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'''Kujendri''' is a small village of [[Rayagada district]] in the state of [[Odisha]], India.<br />
There is a Govt. High school of welfare department since 1949. The veteran Gandhian and [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award|Jamnalal Bajaj award winner]] [[Biswanath Pattnaik]]<ref>[http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2008/constructive-work/biswanath-pattnaik "Jamnalal Bajaj award winner Biswanath Patnaik"]</ref><ref name="name">[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2010/August/engpdf/65-69.pdf "Odisha Review"] An article by Rahunath Rath in Odisha Review 2010</ref> came to kujendri in around 1940, founded Banabasi Seva Samiti<ref>[http://www.banabasi.in/left/life_history.html "Banabasi seba samiti and Agnya"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105312/http://www.banabasi.in/left/life_history.html |date=2014-05-31 }}</ref> and worked for the development of local tribal people. The village is well known as the birthplace of the tribal lady freedom fighter Sandi Sabara.<ref name="name" /> who met Sri Patnaik there and worked in the Bhoodan movement.<ref>[http://www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissareview/2010/August/engpdf/65-69.pdf "Sandhi sabara - "a little known tribal lady freedom fighter of Kujendri"]</ref> Kujendri was an important place in the history of [[Bhoodan movement]]. The Bhoodan activists in a padayatra, in the leadership of Acharya [[Vinoba Bhave]] reached here on 8 March 1952 and mobilized the people of the area to donate lands.<ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2013/Feb-Mar/engpdf/110-116.pdf "Odisha Review 2013"] An article on Bhoodan Movement in Koraput</ref><br />
It also has a temple-"Trinath temple", built by late shri Appana choudhury.<br />
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==Demography==<br />
Kujendri is a tribal dominated village. The population of the village, as per India census 2011 is 3108, with 1594 males and 1514 females.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Population_Finder.aspx/ "Official website of census india"]</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Kujendri is situated at lat. {{coord|19|7|47|N|83|46|11|E}} and towards 43&nbsp;km east of the dist. Headquarters as well as the nearest railway station [[Gunupur]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://rayagada.nic.in/ Official website of Rayagada district]<br />
{{Rayagada district |state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Rayagada district]]<br />
[[Category:Villages in Rayagada district]]<br />
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