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{{About|the municipality in Odisha, India|its namesake district|Angul district|other uses}}
{{original research|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Angul
| native_name        = 
| other_name         = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per WP:INDICSCRIPT policy. -->
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = Statue of B. R. Ambedkar, Nalconagar, Angul.jpg
| image_alt          = Statue of B. R. Ambedkar in Nalconagar, Angul
| image_caption      = Statue of B. R. Ambedkar in Nalconagar, Angul
| nickname           = Aluminium City Of Odisha
| pushpin_map        = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates        = {{coord|20|50|17|N|85|05|44|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Angul district|Angul]]
| established_title  = <!-- Established -->
| established_date   = March,1993
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| government_type    = 
| governing_body     = 
| leader_title       = Collector & District Magistrate
| leader_name        = ''Shri Abdaal M. Akhtar'', [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who's Who {{!}} Angul District : Odisha {{!}} India|url=https://angul.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/|access-date=2021-05-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_rank          = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_total   = 44,390
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_footnotes = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank    = 
| population_demonym = Angulia
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 759122
| area_code          = 06764
| area_code_type     = Telephone code
| registration_plate = OD-19
| blank_name_sec1    = [[UN/LOCODE]]
| blank_info_sec1    = IN  ANO
| blank1_name_sec1   = Nearest city(s)
| blank1_info_sec1   = [[Cuttack]], [[Sambalpur]], [[Debagarh]], [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Talcher]]
| blank1_name_sec2   = [[Climate of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2   = [[Climatic regions of India|according to weather]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
| footnotes          = 
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| blank2_name_sec1   = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1   = 893 female per 1000 male [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1   = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1   = 68%
| blank4_name_sec1   = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1   = [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal]]
| blank2_name_sec2   = Avg. summer temperature
| blank2_info_sec2   = {{convert|30
|°C|°F}}
| blank3_name_sec2   = Avg. winter temperature
| blank3_info_sec2   = {{convert|10|°C|°F}}
| website            = {{URL|https://angul.odisha.gov.in}}
}}

'''Angul ''' (also known as '''Anugul''') is a city, [[municipality]] and the headquarters of [[Angul district]] in the state of [[Odisha]], India. Angul has an average elevation of {{convert|195|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level and total area of 6232&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The [[Angul steel plant]], operated by [[Jindal Steel and Power|Jindal Steel and Power Limited]] (JSPL), is a major integrated steel facility and known as largest steel plant in the country.
[[File:Jagannath Tmpl, Angl.JPG|thumb|Jagannath Temple, Anugul]]

==Geography==
Angul is located at {{Coord|21.21|N|86.11|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Angul.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Anugul]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|195|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.
The total geographical area of the district is 6232&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. It terms of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.

==Demographics==
As of the [[2011 Census of India]],<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>{{update after|2022}} Angul had a population of 44,390. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Angul has an average literacy rate of 77.53%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. About 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 3 government high schools present for Odia [[Medium of instruction|medium education]]. A Sishu Vidya Mandir and two [[Kendriya Vidyalayas|Kendriya Vidyalaya Angul]] Schools are there for children.

==Politics==
In the [[2019 Indian general election]], [[Mahesh Sahoo]] (BJD) won from [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
In Loksabha general election 2014, Nagendra Pradhan (BJD) and Tathagat Satpathy (BJD) were elected from Sambalpur and Dhenkanal loksabha constituency respectively.
Angul is part of [[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

The current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Angul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] is Rajanikant Singh of [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] who was elected in the [[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]] and subsequently elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the assembly. He won the seat in State elections of 2004, 2009, and 2014. His father Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as a BJD candidate, in 1990 as [[Janata Dal|JD]] candidate and in 1977 as [[Janata Party|JNP]] candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/March2004/pollupd/ac/states/s18/Partycomp116.htm 
 |title=State Elections 2004 – Partywise Comparison for 116-Angul Constituency of Odisha
 |publisher=Election Commission of India 
 |access-date=2008-09-27 
}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Girija Nandini Sahoo of BJD was President of Zilla Parishad, Angul from 2012 to 2017.<ref>odishapanchayat.gov.in/download/ZP_Presidents2012-2017.pdf</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Angul (1991–2020, extremes 1906–2012) 
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 36.7
| Feb record high C = 42.1
| Mar record high C = 43.1
| Apr record high C = 46.1
| May record high C = 47.2
| Jun record high C = 47.2
| Jul record high C = 41.1
| Aug record high C = 38.1
| Sep record high C = 38.1
| Oct record high C = 37.7
| Nov record high C = 35.3
| Dec record high C = 33.3
| year record high C = 47.2
| Jan record low C = 5.5
| Feb record low C = 7.2
| Mar record low C = 10.2
| Apr record low C = 14.4
| May record low C = 15.6
| Jun record low C = 17.4
| Jul record low C = 16.0
| Aug record low C = 14.3
| Sep record low C = 12.8
| Oct record low C = 12.0
| Nov record low C = 5.6
| Dec record low C = 3.5
| year record low C = 3.5
|Jan high C = 	28.7
|Feb high C = 	32.1
|Mar high C = 	36.6
|Apr high C = 	39.8
|May high C = 	40.2
|Jun high C = 	36.8
|Jul high C = 	32.5
|Aug high C = 	32.0
|Sep high C = 	32.5
|Oct high C = 	32.7
|Nov high C = 	30.6
|Dec high C = 	28.7
| year high C = 	33.7
|Jan low C = 	14.1
|Feb low C = 	16.6
|Mar low C = 	19.7
|Apr low C = 	24.3
|May low C = 	25.6
|Jun low C = 	25.1
|Jul low C = 	23.8
|Aug low C = 	23.3
|Sep low C = 	23.2
|Oct low C = 	21.2
|Nov low C = 	17.4
|Dec low C = 	13.6
| year low C = 	20.6
| rain colour = green	
| Jan rain mm = 	10.4
| Feb rain mm = 	14.4
| Mar rain mm = 	22.9
| Apr rain mm = 	38.0
| May rain mm = 	81.2
| Jun rain mm = 	172.6
| Jul rain mm = 	301.7
| Aug rain mm = 	285.5
| Sep rain mm = 	214.2
| Oct rain mm = 	105.2
| Nov rain mm = 	17.4
| Dec rain mm = 	9.1
| year rain mm = 	1272.6
| Jan rain days = 	1.0
| Feb rain days = 	1.2
| Mar rain days = 	1.4
| Apr rain days = 	2.9
| May rain days = 	4.7
| Jun rain days = 	9.0
| Jul rain days = 	13.8
| Aug rain days = 	14.2
| Sep rain days = 	11.2
| Oct rain days = 	4.9
| Nov rain days = 	1.1
| Dec rain days = 	0.6
| year rain days = 	66.1
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]	
| Jan humidity = 	58
| Feb humidity = 	51
| Mar humidity = 	46
| Apr humidity = 	46
| May humidity = 	48
| Jun humidity = 	63
| Jul humidity = 	74
| Aug humidity = 	77
| Sep humidity = 	76
| Oct humidity = 	69
| Nov humidity = 	63
| Dec humidity = 	60
|year humidity = 	61
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| archive-date = 8 April 2024
| url = https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf
| title = Station: Angul Climatological Table 1991–2020
| work = Climatological Normals 1991–2020
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| access-date = 17 July 2024}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M159
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>
}}Angul has been ranked 6th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2024 |title=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024 |url=https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf |website=Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://angul.nic.in/ Official Website]

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