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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- District
- Ganjam
- Named after
- Lord Brahmeshwar
- Type
- Municipal Corporation
- Body
- Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BeMC)
- Mayor
- Smt. Sanghamitra Dalei
- Municipal commissioner
- Shri Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshirke, IAS
- Sp berhampur police district
- Saravana Vivek M, IPS
- Member of parliament
- Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy ( BJP )
- Member of legislative assembly
- K. Anil Kumar ( BJP )
- Total
- 116 km (45 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 24 m (79 ft)
- Density
- 3,070/km (7,940/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Brahmapuria , Barampuria
- Official
- Odia
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 760001–760010
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ganjam district
- Population
- 355823
- Area
- 86.82
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Brahmapur.jpg
- Dialing code
- 680
Show 4 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Berhampur
- postal code
- 760001
- Commons category
- Brahmapur
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Brahmapur ( pronounced [bɾɔhmɔpuɾ]); formerly Berhampur is a city on the eastern coastline of Odisha, India. Known as the Silk City it is home to one of the most important railway stations in Odisha, along with the station being the oldest in the state. It ranks as the 4th most populous city of Odisha. Brahmapur is also called the food capital of Odisha.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brahmapur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.