Nuapada

Nuapada(ନୁଆପଡା),is a city in western region of Odisha state of eastern India. It is the headquarters of Nuapada district. Nuapada district was carved out of the undivided Kalahandi district on 27 March 1993. Situated on the western border of Odisha with Chhattisgarh. The district is part of Odisha both liguistically & culturally.

Education

There are 19 schools in Nuapada town.

Schools

Places of interest

Situated 18 km from Nuapada Yogeswar temple at Patora is famous for its ancient Shiva Linga.Gulshan Kumar helped for the construction of the new temple.

Politics

Current MLA from Nuapada Assembly Constituency is Bharatiya janta party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda, who won the seat in State elections of 2014. This is his second term as MLA. His first term was in the year 2000. Previous MLAs from this seat were Raju Dholkiya of BJD who lost this seat in 2014 after his two terms as MLA, Ghasi Ram Majhi who won representing JD in 1995 and 1990 and representing JNP in 1985 and in 1977, and Bhanuprakash Joshi of INC(I) in 1980.

Nuapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nuapada (Sl. No.: 71) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nuapada district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Khariar Road, Nuapada block and Komna block.

Elected Members

Fourteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Nuapada constituency are:

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Basanta Kumar Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia by a margin of 9,610 votes.