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{{About|the municipality in Odisha, India|its namesake district|Kendujhar district}}
{{original research|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kendujhar
| native_name = Keonjhar
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.63|N|85.58|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 = [[Keonjhar district|Keonjhar]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =96.4
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 596
| population_total = 57232
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 2295
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 758001, 758002, 758013
| registration_plate = OD-09
| website = {{URL|http://kendujhar.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]

}}
'''Kendujhar''' is a town with [[municipality]] in [[Kendujhar District]] in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Odisha]]. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district, and it is one of the fifth scheduled areas of Odisha.<ref>http://pesadarpan.gov.in/en_US/fifth-schedule-areas?p_p_id=122_INSTANCE_kKN0LGcIxmYl&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=_118_INSTANCE_NK1DjTMey0mQ__column-1&p_p_col_count=1&p_r_p_564233524_resetCur=true&p_r_p_564233524_categoryId=27007</ref>

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Kendujhar (1981–2010, extremes 1957–2012)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 34.5
| Feb record high C = 40.4
| Mar record high C = 41.9
| Apr record high C = 44.9
| May record high C = 47.4
| Jun record high C = 44.5
| Jul record high C = 37.1
| Aug record high C = 37.2
| Sep record high C = 38.9
| Oct record high C = 37.4
| Nov record high C = 33.4
| Dec record high C = 30.9
| year record high C = 47.4
| Jan high C = 26.1
| Feb high C = 29.0
| Mar high C = 33.4
| Apr high C = 37.1
| May high C = 37.1
| Jun high C = 33.4
| Jul high C = 30.2
| Aug high C = 29.8
| Sep high C = 30.3
| Oct high C = 30.0
| Nov high C = 28.0
| Dec high C = 26.0
| year high C = 30.9
| Jan low C = 11.8
| Feb low C = 14.7
| Mar low C = 18.7
| Apr low C = 22.3
| May low C = 23.8
| Jun low C = 24.1
| Jul low C = 23.5
| Aug low C = 23.3
| Sep low C = 22.5
| Oct low C = 20.0
| Nov low C = 15.6
| Dec low C = 12.0
| year low C = 19.4
| Jan record low C = 3.0
| Feb record low C = 2.7
| Mar record low C = 8.7
| Apr record low C = 10.4
| May record low C = 14.7
| Jun record low C = 12.2
| Jul record low C = 13.2
| Aug record low C = 15.6
| Sep record low C = 10.2
| Oct record low C = 7.2
| Nov record low C = 7.9
| Dec record low C = 2.2
| year record low C = 2.2
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 16.3
| Feb rain mm = 27.3
| Mar rain mm = 29.3
| Apr rain mm = 46.7
| May rain mm = 104.9
| Jun rain mm = 247.5
| Jul rain mm = 275.0
| Aug rain mm = 301.9
| Sep rain mm = 212.2
| Oct rain mm = 96.6
| Nov rain mm = 28.5
| Dec rain mm = 3.4
| year rain mm = 1389.5
| Jan rain days = 1.3
| Feb rain days = 1.8
| Mar rain days = 2.3
| Apr rain days = 3.5
| May rain days = 6.1
| Jun rain days = 11.5
| Jul rain days = 14.9
| Aug rain days = 15.2
| Sep rain days = 12.1
| Oct rain days = 5.2
| Nov rain days = 1.5
| Dec rain days = 0.4
| year rain days = 75.9
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 52
| Feb humidity = 46
| Mar humidity = 39
| Apr humidity = 36
| May humidity = 49
| Jun humidity = 70
| Jul humidity = 81
| Aug humidity = 84
| Sep humidity = 84
| Oct humidity = 75
| Nov humidity = 64
| Dec humidity = 56
| year humidity = 61
|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: Keonjhargarh Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 405–406
| 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 = M164
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>
}}

== Politics ==
Mohan charan Majhi of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] is the current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Keonjhar assembly constituency. Mohan Charan Majhi won assembly elections in both 2004 and 2000. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Jogendra Naik of BJP (1995), C. Majhi of [[Janata Dal|JD]] (1990), Chhotaray Majhi of JNP (1985), Jogendra Naik of [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] in 1980 and Kumar Majhi of JNP (1977).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp144.htm
|title=State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 144-Keonjhar Constituency of Odisha
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|access-date=2008-09-13
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928200324/http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp144.htm
|archive-date=28 September 2008
}}</ref>

Present [[Member of Parliament#India|MP]] from [[Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] is [[Chandrani Murmu]] of BJD.

==Gallery==
Some images of keonjhar.<gallery mode="nolines" widths="200" heights="170">
File:KEONJHAR town as seen from above..jpg|keonjhar seen from above
File:Keonjhar.jpg|sunset in keonjhar
File:Kendujhargarh palace.jpg|ruined fort walls of kendujhargarh palace
</gallery>

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Keonjhar}}
* [http://www.maplandia.com/india/orissa/kendujhar/ Satellite map]
* [http://kendujhar.nic.in/ Government of India website for Kendujhar]

{{Kendujhar district}}
{{Municipalities of Odisha}}

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

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