Rayagada
Sign in to saveRayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rayagada
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 71,208
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rayagada
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rayagada Railway Station.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rayagada Railway Station
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rayagada
- Settlement.established_date
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Rayagada district
- Population
- +57732
- Area
- +18.70
- Elevation
- +207
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Rayagada district
- Official website
- rgda.in
- Image
- Rayagada Railway Station.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Politics
- Education
- References
- External links
Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district.
==History== The city of Rayagada was founded by King Vishwanath Dev Gajapati (1527-1531 CE) of the Suryavansh dynasty of Nandapur Kingdom. It served as the capital of an extensive dominion that stretched from the confines of Bengal to Telangana in the south and was a great center of trade and commerce in the coastal regions of the country. There was also a fort constructed by the king and a row of shrines built along the river Nagavali including the temple of Majhighariani Temple who was considered the guardian deity of the place. Until 1947, the city was in the domains of the Jeypore Maharajahs.