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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <p>Angul is located at <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Angul¶ms=21.21_N_86.11_E_">21°13′N 86°07′E / 21.21°N 86.11°E / 21.21; 86.11</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> It has an average elevation of 195 m (640 ft) above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. It terms of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha. </p> <h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2> <p>As of the <a href="/facts/2011_Census_of_India/U4V680pf">2011 Census of India</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>[<i>needs update</i>] Angul had a population of 44,390. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Angul has an average literacy rate of 77.53%, higher than the national average of 74.04%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. About 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are 3 government high schools present for Odia <a href="/facts/Medium_of_instruction/mCBjkb8g">medium education</a>. A Sishu Vidya Mandir and two <a href="/facts/Kendriya_Vidyalayas/MQKhjBkt">Kendriya Vidyalaya Angul</a> Schools are there for children. </p> <h2 id="politics">Politics</h2> <p>In the <a href="/facts/2019_Indian_general_election/GRjbGKEY">2019 Indian general election</a>, <a href="/facts/Mahesh_Sahoo/QE4TU5QA">Mahesh Sahoo</a> (BJD) won from <a href="/facts/Dhenkanal_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)/PwvvaFeg">Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>. In Loksabha general election 2014, Nagendra Pradhan (BJD) and Tathagat Satpathy (BJD) were elected from Sambalpur and Dhenkanal loksabha constituency respectively. Angul is part of <a href="/facts/Dhenkanal_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)/PwvvaFeg">Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>. </p><p>The current <a href="/facts/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)/H2HfQfwB">MLA</a> from <a href="/facts/Angul_(Odisha_Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)/8Xh9E6ct">Angul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)</a> is Rajanikant Singh of <a href="/facts/Biju_Janata_Dal/dDX64gbW">BJD</a> who was elected in the <a href="/facts/2019_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election/E2zGqWcw">2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election</a> and subsequently elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the assembly. He won the seat in State elections of 2004, 2009, and 2014. His father Adwait Prasad Singh had won this seat in 2000 as a BJD candidate, in 1990 as <a href="/facts/Janata_Dal/rtz6IqNv">JD</a> candidate and in 1977 as <a href="/facts/Janata_Party/1NAUzKdV">JNP</a> candidate. Earlier MLAs from this seat were Ramesh Jena of <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Congress/Im1gQksb">INC</a> in 1995, Prafulla Mishra of INC in 1985, and Santosh Kumar Pradhan of INC(I) in 1980.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>Girija Nandini Sahoo of BJD was President of Zilla Parishad, Angul from 2012 to 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="climate">Climate</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Angul (1991–2020, extremes 1906–2012)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °C (°F)</th><td>36.7(98.1)</td><td>42.1(107.8)</td><td>43.1(109.6)</td><td>46.1(115.0)</td><td>47.2(117.0)</td><td>47.2(117.0)</td><td>41.1(106.0)</td><td>38.1(100.6)</td><td>38.1(100.6)</td><td>37.7(99.9)</td><td>35.3(95.5)</td><td>33.3(91.9)</td><td>47.2(117.0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>28.7(83.7)</td><td>32.1(89.8)</td><td>36.6(97.9)</td><td>39.8(103.6)</td><td>40.2(104.4)</td><td>36.8(98.2)</td><td>32.5(90.5)</td><td>32.0(89.6)</td><td>32.5(90.5)</td><td>32.7(90.9)</td><td>30.6(87.1)</td><td>28.7(83.7)</td><td>33.7(92.7)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>14.1(57.4)</td><td>16.6(61.9)</td><td>19.7(67.5)</td><td>24.3(75.7)</td><td>25.6(78.1)</td><td>25.1(77.2)</td><td>23.8(74.8)</td><td>23.3(73.9)</td><td>23.2(73.8)</td><td>21.2(70.2)</td><td>17.4(63.3)</td><td>13.6(56.5)</td><td>20.6(69.1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °C (°F)</th><td>5.5(41.9)</td><td>7.2(45.0)</td><td>10.2(50.4)</td><td>14.4(57.9)</td><td>15.6(60.1)</td><td>17.4(63.3)</td><td>16.0(60.8)</td><td>14.3(57.7)</td><td>12.8(55.0)</td><td>12.0(53.6)</td><td>5.6(42.1)</td><td>3.5(38.3)</td><td>3.5(38.3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average rainfall mm (inches)</th><td>10.4(0.41)</td><td>14.4(0.57)</td><td>22.9(0.90)</td><td>38.0(1.50)</td><td>81.2(3.20)</td><td>172.6(6.80)</td><td>301.7(11.88)</td><td>285.5(11.24)</td><td>214.2(8.43)</td><td>105.2(4.14)</td><td>17.4(0.69)</td><td>9.1(0.36)</td><td>1,272.6(50.10)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average rainy days</th><td>1.0</td><td>1.2</td><td>1.4</td><td>2.9</td><td>4.7</td><td>9.0</td><td>13.8</td><td>14.2</td><td>11.2</td><td>4.9</td><td>1.1</td><td>0.6</td><td>66.1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Relative_humidity/Nwb28VlT">relative humidity</a> (%) (at 17:30 <a href="/facts/Indian_Standard_Time/K8wy1APK">IST</a>)</th><td>58</td><td>51</td><td>46</td><td>46</td><td>48</td><td>63</td><td>74</td><td>77</td><td>76</td><td>69</td><td>63</td><td>60</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: <a href="/facts/India_Meteorological_Department/7HkhCd2R">India Meteorological Department</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Angul has been ranked 6th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://angul.nic.in/">Official Website</a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angul. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Anugul <a href="http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Angul.html" target="_blank">http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Angul.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"State Elections 2004 – Partywise Comparison for 116-Angul Constituency of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 September 2008.[permanent dead link] <a href="http://archive.eci.gov.in/March2004/pollupd/ac/states/s18/Partycomp116.htm" target="_blank">http://archive.eci.gov.in/March2004/pollupd/ac/states/s18/Partycomp116.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>odishapanchayat.gov.in/download/ZP_Presidents2012-2017.pdf <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Station: Angul Climatological Table 1991–2020" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1991–2020. India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20240408025145/https://www.imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Tables%201991-2020.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024" (PDF). Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2024. 7 September 2024. <a href="https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf" target="_blank">https://prana.cpcb.gov.in/ncapServices/robust/fetchFilesFromDrive/Swachh_Vayu_Survekshan_2024_Result.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>