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'''Nuapada''' is a city in western region of [[Odisha]] state of eastern [[India]]. It is the headquarter of [[Nuapada district]]. Nuapada district was carved out of the undivided [[Kalahandi]] district on 27 March 1993. It is on the western border of Odisha with [[Chhattisgarh]]. The district is part of Odisha both linguistically and culturally.

[[Nuapada]] has an estimated population of 6,10,382 people. With the male population contributing 3,01,962 and female population contributing 3,08,420 to the total population. It has almost equal number of males and females. The estimated number of literate people in the total population is 2,99,383. It is clear that it has a low [[literacy rate]].

Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Nuapada Assembly Constituency is Biju Janta Dal candidate Sri Rajendra Dholakia, who won the seat in State elections of 2019.  This is his third term as MLA. His first term  was in the year 2004 as an independent candidate. Previous MLAs from this seat were Basant Kumar Panda of [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]] who contested as the Member of Parliament from Kalahandi in 2019 after his two terms as MLA, Ghasi Ram Majhi who won representing [[Janata Dal|JD]] in 1995 and 1990 and representing [[Janata Party|JNP]] in 1985 and in 1977, and Bhanuprakash Joshi of [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web