Subarnapur, Odisha
Sonepur
Subarnapur | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Sonepur | |
  Sonepur Location in Odisha, India  Sonepur Sonepur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20°50′N 83°55′E / 20.83°N 83.92°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Subarnapur |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 17,535 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| • Spoken | Sambalpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 767017 |
| Telephone code | 06654 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-31 |
| Website | odisha subarnapur |
Sonepur, also known as Subarnapur, is a city and district headquarters of Subarnapur district of Odisha in India. The district spreads over an area of 2284.89 km2. It is also known as Second Varanasi of India for its cluster of temples having architectural importance and also of tantricism and second Allahabad for the Meeting Point (Sangam) of two rivers Mahanadi and Tel in place just like in Allahabad.[1] Subarnapur is also famous for silk, handloom, prawns, terracotta etc.
History
[edit]Sonepur was formerly the capital of Sonepur State, a princely state of British India.[2]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2001[update] India census,[3] Sonepur city had a population of 17,535. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sonepur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 65%. In Sonepur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
[edit]- Sonepur College, Sonepur
Temples of Sonepur
[edit]- Kosaleswara temple
- Lankeswari Temple
- Manikeswari temple
- Narayani Temple
- Ramachandi Temple
- Samleswari Temple
- Subarnameru Temple
- Sureswari temple
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- Balaji Temple, Subarnapur
- Bhagavati Temple
- Budhima Temple
- Budhi Somalai Temple
- Dadhibaban Temple
- Dasamati Temple
- Gokarneswar Temple
- Gundicha / Nrusimhanath Temple
- Jagannath Temple
- Khambeswari Temple
- Maa Chardei Temple Charda
- Pancharatha Temple
- Paschima Somanath Temple
- Rameswar Temple
- Shree Kapileshwar Temple Charda
- ShreeRam Temple
Notable people
[edit]- Kailash Chandra Meher, painter, awarded Padma Shri by Govt. of India.
Sari
[edit]Politics
[edit]Current MLA from Sonepur (SC) Assembly Constituency is Niranjan Pujari of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2014. Previous MLAs from this seat were Binod Patra of INC, who won the seat in 2004, Kunduru Kushal who won this seat representing BJD in 2000, representing JD in 1995 and in 1990, Achyuta Biswal of INC in 1985, Dhaneswar Kumbhar of INC(I) in 1980, and Debraj Seth of JNP in 1977. [4]
Sonepur is part of Balangir (Lok Sabha constituency).
Transport
[edit]Sonepur is well connected by road and railways with the major cities and towns of Odisha.NH 57 passes through this city.NH 126A, State Highway 41 and State Highway 15 in Odisha starts from this city.
•Buses:
Sonepur is well connected to cities like Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Balangir, Keonjhar, Phulbani, Bargarh, Bhawanipatna, Jeypore, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Umerkote, Jharsuguda, Angul, Sundargarh, Bhanjanagar, Khurdha, Nayagarh and many more places with both private and government bus services. It has interstate bus service to Chhattisgarh's Raipur.
•Railways:
Sonepur railway station is a part of the Khurdha-Balangir Railway project and is now well connected to cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Balangir, Bargarh, Rairakhol, Angul, Talcher, Dhenkanal and Jatani also known as Khurdha Road Junction.
•Airways:
Currently, the nearest airports to Sonepur are: Veer Surendra Sai Airport- 142.5 kilometres (88.5 mi) Biju Patnaik International Airport- 272.7 kilometres (169.4 mi) Swami Vivekanand Airport- 273.1 kilometres (169.7 mi)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tourism in Sonepur".
- ^ Princely States of India
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "State Elections 2004 – Partywise Comparison for 112-Sonepur Constituency of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- Pasayat, C. and Sudam Naik (2008), Subarnapur Darabari Sahitya (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Gyanajuga Publications.
- Pasayat, C. (Ed.) (2008), Paschima Odisara Lokageeta (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Folklore Foundation.
- Padhy, S.K. History and Culture of Sonepur Ph.D. thesis, Berhampur University, 2000 .
- Accommodation in Sonepur "HOTEL KASTURI"
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