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Angul | |
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City | |
 Statue of B. R. Ambedkar in Nalconagar, Angul | |
| Nickname: Aluminium City Of Odisha | |
  Angul Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Angul Angul (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:20°50′17″N85°05′44″E / 20.83806°N 85.09556°E /20.83806; 85.09556 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Angul |
| Established | March,1993 |
| Government | |
| • Collector & District Magistrate | Shri Abdaal M. Akhtar,IAS[1] |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 44,390 |
| Demonym | Angulia |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 759122 |
| Telephone code | 06764 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-19 |
| UN/LOCODE | IN ANO |
| Nearest city(s) | Cuttack,Sambalpur,Debagarh,Bhubaneswar,Talcher |
| Sex ratio | 893 female per 1000 male♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 68% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Climate | according to weather(Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30 °C (86 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 10 °C (50 °F) |
| Website | angul |
Angul (also known asAnugul) is a city,municipality and the headquarters ofAngul district in the state ofOdisha, India. Angul has an average elevation of 195 m (640 ft) above sea level and total area of 6232 km2. TheAngul steel plant, operated byJindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), is a major integrated steel facility and known as largest steel plant in the country.
Angul is located at21°13′N86°07′E / 21.21°N 86.11°E /21.21; 86.11.[2] It has an average elevation of 195 m (640 ft) above sea level.The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. It terms of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.
As of the2011 Census of India,[3][needs update] Angul had a population of 44,390. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Angul has an average literacy rate of 77.53%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. About 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 3 government high schools present for Odiamedium education. A Sishu Vidya Mandir and twoKendriya Vidyalaya Angul Schools are there for children.
In the2019 Indian general election,Mahesh Sahoo (BJD) won fromDhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).In Loksabha general election 2014, Nagendra Pradhan (BJD) and Tathagat Satpathy (BJD) were elected from Sambalpur and Dhenkanal loksabha constituency respectively.Angul is part ofDhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).
The currentMLA fromAngul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) is Rajanikant Singh ofBJD who was elected in the2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election and subsequently elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the assembly. He won the seat in State elections of 2004, 2009, and 2014. His father Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as a BJD candidate, in 1990 asJD candidate and in 1977 asJNP candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena ofINC in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980.[4]
Girija Nandini Sahoo of BJD was President of Zilla Parishad, Angul from 2012 to 2017.[5]
| Climate data for Angul (1991–2020, extremes 1906–2012) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.7 (98.1) | 42.1 (107.8) | 43.1 (109.6) | 46.1 (115.0) | 47.2 (117.0) | 47.2 (117.0) | 41.1 (106.0) | 38.1 (100.6) | 38.1 (100.6) | 37.7 (99.9) | 35.3 (95.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 47.2 (117.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.8 (103.6) | 40.2 (104.4) | 36.8 (98.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 33.7 (92.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.7 (67.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.6 (56.5) | 20.6 (69.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 3.5 (38.3) | 3.5 (38.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10.4 (0.41) | 14.4 (0.57) | 22.9 (0.90) | 38.0 (1.50) | 81.2 (3.20) | 172.6 (6.80) | 301.7 (11.88) | 285.5 (11.24) | 214.2 (8.43) | 105.2 (4.14) | 17.4 (0.69) | 9.1 (0.36) | 1,272.6 (50.10) |
| Average rainy days | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 66.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 58 | 51 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 63 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 63 | 60 | 61 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[6][7] | |||||||||||||
Angul has been ranked 6th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.[8]
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