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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kendujhar Sadar
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
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| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.66|N|85.62|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kendujhar district]]
| established_title = 
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| elevation_m = 456
| population_total = 60590
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| demographics1_title2 = Local
| demographics1_info2 = [[Ho language|Ho]], [[Santali language|Santali]], [[Kudmali language|Kudmali]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 758001
| registration_plate = OD-09
| website = {{URL|odisha.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kendujhar Sadar''' is an administrative unit in the [[Kendujhar district]] in the state of [[Odisha]], [[India]]. This subdivision consists of the town Keundujhar, the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district.

==Administrative divisions==
Kendujhar Sadar is the largest subdivision out of the three in the Kendujhar district (the other two being Anandapur and Champua). It consists of seven blocks of 160 [[Gram Panchayat]]s:<ref name="Kendujhar District, Government of Odisha 2018">{{cite web | title=Subdivision & Blocks | website=Kendujhar District, Government of Odisha | date=2018-03-20 | url=https://kendujhar.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ | access-date=2019-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714130730/https://kendujhar.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ | archive-date=14 July 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

* Sadar
* Ghatagaon
* Harichandanpur
* Telkoi
* Banspal
* Patna
* Saharpada

==Geography==
Champua is located at {{coord|21.66|N|85.62|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 456 metres.

==Demographics==
Kendujhar Subdivision has a population of 871,927 according to the [[2011 Census of India|2011 India Census]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://kendujhar.nic.in/document/keonjhar-district-census-data/ | title=Keonjhar District Census Data (PDF 4MB) | Kendujhar District, Government of Odisha | India | access-date=19 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714130716/https://kendujhar.nic.in/document/keonjhar-district-census-data/ | archive-date=14 July 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Languages==
The dominant language is [[Odia language|Odia]], with some locals speaking [[Hindi]] and [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://kendujhar.nic.in/document/keonjhar-district-census-data/ | title=Keonjhar District Census Data (PDF 4MB) | Kendujhar District, Government of Odisha | India | access-date=19 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714130716/https://kendujhar.nic.in/document/keonjhar-district-census-data/ | archive-date=14 July 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Politics==

Kendujhar Sadar is part of [[Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Keonjhar]].<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=2008-09-27
|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>

The three [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Vidhan sabha]] constituencies<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|title=Assembly Constituencies and their EXtent|author=Shangara Ram|journal=The Gazette of India/Orissa State Gazette|number=282|date=15 December 2006|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154017/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls |title=Seats of Odisha |access-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013054/http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> of the Kendujhar district and its elected members<ref>{{cite web|url=http://odishaassembly.nic.in/MLAprof.aspx|title=List of Member in Fourteenth Assembly|website=odishaassembly.nic.in|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703050705/http://odishaassembly.nic.in/MLAprof.aspx|archive-date=3 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> of that area are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Reservation
!Extent of the Assembly Constituency (Blocks)
!Member of 16th Assembly<ref name="Constituency">{{cite web | last=Constituency | first=NameBy | title=Odisha Legislative Assembly | website=Odisha Legislative Assembly | url=http://odishaassembly.nic.in/profile_detail.aspx?x=6 | access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>
![[Political party|Party]]
|-
!20
|Telkoi
|ST
|Harichandanpur, Telkoi, Banspal (Part)
| Premananda Nayak
| style="background:#004225;"|[[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
|-
!23
|Patna
|ST
|Patna, Saharpada, Jhumpura (part), Champua (part)
|Hrusikesh Naik
|style="background:#004225;"|BJD
|-
!24
|Keonjhar
|ST
| Keonjhar (M), Keonjhar, Jhumpura (part) , Bansapal (Part) 
|Mohan Charan Majhi
| style="background:#004225;"|BJD
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kendujhar district}}

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

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