Kamakshyanagar

Kamakshyanagar
town
Kamakshyanagar

Location in Odisha, India

Coordinates: 20°56′N 85°33′E / 20.93°N 85.55°E / 20.93; 85.55Coordinates: 20°56′N 85°33′E / 20.93°N 85.55°E / 20.93; 85.55
Country  India
State Odisha
District Dhenkanal
Elevation 66 m (217 ft)
Languages
  Official Oriya
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Kamakshyanagar is a town and a NAC in Dhenkanal district in the Indian state of Odisha.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Kamakshyanagar had a population of 15,002. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kamakshyanagar has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 65%. In Kamakshyanagar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Current MLA from Kamakhyanagar Assembly Constituency is Sj. Prafulla Kumar Mallik of BJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2004. Previous MLAs from this seat were: Brahmananda Biswal of BJD in 2000, Kailash Chandra Mohapatra who won in 1995 as INC and as INC(I) candidate in 1980, and Prasanna Kumar Pattanayak who won as JD candidate in 1990 and as BJP candidate in 1985 and as JNP candidate in 1977 .[2]

Kamakhyanagar is part of Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Famous villages in Kamakhyanagar

See also

References

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