Kotpad

Kotpad is a town and a notified area committee in Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. Nearest railway station to Kotpad is Kotpad Road station which is a part of East Coast railway.

Kotpad
Damayanti Nagar
Town
Kotpad
Location in Odisha, India
Kotpad
Kotpad (India)
Coordinates: 19.1624°N 82.3256°E / 19.1624; 82.3256
Country India
StateOdisha
DistrictKoraput
Population
 (2001)
  Total14,914
Languages
  OfficialOdia
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationOD 10
Websiteodisha.gov.in

Kotpad is famous for Saree and Handloom products. Kotpad Handloom is a vegetable-dyed fabric woven by the tribal weavers of the Mirgan community of Kotpad village in Koraput.

Kotpad recently came to limelight because of director Biswanath Rath's award-winning movie Kotpad Weaving : The Story of a Race Against Time.

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