Brajarajnagar
Town in Odisha, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brajrajnagar is a town and a municipality in Jharsuguda district in the state of Odisha, India. Popular legend says the town was named after Braj Mohan Birla after he set up Orient Paper Mills in 1936. It is a small sleepy town on rocky terrain, built on the banks of IB river, with temples mostly built by the Birlas. Later it became famous for MCL-owned coal mines after Orient Paper Mills of Birlas managed by dulichand Hanuman Prasad shah closed down in 1999.
Brajrajnagar | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 21.82°N 83.92°E / 21.82; 83.92 | |
Country | India |
State | Odisha |
District | Jharsuguda |
Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 80,403 |
Languages | |
• Official | Odia |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 768216[1] |
Telephone code | 06645 |
Vehicle registration | OD-23 |
Website | odisha |
Most of the population in this city were working for Orient Paper Mills, which belonged to Birla Group of industries. Brajrajnagar has in its vicinity numerous open-cast and underground coal mines of IB Valley Coalfield and Orient Colliery Area belonging to government-owned Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).