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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Town in Odisha, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Padmapur<br />
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| settlement_type = Town<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Odisha<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India<br />
| latd = 20<br />
| latm = 59<br />
| lats = <br />
| latNS = N<br />
| longd = 83<br />
| longm = 04<br />
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| longEW = E<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bargarh district|Bargarh]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| government_type = notified area<br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
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| elevation_m = 205<br />
| population_total = 15438<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Oriya language|Oriya]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 6683<br />
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'''Padampur''' (also known as '''Padmapur''') is a town and a [[notified area]] in [[Bargarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Padmapur is located at {{Coord|21.0|N|83.07|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Padmapur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Padampur]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|205|m|ft}}. It is almost {{convert|75|km|mi}} from its district headquarters, [[Bargarh]]. It is about {{convert|440|km|mi}} from its capital city of Bhubaneshwar.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Padampur had a population of 15,438. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Padampur has an average literacy rate of 69%, lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 60%. In Padampur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Padmapur Assembly Constituency is Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha of [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]], who won the seat in State elections in 2019.<ref>[http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?123 ws.ori.nic.in: ola/mlaprofile]</ref><br />
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Padampur used to be part of [[Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].Now, it comes under Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency, which is now represented by Suresh Pujari, BJP.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf<br />
|title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha<br />
|publisher = Election Commission of India<br />
|access-date = 2008-09-16<br />
|archive-date = 4 March 2009<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304184320/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Bargarh district}}<br />
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}<br />
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