Subarnapur, also known as Sonepur, is a town and district headquarters of Subarnapur district of Odisha. The district spreads over an area of 2284.89 km2. It is also known as Second Varanasi of India for its cluster of temples having architectural importance and also of tantricism and second Allahabad for the Meeting Point (Sangam) of two rivers Mahanadi and Tel in place just like in Allahabad.[1] Subarnapur is also famous for silk, handloom, prawns, terracotta etc.
Sonepur was formerly the capital of Sonepur State, a princely state of British India.[2]
As of 2001[actualizar] India census,[3] Sonepur town had a population of 17,535. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sonepur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 65%. In Sonepur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
El actual MLA del distrito electoral de la Asamblea de Sonepur (SC) es Niranjan Pujari de BJD , quien ganó el escaño en las elecciones estatales de 2014. Los MLA anteriores de este escaño fueron Binod Patra de INC , quien ganó el escaño en 2004, Kunduru Kushal, quien ganó este escaño en representación. BJD en 2000, representando a JD en 1995 y 1990, Achyuta Biswal de INC en 1985, Dhaneswar Kumbhar de INC(I) en 1980 y Debraj Seth de JNP en 1977. El lugar fue testigo de un único Primer Ministro en funciones, es decir, Shri Narendra. Modi aquí el 6 de abril de 2019. [4]
Sonepur es parte de Balangir (distrito electoral de Lok Sabha) .