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Pattamundai is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha, located on the centre of SH-9A from Cuttack to Chandbali along the south end of Brahmani River. It is also the headquarter of Pattamundai Block.

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Place details

Locality
Pattamundai
Region
Odisha
Country
India
Population
36,528
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Pattamundai
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Odisha#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Odisha, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Odisha
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kendrapara
Settlement.government_type
Local (Municipality)
Settlement.governing_body
Pattamundai Municipality
Settlement.leader_title
Chairman
Settlement.leader_name
Hemant Kumar Sahoo
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
2.54
Settlement.elevation_m
6
Settlement.population_total
36,528

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Pattamundai is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha, located on the centre of SH-9A from Cuttack to Chandbali along the south end of Brahmani River. It is also the headquarter of Pattamundai Block.

==Etymology== Pattamundai derives its name from being the last town(head=munda) on the gate(patak) on the Pattamundai Canal and Gobari Canal junction at Alva. and the Gobari canal ends at Gandakia, the present end point of the Gobari river. The Gobari river is still active in some portion. nd there are many theories prevailing on the sources of derivations and we may place those derivations as follows:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pattamundai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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