Jharsuguda district

Jharsuguda is a district in Orissa, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarter. The district once had an airport during World War II. This region is rich in coal and other mineral reserves. Of late, many small and medium scale iron and steel units have been set up in the vicinity of Jharsuguda town, giving impetus to the industrial growth of the district.

The district comprises four blocks, primary being Lakhanpur,Kolabira and Jharsuguda. Jharsuguda district boasts of three urban agglomerations, municipalities of Jharsuguda town & (Brajrajnagar) and the Notified Area Committee of Belpahar.

Brajrajnagar is an industrial town, being of the prime location for Open Cast Coal Mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. Brajrajnagar also boasts of a large scale paper mill, i.e., Orient Paper Mills of the Birla Group of Industries. However, this mill has been defunct for more than a decade now

Belpahar sub-division includes 12 villages and two town.The most populous village is Chhualiberna.The main festival of Chhualiberna is Narsingh Puja which held on month of December.

Airport Specifications

* Location: 21° 54' 49N 84° 3' 1E
* Mag Var: 0.275W
* Time Zone: UTC+5:30
* Runway: 24/06
* Size(ft): 6320/148
* Surface: Concrete

External links

* [http://jharsuguda.nic.in/home.htm Government website]
* [http://sundergarh.blogspot.com/ Sundergarh District Blog]
* [http://jharsuguda.info/ Jharsuguda]