The Gandhamardhan hills is about 32 kilometres (20 mi) away and forms the borders between Bargarh and Balangir districts.

To date, the beautiful locale has not been spoiled by industrialisation, but the per capita income is very low.

Nrusinghanath Temple of Gandhamardhan hills is famous in all over the Odisha for lord Nrusingha.

[2] The grampanchayats are: Current MLA from Padmapur Assembly Constituency is barsa singh bariha of BJD who won the seat in by-elections in 2023.

He was succeeded by Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha of BJD, who won the seat in State elections in 2009.