Subarnapur, also known as Sonepur, is a town and district headquarters of Subarnapur district of Odisha. The district spreads over an area of 2284.89 km2. It is also known as Second Varanasi of India for its cluster of temples having architectural importance and also of tantricism and second Allahabad for the Meeting Point (Sangam) of two rivers Mahanadi and Tel in place just like in Allahabad.[1] Subarnapur is also famous for silk, handloom, prawns, terracotta etc.
Subarnapur
Sonepur | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Subarnapur Location in Odisha, India  Subarnapur Subarnapur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20°50′N 83°55′E / 20.83°N 83.92°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Subarnapur |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 17,535 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| • Spoken | Sambalpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 767017 |
| Telephone code | 06654 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-31 |
| Website | odisha subarnapur |
History
editSonepur was formerly the capital of Sonepur State, a princely state of British India.[2]
Demographics
editAs of 2001[update] India census,[3] Sonepur town had a population of 17,535. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sonepur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 65%. In Sonepur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
edit- Sonepur College, Sonepur
Temples of Sonepur
edit- Kosaleswara temple
- Lankeswari Temple
- Narayani Temple
- Ramachandi Temple
- Subarnameru Temple
- Sureswari temple
- Balaji Temple, Subarnapur
- Bhagavati Temple
- Budhima Temple
- Budhi Somalai Temple
- Dadhibaban Temple
- Dasamati Temple
- Gokarneswar Temple
- Gundicha / Nrusimhanath Temple
- Jagannath Temple
- Khambeswari Temple
- Maa Chardei Temple Charda
- Pancharatha Temple
- Paschima Somanath Temple
- Rameswar Temple
- Shree Kapileshwar Temple Charda
- ShreeRam Temple
- Somaleswari temple
Notable people
edit- Kailash Chandra Meher, painter, awarded Padma Shri by Govt. of India.
Sari
editPolitics
editCurrent MLA from Sonepur (SC) Assembly Constituency is Niranjan Pujari of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2014. Previous MLAs from this seat were Binod Patra of INC, who won the seat in 2004, Kunduru Kushal who won this seat representing BJD in 2000, representing JD in 1995 and in 1990, Achyuta Biswal of INC in 1985, Dhaneswar Kumbhar of INC(I) in 1980, and Debraj Seth of JNP in 1977. [4]
Sonepur is part of Balangir (Lok Sabha constituency).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tourism in Sonepur".
- ^ Princely States of India
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "State Elections 2004 – Partywise Comparison for 112-Sonepur Constituency of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- Pasayat, C. and Sudam Naik (2008), Subarnapur Darabari Sahitya (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Gyanajuga Publications.
- Pasayat, C. (Ed.) (2008), Paschima Odisara Lokageeta (in Oriya), Bhubaneswar: Folklore Foundation.
- Padhy, S.K. History and Culture of Sonepur Ph.D. thesis, Berhampur University, 2000 .
- Accommodation in Sonepur "HOTEL KASTURI"