What is "pallahara"

Pal Lahara is a small town in Angul district of the state of Odisha and located on NH6, where it intersects with NH23, by road north of Angul. Not far from the banks of the Rengali Reservoir which is to the west, the Malayagiri Forest Range is to the southeast. Pallahara is one of the subdivisional headquarters in Angul district.

Pallahara (Sl. No.: 59) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Angul district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Pallahara block and 19 GPs (Balipasi, Kuluma, Rengali, Susuba, Arkil, Gandamula, Bajrakote, Hanumanpur, Dalaka, Karnapal, Parabil, Burukuna, Kulei, Deranga, Kakudia, Talapada, Biru, Hariharapur and Samal) of Kaniha block.

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Rabi Narayan Pani defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dharmendra Pradhan by a margin of 5,467 votes.