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Kulagada is the village which is located in Ganjam distrisct of Orissa. Bhubaneswar is the state capital for Kulagada village. It is located around 151.3 kilometer away from Kulagada. The other nearest state capital is Hyderabad and its distance is 253.9 KM.Orissa

History of Kulagada:

The history of Kulagada village is unknown. The people in the area claims that it is in existence since Kalinga Empire and it has rock edict inscribed on a hills of Jaugada. It is said that the region was a part of Kalinga Empire which was then taken by Ashoka in 265 BCE. In the year 1757 French people conquested the region but after 2 years British defeated the French and established a firm there. During this time, the village came under “Madras Presidency”. During early 19thcentury, there was a revolt against the british started by the Zamindars which continued till 1836 and village was badly affected. In 1855 due to deadly epidemic disease the region became abandoned in which most of the population succumbed to death. In the year 1936 Kulagada was separated from the Madras Presidency and formed as a part of Orissa state

Attractions in and around Kulagada:

It is the historical place which depicts the Kalinga empire inscription. The other attraction near kulagada is 1.	Mundamarai 2.	Aska 3.	Jagamohan 4.	Tatapani 5.	Rugumu 6.	Babanapur

The official language of Kulagada

As it is a village belonging to Orissa the native language of kulagada is “Oriya”. It is also said this is there official language

Kulagada Sun rise time

Kulagada village is said to be in UTC 5.30 time zone and it follos Indian timing system. The sun rise time varies -11 minutes from Indian Standard time. Kulagada domain name extension is said to CTLD.

Accessibility:

By rail

The nearest railway station is Brahmapura located 38km away from Kulagada. Brahmapur railway station	38 KM, Golanthra railway station	43 KM, Gopalpur Balkda railway station	45 KM, Chhatrapur railway station	46 KM, Ganjam railway station	51 KM.

By Air

The nearest airport is Berhampur airport located at 43 km away from Kulagada and other nearby airports are Berhampur Airport	43 KM, Biju Patnaik International Airport	148 KM, Angul JSPL Airport	155.0 KM.

Nearest Important Cities

The nearest important cities around kulagada are Asika- 7 KM, Hinjilicut- 20 KM, Berhampur- 38 KM, Brahmapur- 38 KM