Phulbani
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| State : | Odisha | ||
| District : | Kandhamal | ||
| Location : | 20 ° 29 ′ N , 84 ° 14 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 489 m | ||
| Residents : | 37,371 (2011) | ||
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Phulbani (also Phulabani ) is the capital of the Kandhamal district in the west of the Indian state of Odisha .
Phulbani lies at an altitude of 489 m in the mountains of the Eastern Ghats . Located on the Salunki River , the city is 170 km west of Bhubaneshwar , the capital of Odisha. The national trunk road NH 157 and the Odisha trunk road 1 run through Phulbani.
As a city, Phulbani has the status of a municipality . The city is divided into 13 wards . In the 2011 census, the population was 37,371.
Before the division of the Phulbani district on January 1, 1994 into Kandhamal and Boudh , the city of Phulbani was the capital of the district of the same name.
9 km north of Phulbani is the beautiful Putudi waterfall .
climate
Phulbani has a tropical climate with heavy rainfall in the monsoon months from June to September. The annual mean temperature is 25.1 ° C. The average annual rainfall is 1323 mm.
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