Pattamundai is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha, located on the centre of SH-9A from Cuttack to Chandbali along the south end of Brahmani River.

You can find now the marks of the river beds between present village "Bangali Diha and Mandapada" (ବଂଗାଲିଦିଆ ଓ ମଣ୍ଡପଡ଼ା) and " Kasananta and Balipada".

The word "Chatara" also means "A wide expansion of plot of the surface of a tank not overgrown or covered with aquatic grass or reeds" (Page-2518 - Purnachandra Bhashakosha By Late Praharaj).

It is the biggest market-hub in the whole of Kendrapara District due to its position and connectivity to Rajnagar, Aali, Rajkanika & Cuttack.Pattamundai is famous for Durga Puja.

[2] British forces under Colonel Harcourt marched from Cuttack to Kujang sometime during late October- early November 1803 and Pattamundai fell from the hands of the Marathas unopposed.

[5] Mention can be found during Damage Assessment after the floods in October 1848 when it used to be a Taluka under the Utikan Estate (pargana), Madanpur.

In the Kendrapara sub-division the great cyclone of September 1885 destroyed 46 villages in thana Patamundai, most of the inhabitants of which were either drowned or succumbed to the fever and cholera which usually form the sequel of such calamities, while those that survived emigrated to tracts less exposed to the destructive action of storm- waves.

In the census of 1901, it was noted that the population of pattamundai was steadily growing after the construction of protective embankments and the offer of easy terms of settlement by the British led to considerable reclamation of land which had been thrown out of cultivation by the salt-water floods of 1885.

During the British period it was an important point between the capital city of Cuttack and the estates of Aali & Kanika and the ports of Chandabali and Dhamara.

Agricultural and hand crafted products were exported to other parts of India like Madras, Bombay, Ceylon, the Maldive islands and European countries.

Rains brought by the Bay of Bengal branch of the south west summer monsoon lash Pattamundai between June and September, supplying it with most of its annual rainfall of 1,502 mm (59 in).

The winter months feature chilly northerly winds which bring down the temperature to around 15 °C, though the bright sunshine helps maintain the pleasant weather.

Due to the proximity to coast and being located near the delta of some great river systems, cyclones and floods are a permanent feature of this region[12] from the Bay of Bengal.

The United Nations Development Programme reports that there is "very high damage risk" from winds and cyclones.

The main cause of concern is the geographical location of the town and the rivers system netting in the region.

The Bureau of Indian Standards places the city inside seismic zone III on a scale ranging from I to V in order of increasing susceptibility to earthquakes.

It was in March, 2017 when a Muslim girl named Firadus from the neighboring village of Damarpur won the Bhagwad Gita recitation contest.

All the other regular Indian festivals like Ratha Yatra, Raja, Ganesh Chaturthi,[18] Vasant Panchami, Holi, Diwali, Id, are celebrated here.

Pattamundai is an agricultural center and is famous for Dalma-Bhaata, Bara-Aludam and Dahibara, of which all the ingredients are home grown.

Traditional Odiaa food such as Dahi-Pakhala (Rice soaked in water with yogurt & seasonings) is widely consumed, accompanied by Badi Chura or Saaga.

Pattamundai Municipality has total administration over 7,174 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage.

It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Pattamundai is a Revenue Tehsil & a Block[20] and consists of 30 Gram panchayat's and 153 village's with a combined population of over 1.82 lakhs.

of Police Station 1 The entire ULB area is situated over 17 Revenue Villages consisting 20 nos.

Pattamundai Tehsil comes under Kendrapara parliament constituency and the current sitting MP is Anubhav Mohanty.

A large number of people from Pattamundai, Aali and Rajnagar blocks of the district attribute their prosperity to their expertise in plumbing.

Pattamundai's plumbers have migrated not only to most parts of India, but also to many different corners of the world, especially the Gulf countries and West Asia.

The dense population of the area and rampant temporary and some permanent encroachments of Government land had made the expansion of roads difficult.

Pattamundai is the only center where tourists stop by to collect food & drinks and have meals during their onward visit to Bhitarkanika National Park.

So here too a lot of private participants have come to limelight and they bring in visiting doctors from big hospitals in the state capital and Cuttack.