Nuapada district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- Established
- 27 March 1993
- Founded by
- Ghasiram Majhi
- Headquarters
- Nuapada
- Collector district magistrate
- Madhusudan Dash, IAS
- Divisional forest officer
- Khushwant Singh, IFS
- Superintendent of police
- Gundala Reddy Raghavendra IPS
- Total
- 3,408 km (1,316 sq mi)
- Density
- 157/km (410/sq mi)
- Official
- Odia , English
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- OD-26
- Sex ratio
- 1020 ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 58.20%
- Lok sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- 2 071- Nuapada , 072- Khariar
- Climate
- Aw ( Köppen )
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Encyclopedic overview
Nuapada district is located in the Odisha state in India, with the town of Nuapada serving as the headquarters of the district. It has one subdivision: Nuapada, and five blocks: Khariar, Sinapali, Boden, Komna, and Nuapada. Nuapada District has three Notified Area Councils: Khariar, Khariar Road, and Nuapada, six tehsils in addition to villages, such as Gandabahali, Tukla, Hatibandha, Duajher, Bargaon, Tarbod, Udyanbandh, Singjhar, Brahmanpada, Karngamal, Sarabong, Dharambandha, Lakhna, Sunabeda, Beltukri, Bhela, Niljee, and Larka etc.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuapada district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.