Bhanjanagar Russellkonda | |
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 61 ft (19 m) Beleshwara statue | |
  Bhanjanagar Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Bhanjanagar Bhanjanagar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:19°55′29″N84°34′54″E / 19.92472°N 84.58167°E /19.92472; 84.58167 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Ganjam |
| Named after | Kabi SamratUpendra Bhanja |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Bhanjanagar Municipal Council |
| • Member of Parliament | Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi,BJP |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak,BJP |
| Area | |
• Total | 635.80 km2 (245.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 20,482[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 761126 |
| Telephone code | 06821 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-32 |
| Website | odisha |
Bhanjanagar is a town andMunicipality inGanjam district in the state ofOdisha,India.
Bhanjanagar is located at19°56′N84°35′E / 19.93°N 84.58°E /19.93; 84.58[2] with an average elevation of 69 metres (226 feet).
Bhanjanagar hosts the headquarters for the Bhanjanagar Sub-division, Ghumusar DFO, Bhanjanagar SDPO, Ghumusar Tahasil, Bhanjanagar Block, and Education Block. Bhanjanagar Block shares its borders withSurada,Bellaguntha,Jagannath Prasad Blocks ofGanjam district andG. Udayagiri,Raikia, Chakapada Blocks ofKandhamal district. There are 139 villages in Bhanjanagar Block while Bhanjanagar town is administered as a Municipality. The town is located beside Bhanjanagar Dam.
Bhanjanagar is aplanned community situated in the confluence of rivers Loharakhandi and Badanadi. Earlier, this patch of land used to be a part ofGhumusar Zamindari ofBhanja dynasty whose headquarter was inKulada. During British Raj this place became their administrative ground. The town, earlier named as Russellkonda a.k.a. Russell's Hill after George Russell (President of then Board of Revenue) was renamed later as Bhanjanagar in the memory of Kabi SamratUpendra Bhanja, a poet inOdia literary history.
On 13 March 2024, theGovernment of Odisha upgraded Bhanjanagar NAC to be a Municipality.[3]
| Religion in Bhanjanagar[4] | ||||
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| Hinduism | 96.26% | |||
| Islam | 2.36% | |||
| Christianity | 1.10% | |||
| Sikh | 0.01% | |||
| Buddhist | 0.01% | |||
| Jain | 0.00% | |||
| Not Stated | 0.25% | |||
| Other | 0.00% | |||
According to the 2011 India census, Bhanjanagar had a population of 20,482.[5]
Maximum summer temperature is 46 °C; minimum winter temperature is 14 °C. The mean daily temperature varies from 33 °C to 38 °C. May is the hottest month; December is the coldest. The average annual rainfall is 1250 mm and the region receives monsoon and torrential rainfall from July to October.
| Climate data for Bhanjanagar, Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 29 (84) | 34 (93) | 36 (97) | 37 (99) | 34 (93) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 29 (84) | 27 (81) | 31 (88) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14 (57) | 18 (64) | 22 (72) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 22 (72) | 18 (64) | 14 (57) | 22 (72) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 15.50 (0.61) | 17.40 (0.69) | 21.70 (0.85) | 21.00 (0.83) | 40.30 (1.59) | 156.00 (6.14) | 310.00 (12.20) | 294.50 (11.59) | 204.00 (8.03) | 96.10 (3.78) | 30.00 (1.18) | 18.60 (0.73) | 1,225.1 (48.22) |
| Source:MSM Weather | |||||||||||||
Bhanjanagar has fertile lands, and a number of rice paddy processing units, or rice mills.
The Thakurani Yatra,Ratha Yatra andDanda Jatra festivals draw crowds to Bhanjanagar.
Apart from this, Dola Purnima,Durga Puja(Dussehra),Kumar Purnima,Pana Sankranti, Nurshingha Chaturthi,Ram Navami,Janmashtami,Danda Yatra,Ganesh Puja andSaraswati Puja are also celebrated. People with brotherhood celebrating all the festivals.
A reservoir is located north of Bhanjanagar with a catchment area of 25 square miles (65 km2). The water of this reservoir irrigates land in Ghumusar (Bhanjanagar),Berhampur andChhatrapur sub-divisions, and also supplies drinking water to Bhanjanagar andBerhampur city. Construction was completed in the year 1894.[7] The panoramic view of the reservoir is a popular tourist attraction. To increase further tourism, a huge park, named "Biju Patnaik Children's Park", in a natural surrounding with many Playing Instruments, a toy train, Science Park, Model Zoo, Road Train and swings for kids, boating facility, Family Train, 3D-Hall, Video Games, Aquarium, "Bhanja Doli", "Kalinga Boita" and last but not the least, an extraordinary and unique musical fountain were constructed for amusement. In April 2013, the tallest Shiva statue ofOdisha (7th/8th-tallest Shiva statue in the world) was built at Beleswar Hill Top, located close to the water reservoir.[8]
119 years old Bhanjanagar Reservoir (previously famous as the Russelkonda Reservoir)
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