Bargarh

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Bargarh Ricebowl of Odisha/City Of Handloom
Town
From Top Left: Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Nrusinghanath stream, Drone view of Bargarh Town during Dhanujatra, Bargarh Railway Station, Lord Krishna Statue, VSS Statue, Aapkhol Waterfall
Nickname:  ଭାତହାଣ୍ଡି Bhatahandi
Bargarh Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Bargarh Bargarh (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°20′N 83°37′E / 21.333°N 83.617°E / 21.333; 83.617
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Bargarh district
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Bargarh Municipality
• Member of Parliament	Pradip Purohit (BJP)
• Member of Legislative Assembly	Aswini Sarangi (BJP)
Elevation	171 m (561 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]	80,625
• Rank	13(in Odisha)
• Density	38,762/km2 (100,390/sq mi)
Demonym	Bargadia
Languages
• Official	Odia English
• Local	Sambalpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	768028
Vehicle registration	OD-17
Website	http://bargarh.nic.in

Bargarh is one of the major towns of Western Odisha and a municipality in Bargarh district in the state of Odisha in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bargarh District and an important town of Odisha because it is known as the "rice bowl of Odisha" due to its intense rice production, it is an agro-industrial hub and is also known as "city of handloom" because sambalpuri sari originated from here."Dhanu jatra" of Bargarh is world famous and is known as the "world's largest open air theatre". Bargarh was awarded with the "fastest moving city" award under the 50k-100k category in Swachh Sarbekhyan 2022 in the east zone.

BPCL’s first integrated 2G+1G BioEthanol refinery at Bargarh, Odisha is scheduled for mechanical completion . This will be using biomass from non-edible whole plants or food grain residues for 2G ethanol and sugarcane juice, molasses & damaged grains for making 1G ethanol.^[2]