Nuapada

This article is about the municipality in Orissa, India. For its namesake district, see Nuapada district.

Nuapada
—  town  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Orissa
District(s)	Nuapada
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Nuapada,is a city in Koshal region of Orissa state of eastern India. It is the headquarters of Nuapada district. It is part of Orissa, liguistically & culturally.

Education

There are 19 schools in Nuapada.

Politics

Current MLA from Nuapada Assembly Constituency is Biju Janata Dal candidate Rajendra Dholakia, who won the seat in State elections of 2009. This is his second term as MLA. In his first term he was elected as an Independent candidate in the Assembly elections held in 2004. Previous MLAs from this seat were Basanta Kumar Panda of BJP who won this seat in 2000, 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.^[1]

Nawapara is part of Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

References

1. ^ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 94-Nawapara Constituency of ORISSA". Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/March2004/pollupd/ac/states/s18/Partycomp94.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 
2. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa". Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 

• Dr. C. Pasayat (1998), Tribe, Caste and Folkculture, Jaipur/New Delhi: Rawat Publications.
• Dr. C. Pasayat (Ed.) (2007), Adibasi Moukhika Sahitya Parampara (in Oriya), Kolkata: Sahitya Akademi.
• Dr. C. Pasayat (Ed.) (2008), Paschima Odisara Lokageeta (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Sahitya Akademi.

Coordinates: 20°49′00″N 82°32′00″E / 20.8167°N 82.5333°E / 20.8167; 82.5333