Editing Bargarh (section)

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<!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details -->{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Bargarh
| other_name         = Ricebowl of Odisha, City Of Handloom
| settlement_type    = Town
| image_skyline      = BARGARH CITY.jpg
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = 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
| pushpin_map        = India Odisha#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates        = {{coord|21|20|N|83|37|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Bargarh district]]
| established_title  = <!-- Established -->
| established_date   = 1 April 1993
| founder            = 
| named_for          = 
| government_type    = [[Municipality]]
| governing_body     = Bargarh Municipality
| leader_title1      = [[Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Member of Parliament]]
| leader_name1       = Pradip Purohit ([[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| leader_title2      = [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| leader_name2       = Aswini Sarangi  ([[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_rank          = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 171
| population_as_of   = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2010/December/engpdf/84-87.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304052644/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2010/December/engpdf/84-87.pdf |date=4 March 2011 }}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 3876,2
| population_rank    = 13(in Odisha)
| population_demonym = Bargadia
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Odia language|Odia]], [[English language|English]]
| demographics1_title2 = Local
| demographics1_info2 = [[Sambalpuri language|Sambalpuri]]
| timezone1          = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1        = +5:30
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code        = 768028
| registration_plate = OD-17
| website            = http://bargarh.nic.in
| footnotes          = 
| population         = 80,625
}}
'''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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bharatpetroleum.in/about-bpcl/infoline-detail.aspx?id=infoline/-BPCL%E2%80%99s-first-integrated-2G-plus-1G-BioEthanol-refinery-at-Bargarh/ | title=BPCL Stories }}</ref>