Kendujhar Sadar is an administrative unit in the Kendujhar district in the state of Odisha, India. This subdivision consists of the town Keundujhar, the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district.
Administrative divisions Kendujhar Sadar is the largest subdivision out of the three in the Kendujhar district (the other two being Anandapur and Champua). It consists of seven blocks of 160 Gram Panchayats:
Sadar Ghatagaon Harichandanpur Telkoi Banspal Patna Saharpada
Geography Champua is located at . It has an average elevation of 456 metres.
Demographics Kendujhar Subdivision has a population of 871,927 according to the 2011 India Census.
Languages The dominant language is Odia, with some locals speaking Hindi and English.
Politics
Kendujhar Sadar is part of Keonjhar.
The three Vidhan sabha constituencies of the Kendujhar district and its elected members of that area are:
No.ConstituencyReservationExtent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)Member of 16th AssemblyParty20TelkoiSTHarichandanpur, Telkoi, Banspal (Part) Premananda NayakBJD23PatnaSTPatna, Saharpada, Jhumpura (part), Champua (part)Hrusikesh NaikBJD24KeonjharST Keonjhar (M), Keonjhar, Jhumpura (part) , Bansapal (Part) Mohan Charan MajhiBJD
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