14-568: Kantabanji (KBJ) is a Municipality in Balangir district in the Indian state of Odisha . In 1937, the railway track from Kantabanji to Vishakhapatnam was laid and since then train started running through this route. At that time no one was aware of Kantabanji. That time it was a small village under the Bangomunda police station a village near to Kantabanji. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo who
28-575: Is almost 80 km (50 mi) from its district headquarters Bolangir. It is around 440 km (270 mi) from its capital city of Bhubaneshwar. The climate of the town is varied with a summer high of 48 °C (118 °F) and a winter low of 5 °C (41 °F) and heavy rains during the rainy season. Kantabanji is an important railway station on the Vizianagaram-Raipur main line of East Coast Railway Zone . All trains passing through this line halt here for about 5–15 minutes. It
42-611: Is completely dominated by Marwaries (Baniya) and all the festivals are celebrated in a fanfare way. The town has highest number of Chartered Accountants ( currently more than Hundred), engineers, doctors, Civil Servants (currently more than five) across western odisha. Recently it has been declared as Municipality by the State Government. Kantabanji is located at 20°28′59″N 82°55′00″E / 20.48306°N 82.91667°E / 20.48306; 82.91667 . It has an average elevation of 298 m (978 ft). It
56-460: Is more than one way to go to the adjacent street which is a short way. Every two street is connected with more than one small street so that the person need not have to cover the full distance to go to next street. A place known as Ranipur Jharial is 23–24 km from Kantabanji which is famous for 64 Yogini Andvisnu Temples. It is beside India's second largest teakwood forest located at Mokhand. In 2009, Kantabanji got its first I.A.S. officer from
70-401: Is the next major station after Titlagarh . As of the 2001 Indian census , Kantabanji had a population of 20,090. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kantabanji has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 78% and female literacy is 56%. 13% of the population of Kantabanji is under 6 years of age. Kantabanji is located in
84-565: Is under construction. Kantabanji (Vidhan Sabha constituency) includes Kantabanji, Turekela block, Bangomunda block and Muribahal block. Kantabanji is part of Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency) . The current MLA from the Kantabanji Assembly Constituency is Laxman Bag [Bhartiya Janta Party [BJP]], who won the seat in Odisha state assembly elections 2024, Previous MLAs from this seat were Haji Mohammad Ayyub Khanof
98-767: The 1999 general elections , the BJD won 10 seats. The party won a majority of seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly in the 2000 and 2004 elections in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJD won 11 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 elections. In the aftermath of the 2008 Kandhamal riots , the BJD parted ways with the BJP in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 2009, citing communalism and differences in seat sharing. During
112-719: The Biju Janata Dal , who won the seat in 2009 Odisha state assembly elections . Previous MLAs from this seat were independent candidate Haji Mohammad Ayub Khan in 2004, Prasanna Pal of JD in 1990, independent candidate Chaitanya Pradhan in 1985, Prasanna Kumar Pal representing INC (I) in 1980 and representing INC in 1977. There are more than 11 schools in Katabanji. English medium schools Oriya medium schools Hindi medium schools Among these two colleges, K.V. College has +2 science. Notified area committee Too Many Requests If you report this error to
126-501: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 948450214 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:38:12 GMT Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal ( BJD ) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha . It
140-440: The election, BJD won 14 seats and secured a strong 108 legislative seats out of 147 seats in the 2009 Odisha legislative elections . Biju Janata Dal won a huge victory in the 2014 general election , securing 20 of the 21 Odishan Lok Sabha seats and 117 of the 147 Odisha Legislative Assembly seats. They were re-elected to power in Odisha in 2019 , winning 112 of the 147 seats in the Odisha state assembly; however, their seats in
154-467: The village and later in 2012, it got another one. Many students of this town have become engineers, doctors, Charted Accountants, officers, advocates etc. Slowly the standard of Kantabanji is increasing. The facilities of hospital and medical shops has also increased. The economy of Kantabanji is increasing. Many new routes of trains has been discovered. Kantabanji has become the center of business for nearby areas (Kantabanji). The business market in kantabanji
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#1732783092148168-427: The western part of Odisha and is a business center for the nearby villagers also it is a business hub in western Odisha. Cotton and paddy are the major crops grown and the products are sold to private buyers as well as to the government. Kantabanji has two malls - Muskan Mall where everything is available under one roof, from grocery, clothes to entertainment everything is available at best price, and "Sai Central" which
182-529: Was founded by the former minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India Naveen Patnaik on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal . The BJD is led by its founder as president of the party. The headquarters of the party is located in Forest Park, Bhubaneswar . The BJD won nine seats in the 1998 general election and Naveen was named Minister for Mines . In
196-437: Was the king of Patnagarh at that time. He was also the chief minister of Orissa from an independent party, helped extremely to explore Kantabanji and then people started living there. He was the grandfather of K.V. Singh Deo (MLA) of Patnagarh . Raj Gopala Charya helped R.N. Singh Deo to attain as the chief minister of Orissa. The planning of this village was similar to the planning of Chandigarh or Jaipur, i.e., there
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