Kujendri
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.
Kujendri | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kujendri Location in Odisha, India  Kujendri Kujendri (India) | |
| Coordinates: 19°07′47″N 83°46′11″E | |
| Country |  India |
| 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 |
Demography
Kujendri is a tribal dominated village. The population of the village, as per India census 2011 is 3108, with 1594 males and 1514 females.[6]
Geography
Kujendri is situated at lat. 19°7′47″N 83°46′11″E and towards 43 km east of the dist. Headquarters as well as the nearest railway station Gunupur.
References
- "Jamnalal Bajaj award winner Biswanath Patnaik"
- "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"