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Boudh | |
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Town | |
  Boudh Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Boudh Boudh (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:20°50′N84°19′E / 20.84°N 84.32°E /20.84; 84.32 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Boudh |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 20,424 |
| Languages | |
| • Local | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 762014 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-27 |
| Website | boudh |
Boudh, also known as Boudhgarh, is a town and aMunicipality inBoudh district in the state ofOdisha,India. It is the district headquarters of Boudh district. It is located on the bank ofMahanadi, the largest river of the state of Odisha.
Boudh is located at20°50′N84°19′E / 20.84°N 84.32°E /20.84; 84.32.[1]
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[2] Boudhgarh had a population of 20,424, with 52% males and 48% females. Boudhgarh has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
CurrentMLA from Boudh Assembly Constituency isPradip Kumar Amat, Ex-Speaker in StateLegislative Assembly Odisha. He was also the finance minister ofOdisha for some period of time after he won 2014 election and then he was changed to speaker now. He was previously also a speaker in 2009–2014. He won the seat in State elections of 2014,2009, 2004 ofBJD and also in 2000 as an independent candidate. Previous MLAs from this constituency include Sachidananda Dalal ofJD who won this seat in 1995 and 1990, Sujit Kumar Padhi ofINC in 1985, Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi of INC(I) in 1980, and Natabar Pradhan ofJNP in 1977.[3]
Boudh is part ofKandhamal Lok Sabha constituency.[4]