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{{About|the municipality in Odisha, India|its namesake district|Balangir district}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Balangir
| other_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = Balangir palace.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Balangir Royal Palace
| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|20.72|N|83.48|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Balangir district|Balangir]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type = [[Nagar Nigam|Municipality]]
| governing_body = '''Bolangir Municipality'''
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| leader_title2 = [[Balangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name2 = [[Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo]], ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title3 = [[Bolangir (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name3 = [[Narasingha Mishra]], ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 383
| population_total =
| population_as_of =
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 767001, 767002
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 06652
| registration_plate = OD 03
| website = {{URL|balangir.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| official_name =
}}
'''Balangir''' also known as '''Bolangir''', is a city and [[Nagar Palika|municipality]], the headquarters of [[Balangir district]] in the state of [[Odisha]], India. Balangir has a rich cultural heritage. It is also known as the cultural hub of [[Odisha]].<ref name="test">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mapsofindia.org/orissa/balangir.html |title=Balangir is a famous city in Odisha and also the major hub of trade and commerce of Odisha |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807101123/http://www.mapsofindia.org/orissa/balangir.html |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="test1">{{Cite web |url=http://rtiodisha.gov.in/Department/Culture-Department/33/District-Culture-Office-Bolangir/2723/About-the-Organization/2 |title=has been designed as a District Culture Centre |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730121839/http://rtiodisha.gov.in/Department/Culture-Department/33/District-Culture-Office-Bolangir/2723/About-the-Organization/2 |archive-date=30 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Balangir municipality is divided into twenty-one wards. It is spread over an area of {{cvt|12,200|acre}}.<ref>http://ofbindia.gov.in/units/index.php?unit=ofbol&page=about&lang=en</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ofbadmal.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403091707/http://www.ofbadmal.in/ |archive-date=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Balangir is located at {{Coord|20.72|N|83.48|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Balangir.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Balangir]</ref> It has an average elevation of 383 metres (800 feet) above [[sea level]].

==People from Balangir==
*[[Srinibash Udgata]], Eminent Poet awarded [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]]
*[[Kailash Chandra Meher]], Eminent Artist awarded [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]]
*[[Narasingha Mishra]], Eminent Lawyer Twelfth Law Commission of [[Government Of India]]
*[[Rasanara Parwin]] is a cricket player of [[India women's national cricket team]].
*[[Sam Pitroda]], telecom engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker.

==Transport==
===Airport===
The [[Jharsuguda Airport]] at [[Jharsuguda]] is the nearest airport to the city while [[Swami Vivekananda Airport]] at [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]] is 234 km away. [[Biju Patnaik International Airport]] in the state capital, [[Bhubaneswar]] is 327 km away by road and 397 km by rail.

===Railway Station===
[[Balangir Railway Station]] on the [[Jharsuguda]]-[[Sambalpur]]-[[Titlagarh]] railway line of [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railways]] is the city's railway link to the national railway network.

===Highway===
Bolangir is connected by road to the state capital [[Bhubaneswar]] which is 327 km to the west.

==Politics==
Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Bolangir Assembly Constituency is [[Narasingha Mishra]] of [[Indian National Congress]], who won the seat in State elections of 2014 by defeating [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] stalwart [[Ananga Udaya Singh Deo]].

Bolangir is part of [[Bolangir (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=2008-09-26
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051108040424/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|archive-date=2005-11-08
}}</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Balangir (1981–2010, extremes 1957–2012)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 39.7
| Feb record high C = 39.3
| Mar record high C = 45.1
| Apr record high C = 49.0
| May record high C = 48.3
| Jun record high C = 47.7
| Jul record high C = 40.7
| Aug record high C = 39.0
| Sep record high C = 38.4
| Oct record high C = 38.8
| Nov record high C = 36.6
| Dec record high C = 33.1
| year record high C = 49.0
| Jan high C = 27.5
| Feb high C = 31.2
| Mar high C = 36.0
| Apr high C = 39.9
| May high C = 40.9
| Jun high C = 36.4
| Jul high C = 31.2
| Aug high C = 30.3
| Sep high C = 31.0
| Oct high C = 31.0
| Nov high C = 28.6
| Dec high C = 26.5
| year high C = 32.5
| Jan low C = 12.9
| Feb low C = 15.5
| Mar low C = 19.3
| Apr low C = 23.3
| May low C = 24.3
| Jun low C = 23.4
| Jul low C = 22.4
| Aug low C = 22.6
| Sep low C = 23.1
| Oct low C = 21.1
| Nov low C = 16.7
| Dec low C = 12.9
| year low C = 19.8
| Jan record low C = 2.6
| Feb record low C = 3.5
| Mar record low C = 7.9
| Apr record low C = 9.3
| May record low C = 10.1
| Jun record low C = 11.0
| Jul record low C = 11.8
| Aug record low C = 12.6
| Sep record low C = 14.1
| Oct record low C = 10.6
| Nov record low C = 3.9
| Dec record low C = 1.6
| year record low C = 1.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 10.0
| Feb rain mm = 18.3
| Mar rain mm = 15.2
| Apr rain mm = 29.1
| May rain mm = 53.1
| Jun rain mm = 187.9
| Jul rain mm = 382.7
| Aug rain mm = 419.2
| Sep rain mm = 225.3
| Oct rain mm = 57.9
| Nov rain mm = 16.1
| Dec rain mm = 3.5
| year rain mm = 1418.2
| Jan rain days = 0.6
| Feb rain days = 1.2
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 1.9
| May rain days = 3.2
| Jun rain days = 8.8
| Jul rain days = 14.9
| Aug rain days = 15.0
| Sep rain days = 9.5
| Oct rain days = 2.9
| Nov rain days = 0.7
| Dec rain days = 0.5
| year rain days = 60.9
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 53
| Feb humidity = 45
| Mar humidity = 40
| Apr humidity = 36
| May humidity = 38
| Jun humidity = 59
| Jul humidity = 79
| Aug humidity = 81
| Sep humidity = 78
| Oct humidity = 69
| Nov humidity = 60
| Dec humidity = 57
| year humidity = 58
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Bolangir Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 155–156
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</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 = M161
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821033240/http://www.odisha.gov.in/revenue/web/AdministrativeUnit.asp?GL=2 Govt. Of Odisha Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140524024433/http://www.orissatourism.gov.in/portal/ Odisha Tourism]
* [http://balangir.nic.in/ Official website of Balangir]

{{Odisha}}
{{Balangir district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}
{{Western Odisha}}
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[[Category:Balangir| ]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Bolangir district]]
[[Category:Former capital cities in India]]

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Kamal Guha at 07:17, 9 August 2023