Kabisuryanagar | |
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Town | |
| Nickname: K.S.N | |
  Kabisuryanagar Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Kabisuryanagar Kabisuryanagar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:19°35′52″N84°45′18″E / 19.5977°N 84.7549°E /19.5977; 84.7549 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Ganjam |
| Named after | Kabisurya Baladeba Ratha |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,430[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 761104 |
| Telephone code | 06822 |
| Vehicle registration |
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| Website | odisha |
Kabisuryanagar (also spelledKavisuryanagar) is a town and aNAC inGanjam district in theIndianstate ofOdisha.
Kabisuryanagar is named after the writer KabisurjyaBaladeba Ratha. Kabisuryanagar is also known by its former name of Boirani; it was an important town of theAthgarh princely state. Kabisuryanagar has been a hub ofOdissi music for several centuries, due to the presence ofKabisurjya Baladeba Ratha who set up an institution to impart training inOdissi music in the region. In the early 20th-century, AcharyaTarini Charan Patra set up his institution in Kabisuryanagar, calledGandhiji Sangeeta Kalamandira with the support of the Maharaja ofKhallikote. Among well-known students of Tarini Patra hailing from the same town are Durjyodhan Sahu andRamarao Patra.[2]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[3] Kabisuryanagar had a population of 16,092. Males constitute 41% of the population and females 59%. Kabisuryanagar has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 53%. In Kabisuryanagar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
| Hinduism | 99.33% | |||
| Islam | 0.46% | |||
| Christianity | 0.09% | |||
| Sikh | 0.00% | |||
| Buddhist | 0.00% | |||
| Jain | 0.00% | |||
| Not Stated | 0.11% | |||
| Other | 0.00% | |||
Kabisurya Nagar is a main market for the green, fresh vegetables produced in nearby villages (Sadabarta Nuagram, Sandhamara, Bolasara, Balyasara, Brahmanichhai, Mantapada, Arabindanagar, Gudiali, Jarada, Athagada, Pathara, Sundariapda, Golamundala, Sialia, Sunarijhola, Sanapankalabadi, belapur, Baliapalli, Ambapua, Akadashi, Barida etc.).
Maximum summer temperature is 37 °C; minimum winter temperature is 16 °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 Kabisuryanagar, Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 30 (86) | 34 (93) | 36 (97) | 37 (99) | 34 (93) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 28 (82) | 32 (90) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16 (61) | 19 (66) | 23 (73) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 23 (73) | 20 (68) | 16 (61) | 23 (74) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12.40 (0.49) | 17.40 (0.69) | 18.60 (0.73) | 15.00 (0.59) | 40.30 (1.59) | 150.00 (5.91) | 282.10 (11.11) | 272.80 (10.74) | 180.00 (7.09) | 93.00 (3.66) | 33.00 (1.30) | 18.60 (0.73) | 1,133.2 (44.63) |
| Source:MSM Weather | |||||||||||||
The currentMLA from Kavisuryanagar Assembly Constituency isMrs. Latika Pradhan ofBJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2019. Previous MLAs from this seat were V.Sugyan Kumar Deo fromBJD who won this seat in 2009 & 2014. Mr. Nityananda Pradhan ofCPI who won this seat in 2000 and in 1990,Harihar Swain ofINC in 1995, Radha Govinda Sahu who won representing INC in 1985 and as a candidate of INC(I) in 1980, and Tarini Patnaik ofJNP in 1977.[5]
Kavisuryanagar is part ofAska (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]
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