Padmapur
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Geography
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Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, The city's population was 17,625, out of which 8,988 are males and 8,637 are females as per report. The population of children is 1,899 which is around 10.77% of total city's population. The Female sex ratio and child sex ratio 961 and 822 which compared to Odisha State Average 979 and 941 respectively. The city's literacy rate is 83.26% which is higher as compared to state average 72.87%. Male and Female literacy is 89.66% and 76.72% respectively.
Politics
The Member of the Legislative Assembly from Padampur Assembly Constituency is Barsha Singh Bariha of BJD, who won the seat in General elections in 2024.[2]
Padampur used to be part of Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Now, it comes under Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency, which is now represented by Pradeep Purohit BJP.[3]
Transportation
Padmapur is well connected with the major cities and towns of Odisha by road. Odisha's major expressway Biju Expressway passes through this city on Odisha's SH-3. The city is the end point of Chhattisgarh's SH-16.
•Buses:
Padmapur is one among the 23 bus depots of Odisha State Road Transport Corporation. And It is well connected to cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Berhampur, Bargarh, Puri, Keonjhar, Balangir, Bhawanipatna, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Koraput, Sonepur and many more places with both Government and Private buses. It also has interstate bus service to Chhattisgarh's Raipur and Basna. OSRTC operates it's Premium Volvo 9600 from Padampur to Puri, Bhubaneswar.
•Railways:
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•Airways:
Currently the nearest Airport to Padmapur are: Veer Surendra Sai Airport - Script error: No such module "convert". Swami Vivekananda Airport - Script error: No such module "convert". Biju Patnaik Airport - Script error: No such module "convert".
The Padmapur city has an airstrip Satibhata Airstrip. It can serve for small Light aircraft and yet to be progress under UDAN scheme in the future.
References
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- ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Padampur
- ↑ ws.ori.nic.in: ola/mlaprofile
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