Jaipatna
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Jaipatnais one of the Town in Jayapatna Tehsil in Kalahandi District
Kalahandi
Kalahandi, , is a district of Orissa in India. The region had a glorious past and great civilization in ancient time. Archaeological evidence of stone age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilized, cultured and urban human...

 in Orissa State
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...

.This town is maintaining 78 km distance from its District main city Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatnais the headquarters of Kalahandi District.Bhawanipatna is a town of numerous temples dedicated to different deities of Hindu pantheon. Named after its presiding deity "Bhawani-Shankar", it is the most convenient base for touring various places of interest in the district and the nearby...

 and 500 km far from its State capital Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

.The town is surrounded by the Eastern Ghats
Eastern Ghats
The Eastern Ghats or Eastern Ghauts are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast. The Eastern Ghats run from West Bengal state in the north, through Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the south passing some parts of Karnataka. They are eroded and cut through by the...

range.

History

It is one of the oldest town in Kalahandi district and is home to the Indravati Irrigation Dam ( Mangalpur Dam) on Hati Nadi.This town is situated near tourist spot Mukhiguda
Mukhiguda
Mukhiguda is a census town in Kalahandi district in the Indian state of Orissa.Mukhiguda is on of the Village in Jayapatna Tehsil, Kalahandi District, Orissa State. Mukhiguda is 20.2 km far from its Tehsil Main Town Jaipatna.Mukhiguda is located 54.3 km distance from its District Main...

 which is famous for Indravati Power Plant(Hydroelectricity Power Generator) in Kalahandi District
Kalahandi
Kalahandi, , is a district of Orissa in India. The region had a glorious past and great civilization in ancient time. Archaeological evidence of stone age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilized, cultured and urban human...

.Talgud Sakti Pith is one of the oldest temples around the area.The Indravati Project is only 7 km from Jaipatna.Jaipatna has a very nice scenic view. It is surrounded by rich cultivated green ground

Demographics

According to the 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...

 of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

2001,Total Population of Jaipatna was 108,531.where 49% of male and 51% of female living.

Jaipana had a total literacy population was 36,310,from which male literacy population was 26,027 and fimale literacy population 10,583.

Education

Colleges
  • Indravati College
Schools
  • Uma shankar High School
  • Panchayat Girl's High School
  • Uma Sankar ME School
  • Viswatma Vidya Mandr
  • Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir
  • Fifteen Nos of Primary School

Temples

  • Dokri Budi Temple
  • Lord Jagannath Temple
  • Lord Shiva Temple
  • Lord Hanuman Temple
  • Gayatri Temple
  • Gouranga Temple
  • Radhakrishna Temple
  • Durga Temple
  • Gansh Temple
  • Banadurga Temple ( Insde Raj Bati )
  • Santoshi Temple

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