Kotpad

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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| name = Kotpad
| other_name = Damayanti Nagar
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| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Koraput district|Koraput]]
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'''Kotpad''' is a town and a [[notified area committee]] in [[Koraput district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]]. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station which is a part of [[Eastern coastal plains|East Coast]] railway.

Kotpad is famous for Saree and Handloom products. Kotpad Handloom is a vegetable-dyed fabric woven by the tribal weavers of the Mirgan community of Kotpad village in Koraput.

Kotpad recently came to limelight because of director [[Biswanath Rath]]'s award winning movie ''Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time.''

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<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> Kotpad had a population of 14,914. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kotpad has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Kotpad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.!!

==Politics==
Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is [[Padmini Dian]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Odisha Legislative Assembly|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=odishaassembly.nic.in}}</ref> of [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] . The previous [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is Chandrasekhar Majhi of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], He is the brother of Basudev Majhi who won the seat in State elections in 2009 and also in 2004, 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 (as candidate of INC(I)) and 1977.

Kotpad is part of [[Nowrangpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|access-date=2008-09-13
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304184320/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|archive-date=2009-03-04
}}</ref>

==Noteworthy==
Kotpad is known for the history of Damanyanti Sagar near Shiv Temple, it was called Damayantinagar earlier.

The headquarters of the social media messaging platform [https://www.waterchat.ml/ Waterchat Corporation]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Waterchat Corporation |url=https://www.waterchat.ml/ |url-status=live |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=www.waterchat.ml}}</ref> founded in 2020 by [https://www.instagram.com/i_dpb/ Badal Behera] is in Kotpad. Badal Behera is the CEO and controlling shareholder of [https://www.waterchat.ml/ Waterchat Corporation].<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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{{Koraput district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Koraput district]]

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