Bonaigarh
| Bonaigarh | |
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| Town | |
 Bonaigarh
 Bonaigarh
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| Coordinates: 21°45′N 84°58′E / 21.75°N 84.97°ECoordinates: 21°45′N 84°58′E / 21.75°N 84.97°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Odisha |
| District | Sundargarh |
| Government | |
| • Sub Collector | mrs.swadha dev singh, [IAS ] |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 770038 |
| Telephone code | 06626 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-14(Rourkela RTO) |
| Official languages | Oriya/Sundargadi |
Bonaigarh, also locally known as Bonai, is a subdivision of Sundergarh district of the Indian state of Odisha. It is 162 km east of district headquarters Sundargarh. It is a tehsil headquarter. This royal bounty place is surrounded by River Brahmani and verdant hills having a temple of Lord Shiva (Baneswar Temple) and a King's Palace.
Bonaigarh Subdivision is divided into four tehsils or blocks. These includes :-
1.Bonaigarh 2.Koida 3.Lahunipara 4.Gurundia 5.Ruguda Apart from these tehsils , Bonaigarh is surrounded by many villages named - Jakeikala, Gogua, Kenaveta, Kuliposh, Mahuldia,Ruguda etc..
The main language spoken here is Odia and Hindi. However ,people here speak Sundargadi and Bonaigadia - a language having the combination of Sundargadi and Deogarh dialect.
During the British Raj, Bonaigarh was the capital of Bonai State, one of the princely states of the Chota Nagpur States, belonging to the Eastern States Agency. Bonaigarh is located at 21°45′N 84°58′E / 21.75°N 84.97°E.
Bonaigarh is situated beside the Bhubaneswar -Rourkela National Highway via Talcher, Pallahara, Barkot.From Barkote it is only 55 km. Though there is no train link to Bonaigarh but frequent buses are plying from Rourkela and Barkote. Once or twice in a day buses are plying from Kuchinda, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar.
Rail - There is no railway station in Bonaigarh in less than 10 km. However Raurkela Railway Station is the major railway station 52 km near to Bonaigarh.
Bus- Buses are well connected to Bonaigarh from various places i.e. Rourkela By Falak Travels, Raahi Travels, Dildar Travels, Rakesh Travels, Tarini Travels, Sarala Travels, Deogarh, Barkote, Angul By Swastiratha, Sundergarh By Rakesh Coach(Rakesh Travels), Jyostana Coach and Sambalpur. Two private night riding buses named 'Sarathi' and 'A-ONE' run to Bhubaneswar,Capital of Odisha via Talcher and Cuttack.
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