Nilagiri is a town and a Notified Area Council in Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha.

At the dawn of the 20th century, peasants began to rise against the despotic king but such uprisings were crushed with brutal methods.

[citation needed] Odisha freedom fighters like Balaram Raj, Shyamsundar Parida, Kailashchandra Mohanty, Banamali Das, Baishnab Patnaik, Kashinath Mohapatra, Brundaban Chandra Sarangi, Satish Chandra Das and Nanda Kishore Patnaik violently fought against the local prince and forced him to surrender to newly formed Indian National Government.

Tourists and spiritual people visit the site to the touch the Shiva Linga located in a pit under the waterfall.

[citation needed] There is a state tourism shelter Pantha Nivas in Panchalingeswara for the tourists coming from outside.

Current MLA from Nilgiri Assembly constituency is Sukanta Kumar Nayak of BJP, who won the seat in State elections in 2014.

Previous MLAs from this seat were Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP) 2004, Pradipta Panda of CPI(M) in 2000, Akshaya Kumar Acharya representing INC in 1995 and Samarendra Narayan Das INC representing INC(I) in 1980, Chittaranjan Sarangi as independent candidate in 1990, Sukumar Nayak of INC in 1985, Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj of JNP in 1977.