Kotpad is a town and a notified area committee in Koraput district

Koraput District

Koraput is a tribal dominated district of Orissa, India, and known for rich and diverse types of mineral deposits. It is located along the Eastern Ghats.-History:...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station located on Kothavalasa

Kothavalasa

Kotha-valasa or Kotta-valasa is a census town and mandal in Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Kothavalasa is located at . It has an average elevation of 209 meters .-Demographics:...

-Kirandul

Kirandul

Kirandul is a city and a municipality in the Dantewada district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.It is a small town with NMDC colony, bus stand, railway station,Government Hospital and a college. Kirandul used to have a satellite township called Kailashnagar.-Demographics: India census, Kirandul...

 railway.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Kotpad had a population of 14,914. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kotpad has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 50%. In Kotpad, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Current MLA from Kotpad Assembly Constituency is Basudev Majhi of INC

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

, who won the seat in State elections in 2004 and also in 2000, 1995, 1985, 1980 (as candidate of INC(I)) and 1977. Sadan Naik of JD

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 had won this seat in 1990.

Kotpad is part of Nowrangpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nowrangpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:...

.