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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Jharbandh<br />
| other_name =<br />
| nickname = JRB<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21|3|39.8916|N|82|47|33.7596|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bargarh district|Bargarh]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 265<br />
| population_total = 3669<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]([[Sambalpuri language|Sambalpuri]])<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 768042<br />
| registration_plate = OD17<br />
| website = {{URL|odisha.gov.in}} <br />
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'''Jharbandh''' is a town in [[Bargarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Odisha]]. Jharbandh comes under the padmapur Vidhan Sabha in Odisha state and is under the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency in India<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Jharbandh is located at {{Coord|21.03|N|82.47|E|}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|265|m|ft}}. It is almost {{convert|132|km|mi}} from its district headquarters, [[Bargarh]]. It is about {{convert|502|km|mi}} from its capital city of [[Bhubaneshwar]].<br />
Jharbandh is a [[Block (country subdivision)|block]] of [[Padampur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Padampur]] subdivision, distance from Jharbandh to [[Padampur, Bargarh district|Padampur]] is about {{convert|56|km|mi}}.<br />
The area around Jharbandh is rain-fed and hence is prone to frequent droughts. The [[Gandhamardhan hills]] is about {{convert|32|km|mi}} away and forms the borders between [[Bargarh]] and [[Balangir]] districts. To date, the beautiful locale has not been spoiled by industrialisation, but the per capita income is very low.<br />
[[Nrusinghanath Temple]] of [[Gandhamardhan hills]] is famous in all over the [[Odisha, India|Odisha]] for lord Nrusingha.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Jharbandh had a population of 2200. Jharbandh has a literacy rate of about nearly 61%.<br />
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==Jharbandh Block==<br />
Jharbandh is the Panchayat Samiti headquarters consisting of 14 grampanchayats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odissa.in/jharbandhblockgplist/|title = Odissa.in}}</ref><br />
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The grampanchayats are:<br />
# [[Bhandarpuri]]<br />
# Dava<br />
# Chhotanki<br />
# Kurlupali<br />
# Bhainsadarha<br />
# Amthi<br />
# Bilaspur<br />
# Chandibhata<br />
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# Gothuguda<br />
# Jagdalpur<br />
# Kandadangar<br />
# Kumir<br />
# Laudidarha<br />
# Jharbandh<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Padmapur]] Assembly Constituency is Pradip Purohit of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] who won the seat in State elections in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myneta.info/odisha2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=225|title=Pradip Purohit(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- PADAMPUR(BARGARH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref> He has won this seat for the first time. He was succeeded by Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha of [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]], who won the seat in State elections in 2009.<ref>[http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?123 ws.ori.nic.in: ola/mlaprofile]</ref><br />
He also won this seat earlier for [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]] in 2000 and for [[Janata Dal|JD]] in 1995 and in 1990. Other previous MLAs from this seat were Satya Narayan Sahu of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] who won this seat in 2004, in 1985 for INC and in 1980 representing INC(I).<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Bargarh district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bargarh district]]</div>UpdateBot