Khandapada
Khandapada (also spelt as Khandapara) is a town and a notified area committee in Nayagarh district in the Indian state of Odisha. It's a beautiful town on the vally of nine mountains.
Geography
Khandapada is located at 20°16′N 85°11′E / 20.27°N 85.18°E / 20.27; 85.18. It has an average elevation of 65 m (213 ft).
History
During the British Raj era, Khandapada was the capital of Khandpara State. It was one of several princely states of the Eastern States Agency. The instrument of accession to the Indian Union was signed by the last ruler of the state on 1 January 1948.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Khandapada had a population of 8754. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Khandapada has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 67%. In Khandapada, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Khandapada Assembly Constituency is BJD candidate Anubhab Pattanaik son of late Arun Pattanaik who won the seat in the state election in 2014.MLA from Khandapada Assembly Constituency is BJD candidate Siddharth Singh, who won the seat in State elections in 2009.Bibhuti Bhushan Singh Mardaraj of INC won this seat in 1995, 1985 and also in 1980 as an independent candidate. Arun Kumar Pattanaik of JD won this seat in 1990 and Satyasundar Mishra won it in 1977 as independent candidate.
Khandapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Khandapada (Sl. No.: 120) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Khandapada, Khandapada block and Bhapur block.
Elected Members
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected member from the Khandapada constituency are:
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Gandhi-buddha
by: Kenny LogginsFeel this wind blow, scatter all these leaves like paper rain.
Feel these days roll back into our winter lives again.
The tangle at the garden fence is brown and dry.
You call me out and point to your November sky.
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I must've been Gandhi or Buddha or someone like that,
I must've saved lives by the hundreds everywhere I went.
I must've brought rest to the restless, fed the hungry too,
I must've done something great to get to have you.
When the cold comes and you are by your fire and fast asleep,
I'll turn a light on, to watch the snow outside fall soft and deep.
And when the winter morning shines all white and blue,
We'll watch the dogs run through the fields like children do.
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I suppose stranger things have come to pass,
Many's the forest I can't see.
I was so down and lost and fading fast.
How did you find you'r way to me?