Anugul is a town and a notified area committee in Anugul district  in the state of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

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India

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Geography

Anugul is located at 21.21°N 86.11°E. It has an average elevation of 195 m (639.8 ft).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Anugul had a population of 38,022. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Anugul has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Current MLA from Angul Assembly Constituency is Rajani Kant Singh of BJD

Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...

, who won the seat in State elections of 2004. Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as BJD candidate, in 1990 as JD

Janata Dal

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 candidate and in 1977 as JNP

Janata Party

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 candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena of INC

Indian National Congress

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 in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980.

Angul is part of Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:...

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