Padmapur, Rayagada

Demography

Geography

Transport

Temples

• The seventh century-old Nilakantheswar temple at Padmapur on the top of the hillock adjoining the village. This temple is also believed to be the Mallikeshwara temple
• The temple of Mallikeswar at the foot of the hillock, which is built of red rocks
• The temple of Dhabaleswar beside the temple of Mallikeswar
• Another temple of Pudukeswar close to these temples at the foot of the hillock,
• The Radhakrushna temple in New Street
• The Giridhari temple in the Badasahi
• The Gopinatha temple or Dasima Matha
• The Trinath temple beside the road leading to Gunupur
• The Gramadevati temple at the heart of the village
• The Gayatri temple on the hillock area
• The temple of Hanumana and the temple of Sai Baba on the hillock
• Another small temple of Trinath at Jhumuruguda beside the main road

  Education

• The Govt. Bijayananda High School
• The Govt. Boys' Upper Primary School near Markama street
• The Primary school at Medical Colony in the village
• The Primary School at Hatapada in the village
• The Girls' High School
• The R.G. College
• Triveni +2 Science College
• The Ideal Public School
• The Aryan English Medium School at Padmapur
• The Gajanana Vidya Niketana
• The Saraswati Sishu Mandir

  Notable people

• Nagbhushan Patnaik, a Communist leader, was born at Padmapur in 1934