Jharbandh

Jharbandh is a town in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha.GeographyJharbandh is located at. It has an average elevation of 265m. It is almost 132km from its district headquarters, Bargarh. It is about 502km from its capital city of Bhubaneshwar. Jharbandh is a block of Padampur subdivision,distance from Jharbandh to Padampur is about 56km. The area around Jharbandh is rain-fed and hence is prone to frequent droughts. The Gandhamardhan hills is about 32km away and forms the borders between Bargarh and Balangir districts. To date, the beautiful locale has not been spoiled by industrialisation, but the per capita income is very low. Nrusinghanath Temple of Gandhamardhan hills is famous in all over the Odisha for lord Nrusingha.DemographicsIndia census, Jharbandh had a population of 2200. Jharbandh has a literacy rate of about nearly 61%.Jharbandh BlockJharbandh is the Panchayat Samiti headquarters consisting of 14 grampanchayats.The grampanchayats are Bhandarpuri Dava Chhotanki Kurlupali Bhainsadarha Amthi Bilaspur Chandibhata Gothuguda Jagdalpur Kandadangar Kumir Laudidarha Jharbandh