Kujendri
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Kujendri | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 19°07′47″N 83°46′11″E / 19.12972°N 83.76972°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Odisha |
District | Rayagada |
Government | |
• Type | Democratic |
Languages | |
• Official | Odia |
Time zone | UTC 5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 765023 |
Telephone code | 06862 |
Vehicle registration | OD 18 |
Website | odisha |
Kujendri is a small village of Rayagada district in the state of Odisha, India. There is a Govt. High school of welfare department since 1949. The veteran Gandhian and Jamnalal Bajaj award winner Biswanath Pattnaik[1][2] came to kujendri in around 1940, founded Banabasi Seva Samiti[3] 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.[2] who met Sri Patnaik there and worked in the Bhoodan movement.[4] 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.[5] It also has a temple-"Trinath temple", built by late shri Appana choudhury.
Demography
[edit]Kujendri is a tribal-dominated village. The population of the village, as per India census 2011 is 3108, with 1863 males and 1514 females.[6]
Geography
[edit]Kujendri is situated at lat. 19°7′47″N 83°46′11″E / 19.12972°N 83.76972°E and towards 43 km east of the dist. Headquarters as well as the nearest railway station Gunupur.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jamnalal Bajaj award winner Biswanath Patnaik"
- ^ a b "Odisha Review" An article by Rahunath Rath in Odisha Review 2010
- ^ "Banabasi seba samiti and Agnya" Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sandhi sabara - "a little known tribal lady freedom fighter of Kujendri"
- ^ "Odisha Review 2013" An article on Bhoodan Movement in Koraput
- ^ "Official website of census India"
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