Birmaharajpur

Geography

Birmaharajpur Subdivisional Headquarters is Birmaharajpur town . It is located 22 km towards East from District headquarters Subarnapur. It is a dispersed town and located on the left bank of the river Mahanadi located about 229 km from state capital Bhubaneswar. Birmaharajpur Subdivision is bounded by Boudh towards South, Binika towards west, Rairakhol Tehsil towards North, Sonepur Tehsil towards west . Phulabani, Balangir, Sambalpur, Burla are the nearby cities to Birmaharajpur. It is at 160 m elevation (altitude). Phulbani, Sambalpur, Hirakud, Raigarh, Kalahandi are the nearby important tourist destinations to see. The main places of this sub-division are Amarpali, Bagbar, Dantapali,Tithipali, Hillung, Jatesingha, Kalapathar, Kenghriapali, Khandahata, Kumarkeli, Luthurpank, Pitamahul, Ulunda, Dharmasala, Mursundhi, Champamal, Kendupali, Kamalpur, Deulmunda, Nuagarh Subalaya.

Educational institutions

NGO and VOs

Politics

Current MLA of Birmaharajpur is Shri Padmanav Behera of BJD. Birmaharajpur is a part of Balangir Lok Sabha constituency.

Poets and writers of Birmaharaj Pur

Santha kabi Bhima Bhoi, Santha Chandramani Das, Bhikari Charan Panda, Madhaba Chandra Bishi, Dwitikrishna Panda, Jajneswar Bishi, Akrura Hota, Dr.Debasis Pandia, Laxmi Narayan sahu, Rabi Chandra sahu, Aniruddha Kurukuria, Madhusmita Panigrahi, Trilochan Meher, Balaram das, Pitabas Rajhans, Bijaya kumar Pujahari, Basudev Ratha, Rajendra Panda, Dr.Himansu shekhar Padhi, Rupadhar Behera, Akshya Kumar Rai, Narayan Dehury, Pranati Ratha, Sasmita Panigrahi, Akshaya Rai Goura Charan Panda, Antaryami Ratha, Prahallad Naik Shyama Gopala Hota Aniruddha Kurkuria Bhagaban Bagh Dharma kumar Satpathy Himansu Panda Kambhu Biswal Ranjeeta Panda Babana Panda Ratnakar Biswal

Places of interest

This is a famous Picnic spot located in Birmaharajpur Block on Harihara-Jora Irrigation Project. The Dame site is attracting thousands of local visitors around the year for picnic and other recreation activities because of its natural and beautiful environment. The spectacular water body in foot of the hills and deep forest with cool environment gives a real touch of nature. It is possible to rent a boat with boatman for boating. One can enjoy the sweet and charming sound of various species of birds including peacock. During the winter (November–February) this place attracts lot of foreign birds, which generally come to Chilika Lake. Sometimes it is also possible to see elephants, bears or wolves in the nearby jungle at the dam site.

This Matha is located at the centre of a man-made forest. It is famous for the 24x7 chanting of Hare Krishna mantra or Maha Mantra ("The Great Mantra"). Head of this Math is called Maharaj. In this area, it is widely believed that a former Maharaj of this Matha had walked on the water of river Mahanadi. “Goverdhan Puja” is celebrated here in a typically big way. People from various districts of Odisha come to this place to take the blessings of lord Krishna.