Badagada
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Badagada
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = or
| settlement_type = Census Town
| nickname =
| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|19.65|N|84.40|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name1 = Odisha
| subdivision_name2 = Ganjam
| subdivision_name3 = Surada
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_magnitude =
| area_blank2_title =
| area_blank2_km2 =
| elevation_m = 27
| population_total = 6982{{cite web | url = https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/411193-badagada-orissa.html | title = Badagada Town Population Census 2011 - 2024 | publisher = Census2011.co.in| access-date= 2024-04-07}}
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 761109
| area_code = 06819
| area_code_type = STD telephone code
| registration_plate = {{Unbulleted list
| OD-32
| OD-07 (old OR-07)
}}
| demographics1_info1 = Odia
}}
Badagada (also Bada-Gada) is a census town and former zamindari (feudal) estate in the Surada Block of Ganjam district, Odisha, India.
Geography
Badagada is located on the banks of the River Jarau at {{Coord|19.6450|N|84.4079|E|}}.[https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Barhagarh.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Barhagarh] It has an average elevation of {{convert|27|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
History
This place was earlier under Khindirisrunga (ଖିଣ୍ଡିରିଶୃଙ୍ଗ) or Khidisingi (ଖିଡ଼ିସିଙ୍ଗି) Mandala which comprised present day Surada, Dharakot, Sheragada blocks of Ganjam district (also includes some parts of Mohana block of Gajapati district). In 1476, Raja Baliar Singh divided the Khidisingi kingdom into four different estates due to early demise of his elder son. Badagada went to his grandson, Raja Daman Singh. Since Daman Singh was the successor of Baliar Singh's eldest son the naming of this place became Badagada which means The Big One's Fort.{{cite web | url = https://gopabandhuacademy.gov.in/sites/default/files/gazetter/Ganjam_Gazetteer.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiWkf7GlrCFAxXt7jgGHctoDcgQFnoECDEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3m741mhyuMwm7N4nuTtdN2 | title = Odisha District Gazetteer Ganjam | publisher = GOPABANDHU ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION| access-date= 2024-04-07}}
Politics
Badagada is a part of Surada Assembly Constituency. The MLA from Surada Assembly Constituency is Nilamani Bisoyi of BJP, who won
the seat in the state general assembly election in 2024.{{cite web | url = https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S18129.htm| title= General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results June 2024 Assembly Constituency 129 Surada (Odisha) |publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 2024-06-06}}
Badagada is a part of Aska (Lok Sabha constituency).
|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 = 2008-09-19
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206012916/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2000/background/S18/Orissa_AC_Dist_PC.pdf
|archive-date = 6 February 2009
|df = dmy-all
}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite web
|url = http://www.odisha.gov.in
|title = Odisha govt site}}
- http://www.worksodisha.gov.in/shdp.html
{{Ganjam district}}