Angul district


Angul is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty in Odisha, India. The city of Angul is the district of Angul's headquarters.

Geography

Angul is located in the centre of the state of Odisha and lies between the latitudes of 20°31′N and 21°40′N and longitudes of 84°15′E and 85°23′E. The altitude is between. The district has an area of. It is bounded by Dhenkanal and Cuttack district in the east, Deogarh, Kendujhar and Sundargarh district in north, Sambalpur and Sonepur in west and Boudh and Nayagarh in the south side. The district is abundant with natural resources. Angul, The district headquarters is about from the state capital Bhubaneswar.
A study jointly conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Central Pollution Control Board reveals that Angul district is among the top ten most polluted Indian cities where the pollution level reached a "very alarming" level.

Divisions

The following is the list of blocks, tehsils and subdivisions in the district of Angul:
Subdivisions
Blocks
Tehsils
According to the 2011 census, Angul district has a population of 1,273,821, roughly equal to the nation of Estonia or the US state of New Hampshire. This gives it a ranking of 380th in India. The district has a population density of. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 11.55%. Anugul has a sex ratio of 942 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.96%.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 95.50% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.40% Ho, 1.30% Hindi and 0.51% Santali as their first language.

Politics

Legislative Assembly Constituencies

The following are the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Angul district and the elected members of the Angul district:
No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency Member of 14th AssemblyParty
59Pallahara-Pallahara, Kaniha Mahesh SahooBJD
60Talcher-Talcher, Talcher, Kaniha Braja Kishore PradhanBJD
61Angul-Angul, NALCO, Angul, Banarpal Rajani Kant SinghBJD
62ChhendipadaSCChhendipada, Banarpal Sushanta BeheraBJD
63Athmallik-Athmallik, Athmallik, Kishorenagar, Angul Surendra SaiBJD

Lok Sabha constituencies

Since 2008, Angul district is represented in Dhenkanal and Sambalpur.
Angul does not exist in 1952 general elections to 1st Lok Sabha. However it is created from 2nd till 5th Lok Sabha during 1957 till 1976. Badakumar Pratap Gangadeb got elected in 1957 and 1971 for 2nd and 5th Lok Sabha while Harekrushna Mahatab was elected in 1962 to 3rd and D. N. Deb was elected in 1967 to 4th Lok Sabha. Angul Seat ceased after the creation of Deogarh in 1977 from 6th Lok Sabha. Deogarh seat was also delimited in 2008.