Bangomunda

Bangomunda ବଙ୍ଗୋମୁଣ୍ଡା Banganmura
Tehsil
Nickname(s): BGM
Bangomunda Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 20°20′37″N 82°54′35″E / 20.34361°N 82.90972°E / 20.34361; 82.90972Coordinates: 20°20′37″N 82°54′35″E / 20.34361°N 82.90972°E / 20.34361; 82.90972
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Government
• Block Chairman	Sumitra Jhankar
• Sarpanch	Chandrabati Jain
Elevation	182 m (597 ft)
• Density	251/km2 (650/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Oriya Kosli
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	767040
Telephone code	06657
Vehicle registration	OD-03
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Kantabanji
Lok Sabha constituency	Balangir
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kantabanji
Civic agency	Block Gram Panchayat Tehsil
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	40 °C (104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)
Website	balangir.nic.in

Bangomunda a tehsil located at about 95 km from the Balangir-Patnagarh road ^[1] in Titlagarh sub-division of Bolangir district, Odisha, India, has immense historical importance.^[2] Bangomunda is the new name of Banganmura which means Brinjal Firm.

Places of interest

Ranipur-Jharial, a famous tourist place in Odisha is just 7 km (4.3 mi) from Bangomunda, is also known as Somatirtha.^[3] Durga Mandir, situated in the bank of village's pond, is a historical place, and a famous temple in this locality.

Durga Mandir

Festivals

The people of Bangomunda celebrate most of the festivals of Odisha like Rath Yatra Durga Puja, Diwali, Kumar Purnima or Gaja Laxmi Puja, Manabasa Gurubar, Sabitri Brata, Makar Sankranti, Bishuba/Pana Sankranti, Dola Purnima or Holi, Gamha Purnima or Rakshya Bandhan, Kartik Purnima, Nabanna or Nuakhai,Pua jiuntia, Bhai jiuntia, Janmastami, Ram Navami, Saraswati Puja, and Ganesh Puja. The primary festival, however, is Nuakhai. Some festivals are unique to the place, like Chatar jatra, Kansa Badha, Dhanu Yatra,^[4] Navratri Durgapuja.Bhai jiuntia is celebrated during this time on Astami Tithi. In "Bhai jiuntia" sisters pray for their brothers' long life and tie a thread called "Jiuntia". Nuakhai is also an important festival which is celebrated on Panchami tithi of Bhadraba sukla pakshya.

Demographic

As per 2011 Census of India,Bangomunda had a population of 5,759, Consisting of 2,802 Males and 2,957 Females. Schedule Castes constitutes 1318 people and Schedule Tribes constitutes 481 people. Literacy Rate is 60.27% .^[5]

Education

Earlier people were not interested in education but nowadays as the education is getting high value people are much interested in educating their children. There are Government Schools in town for primary as well as secondary education, C.M. High School ^[6] is for study of class 8th to 10th ^[7] and Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir and Akhil Bharatiya English Medium School is there for primary schools in private sectors. Panchayat Samiti College is also there for College education but limited to Arts only.^[8] Many of the students are studying outside state for higher education and few have studied in abroad as well (Ashish Kumar Bansal). Beside educational institutes there are centers for Computer Learning and Industrial Training also.

Public transport

The town is in the center point of three commercial hubs of Odisha. Public transportation is limited here as only a bus facility is available. The nearest railway station is in Kantabanji which is about 16 km (9.9 mi) away.^[9] The nearest airport is in Raipur.

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  Durga Puja

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  Independence day celebration in town field

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  Temple Of Primary Deity of Village

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  DhanuYatra

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  Durga Temple

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  Shiva Temple

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  Jagannath Temple

References

External links

• Bolangir Website