Jharsuguda district
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Odisha
- Headquarters
- Jharsuguda
- Collector
- Aboli Sunil Naravane, IAS
- Divisional forest officer cum wildlife w
- Sushant Kumar, IFS
- Member of lok sabha
- Suresh Pujari
- Total
- 2,081 km (803 sq mi)
- Density
- 278/km (720/sq mi)
- Official
- Odia , English
- Local
- Sambalpuri , Kurukh , Munda , Kharia
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Pin
- 768 201,2,3
- Vehicle registration
- OD-23
- Nearest city
- Sambalpur , Rourkela , Sundargarh
- Sex ratio
- 1.057 ♂ / ♀
- Literacy
- 71.4%
- Lok sabha constituency
- Bargarh
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- 2, 1.Brajarajnagar, 2.Jharsuguda
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Capital
- Jharsuguda
- Population
- 579505
- Area
- 2081
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Bargarh district
- Headquarters
- Jharsuguda
- Official website
- jharsuguda.nic.in/home.htm
- Image
- Jharsuguda Railway Station, Odisha 1.JPG
- Households
- 136061
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- Commons category
- Jharsuguda district
- topic's main category
- Category:Jharsuguda district
- male population
- 296690
- female population
- 282815
- urban population
- 231165
- rural population
- 348340
- literate population
- 405879
- illiterate population
- 173626
- native label
- Jharsuguda
- inception
- 1994-04-01
- short name
- JHR
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Encyclopedic overview
Jharsuguda district is a district in Odisha, India with Jharsuguda town as its headquarters. 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.
Major tribes
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