar Khordha Koraput Malkangiri Mayurbhanj Nabarangpur Nayagarh Nuapada Puri Sambalpur Subarnapur Sundergarh

v t e Municipalities of Odisha

Municipal Corporations	Bhubaneswar Brahmapur Cuttack

Municipalities	Anandapur Angul Barbil Balangir Balasore Bargarh Baripada Bhadrak Bhawanipatna Biramitrapur Brajarajnagar Byasanagar Choudwar Debagarh Dhenkanal Jagatsinghpur Jajpur Jatani Jeypore Jharsuguda Joda Kendrapara Kendujhar Khordha Nabarangpur Nuapada Paradip Paralakhemundi Phulbani Puri Rajgangpur Rayagada Rourkela Sonepur Sambalpur Sundergarh Talcher

NAC	Asika Athagad Balimela Balugaon Banapur Banki Barapali Basudebpur Baudhgarh Belaguntha Belpahar Bhanjanagar Binika Bhuban Buguda Burla Chhatrapur Chikiti Digapahandi Ganjam Gop Gopalpur Gudari Gunupur Hinjilicut Hirakud Jaleswar Junagarh Kamakshyanagar Kantabanji Karanjia Kashinagara Kabisuryanagar Kesinga Khalikote Khandapada Khariar Khariar Road Kodala Konark Koraput Kotpad Kuchinda Malkangiri Nayagarh Nilagiri Nimapada Padmapur Patnagarh Pattamundai Pipili Polasara Purusottampur Redhakhol Rairangpur Rambha Soro Sunabeda Surada Tarbha Titlagarh Umerkote

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