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Bhanjanagar is a city and Municipality in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India.
Bhanjanagar is located at 19°56′N 84°35′E / 19.93°N 84.58°E with an average elevation of 69 metres (226 feet).
Bhanjanagar hosts the headquarters for the Bhanjanagar Sub-division, Ghumusar DFO, Bhanjanagar SDPO, Ghumusar Tahasil, Bhanjanagar Block, and Education Block. Bhanjanagar Block shares its borders with Surada, Bellaguntha, Jagannath Prasad Blocks of Ganjam district and G. Udayagiri, Raikia, Chakapada Blocks of Kandhamal district. There are 139 villages in Bhanjanagar Block while Bhanjanagar town is administered as a Municipality. The town is located beside Bhanjanagar Dam.
Bhanjanagar is a planned community situated in the confluence of rivers Loharakhandi and Badanadi. Earlier, this patch of land used to be a part of Ghumusar Zamindari of Bhanja dynasty whose headquarter was in Kulada. During British Raj this place became their administrative ground. The town, earlier named as Russellkonda a.k.a. Russell's Hill after George Russell (President of then Board of Revenue) was renamed later as Bhanjanagar in the memory of Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja, a poet in Odia literary history.
On 13 March 2024, the Government of Odisha upgraded Bhanjanagar NAC to be a Municipality.
According to the 2011 India census, Bhanjanagar had a population of 20,482.
Maximum summer temperature is 46 °C; minimum winter temperature is 14 °C. The mean daily temperature varies from 33 °C to 38 °C. May is the hottest month; December is the coldest. The average annual rainfall is 1250 mm and the region receives monsoon and torrential rainfall from July to October.
Bhanjanagar has fertile lands, and a number of rice paddy processing units, or rice mills.
Bhanjanagar
Bhanjanagar is a city and Municipality in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India.
Bhanjanagar is located at 19°56′N 84°35′E / 19.93°N 84.58°E with an average elevation of 69 metres (226 feet).
Bhanjanagar hosts the headquarters for the Bhanjanagar Sub-division, Ghumusar DFO, Bhanjanagar SDPO, Ghumusar Tahasil, Bhanjanagar Block, and Education Block. Bhanjanagar Block shares its borders with Surada, Bellaguntha, Jagannath Prasad Blocks of Ganjam district and G. Udayagiri, Raikia, Chakapada Blocks of Kandhamal district. There are 139 villages in Bhanjanagar Block while Bhanjanagar town is administered as a Municipality. The town is located beside Bhanjanagar Dam.
Bhanjanagar is a planned community situated in the confluence of rivers Loharakhandi and Badanadi. Earlier, this patch of land used to be a part of Ghumusar Zamindari of Bhanja dynasty whose headquarter was in Kulada. During British Raj this place became their administrative ground. The town, earlier named as Russellkonda a.k.a. Russell's Hill after George Russell (President of then Board of Revenue) was renamed later as Bhanjanagar in the memory of Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja, a poet in Odia literary history.
On 13 March 2024, the Government of Odisha upgraded Bhanjanagar NAC to be a Municipality.
According to the 2011 India census, Bhanjanagar had a population of 20,482.
Maximum summer temperature is 46 °C; minimum winter temperature is 14 °C. The mean daily temperature varies from 33 °C to 38 °C. May is the hottest month; December is the coldest. The average annual rainfall is 1250 mm and the region receives monsoon and torrential rainfall from July to October.
Bhanjanagar has fertile lands, and a number of rice paddy processing units, or rice mills.
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