Jharsuguda Jhārsuguṛā (Odia) | |
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| Nickname: JSG | |
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| Coordinates:21°51′N84°02′E / 21.85°N 84.03°E /21.85; 84.03 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Odisha |
| District | Jharsuguda |
| Established | 1951 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 124,500 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Jharsugudia |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| • Local | Sambalpuri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 768201 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-23 (Previously OR-23) |
| Website | jharsuguda |
Jharsuguda (Odia pronunciation:[dʒʰaɾɔsuɡuɽa]) is a city and district headquarters ofJharsuguda district ofOdisha,India. It is an industrial hub, consisting mainly of metallurgical industries. It is well connected to major cities of India through rail and air. It has an airportVeer Surendra Sai Airport. It is popularly known as the "Powerhouse of Odisha" due to its Mega Steel, Aluminium & Power Projects. Jharsuguda has often been referred as "Little India" as well because of its diverse demography, language and culture.
This district has major tribal populations among them important tribes areSabara,Kisan,Kurukh,Bhuiyan,Munda andSantal. This district has unique[citation needed] diversity in terms of tribal culture, language and other focal culture. Kurukh people speak their mother tongueKurukh language withSadri language. Munda people speak theirHo language and Kisan people speak theirKisan dialect andKharia speak theirKharia.Sadri and localOdia dialect is also quite popular among tribal communities.
Jharsuguda is located at21°51′N84°02′E / 21.85°N 84.03°E /21.85; 84.03.[2] It has an average elevation of 218 metres (715 ft). It is located in Western Odisha. State highway 10 and National Highway 49 (NH-49) pass through this place. TheIb river flows along the western side of Jharsuguda town and the river Bheden flows in the south. The area of the town is 70.47 km2, and has a population of 579,499.[3]
The town is situated at 21.82° north longitude and 84.1° latitude and at a height of 700–750 feet above mean sea level. The highest temperature recorded during the summer months is 48.0 °C. It has an average rainfall of 1,527 mm.
| Climate data for Jharsuguda (1991–2020, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) | 38.4 (101.1) | 43.4 (110.1) | 46.2 (115.2) | 48.0 (118.4) | 47.1 (116.8) | 41.7 (107.1) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.5 (101.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 35.6 (96.1) | 32.8 (91.0) | 48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.4 (88.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 40.1 (104.2) | 41.3 (106.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.4 (92.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 8.4 (47.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.6 (42.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 12.3 (0.48) | 11.3 (0.44) | 15.0 (0.59) | 25.8 (1.02) | 38.6 (1.52) | 211.8 (8.34) | 421.4 (16.59) | 402.0 (15.83) | 248.8 (9.80) | 67.4 (2.65) | 15.0 (0.59) | 6.3 (0.25) | 1,475.6 (58.09) |
| Average rainy days | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 69.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 43 | 34 | 27 | 24 | 30 | 55 | 77 | 80 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 48 | 51 |
| Source 1:India Meteorological Department[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)[7] | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Hinduism | 89.73% | |||
| Islam | 5.78% | |||
| Christianity | 3.69% | |||
| Others | 0.8% | |||
Jharsuguda is a cosmopolitan city housing people from various regions of India. Major festivals celebrated in the town are:
Since theColonial era, the city has had a relatively developed transportation network. Primary modes of transport are auto rickshaws, taxi and private and state operated buses.
TheJharsuguda Airport is operational since 2019 at Durlaga. It had an airstrip since British times, which is currently upgraded to a full-fledged airport. First flight from Jharsuguda took off in September 2018 after Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inauguratedVSS Airport (Veer Surendra Sai Airport) on 22 September 2018.[10]
On 28 February 2019, low cost airline Spicejet announced regional connectivity from Jhasurguda to various state capitals such as Kolkata, Hyderabad as well as with New Delhi under theUDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) regional connectivity scheme.[11][circular reference]
Jharsuguda railway station is an important railway junction on theTatanagar–Bilaspur section of theHowrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line and theJharsuguda-Vizianagaram line. The railway station comes underSouth Eastern Railway.
Jharsuguda is connected to various towns of the states by State Highway 10 (now a part ofBiju Expressway) andNational Highway 49.
The currentMember of the Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly Constituency is Tankadhar Tripathy, who won the seat in 2024.[12][13]Jharsuguda is currently underBargarh constituency of the Lok Sabha. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of theDelimitation Commission of India in 2002. Jharsuguda was previously under theDeogarh constituency of the Lok Sabha. The currentMember of Parliament fromBargarh is Suresh Pujari from the Bharatiya Janta Party, taking office in 2019.
The pre-collegiate medium of instruction in schools is predominantly English, Sambalpuri, Hindi and Odia. The medium of instruction in educational institutions after matriculation in colleges is English. Other medias of instruction also exist in Jharsuguda. Schools and colleges in Jharsuguda are mostly government-run, but schools run by private trusts and individuals also exist. The schools are affiliated with either theOdisha State Board under the Board of Secondary Education (BSE),Central Board of Secondary Education or Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE),Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE),Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). After completing 10 years of schooling in secondary education, students enroll in higher secondary school, specialising in one of three streams – arts, commerce or science.
In November 2016, the professional accounting bodyInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India opened a branch at Jharsuguda.[citation needed] The biggest name in Jharsuguda district isLaxminarayan Mishra, who was a freedom fighter, writer, a nationalist during British raj and a politician from western Odisha.
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