River floods
The 2025-26 district plan records 15 floods since 2012 that affected about 65,780 people. It lists flood embankment works around villages of Bhawanipatna block such as Kandulguda and Barfa.
Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaBhawanipatna is the district headquarters of Kalahandi in western Odisha, with the Tel and Indravati rivers in the district around it. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the district fire stations and the main local risks on one page, using the hazards the district disaster plan records.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone101: Fire station line on the Kalahandi district website · 108: Also 102 for the Janani ambulance · 100: Police line · 06670-230666: Office line from the 2019 district plan
Print the Bhawanipatna emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Bhawanipatna fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
The 2025-26 district plan records 15 floods since 2012 that affected about 65,780 people. It lists flood embankment works around villages of Bhawanipatna block such as Kandulguda and Barfa.
The plan lists 76 lightning incidents and 76 deaths in the district since 2012. Its state-level text says lightning has taken more lives than any other natural calamity in the past decade.
The plan records 83 fire incidents in the district since 2012 and notes that fire accidents rise in the summer months.
The plan lists 12 heat wave incidents with 8 deaths since 2012, along with 10 droughts that affected about 94,000 people. Heat stroke is a real danger for outdoor labour in the summer months.
13 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Bhawanipatna Fire Station | Bhawanipatna town | Call06670-230666 |
| Lanjigarh Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Dharamgarh Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Kesinga Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Junagarh Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Koksara Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Jaipatna Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Kalampur Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Karlamunda Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Narla Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| M. Rampur Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Golamunda Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
| Th. Rampur Fire Station | Kalahandi district | Call 101 |
This is the thirteen-station list in the 2019 district disaster plan, and only the Bhawanipatna station is in the town. The newer 2025-26 plan prints different office lines, so only the Bhawanipatna landline is shown. In an emergency, call 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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