Jharsuguda
Jharsuguda | |
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Town/City | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
| PIN | 768201 |
| Vehicle registration | OD-23 (Previously OR-23) |
| Website | jharsuguda |
Jharsuguda is a city and district headquarters of
Major Tribes
This district has the major tribal populations among them important tribes are
Geography and Climate
Jharsuguda is located at 21°51′N 84°02′E / 21.85°N 84.03°E.[2] It has an average elevation of 218 metres (715 ft). It is located in Western Odisha. State highway 10 and National Highway 69 (NH-69) pass through this place. The Ib 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 (1981–2010, extremes 1951–2012) | |||||||||||||
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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) |
42.7 (108.9) |
46.1 (115.0) |
48.0 (118.4) |
47.1 (116.8) |
41.7 (107.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
32.8 (91.0) |
48.0 (118.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
35.7 (96.3) |
40.1 (104.2) |
41.0 (105.8) |
36.8 (98.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 19.0 (0.75) |
19.5 (0.77) |
14.6 (0.57) |
24.5 (0.96) |
37.9 (1.49) |
221.2 (8.71) |
421.7 (16.60) |
386.3 (15.21) |
233.3 (9.19) |
64.8 (2.55) |
15.7 (0.62) |
8.7 (0.34) |
1,467.2 (57.76) |
| Average rainy days | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 69.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST )
|
43 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 54 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 53 | 47 | 51 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Culture
Jharsuguda is a cosmopolitan city housing people from various regions of India. Major festivals celebrated in the town are:
- Nuakhai: This is an important festival for the people of Western Odisha. This festival falls during Autumn season. It is a harvest festival celebrated after the first crops are harvested (similar to baisakhi in Punjab). Families gather during this period and eat together. After that, the younger take the blessings of elders and dance with friends.
- Bhai Jauntia: A festival observed by the women of this region where a sister prays for the betterment of her brother.
- , his elder brother lord Balabhadra and his younger sister Subhadra travel in a wooden car to their mausi mandir.
- Durga Puja: Durga Puja has been celebrated in public pandals in the town for more than half a century. It is one of the most celebrated festival locally in Jharsuguda. Most remarkable and favoured among these are specially Durga pandals of Sarbahal, Chowki para and Mangal Bazar and Puja by Sri Santimai Mukharjee in Chowki Para are major crowd pullers for their majestic and innovative pandals. Traditional Bengali crowd gathers in KaliMandir which is one of the oldest Durga Puja in Jharsuguda
- Ganesh Puja: Ganesh Chaturthi or Ganesh puja is also one of locally most celebrated festival which is a 10-day public celebration.
- Diwali and Chhat: It is celebrated with great pomp and show.
- Kirtan (Nama Yangya) (Brundamal, Sarbahal, Sahapada, Buromal and Chowki Para): People pray to Krishna and Rama.
Transport
Since the Colonial era, the city has had a relatively developed transportation network. Primary modes of transport are auto rickshaws, taxi and private and state operated buses.
The
On February 28, 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 the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) regional connectivity scheme. [8][circular reference]
Jharsuguda is connected to various towns of the states by State Highway 10 (now a part of Biju Expressway) and National Highway 49.
Politics
The current Member of the Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly Constituency is Deepali Das, who won the seat in 2023 and again in 2014.[9][10] Jharsuguda is currently under
Education
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 the Odisha 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. 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 body Institute of Chartered Accountants of India opened a branch at Jharsuguda. There are some distinguished and prominent people from this district.
- Hemananda Biswal (Chief Minister of Odisha, MLA of Congress Party)
- Amresh Satapathy (International Research Scientist and IAS Physics Author)
- Kishore Kumar Mahanty (Speaker Of Odisha Assembly and BJD MLA)
- Prasanna Kumar Panda (MLA Of Brajrajnagar, Social Activist and Veteran Communist Leader of Odisha)
- Laxmi Narayan Mishra (Educationist and Social Activist)
- Nabakishore Das (Health Minister of Odisha, MLA of Jharsuguda and a Veteran leader of BJD)
- MLA Of Jharsuguda, a veteran leader of Congress Party
- Upendra Dixit (Minister of Odisha, MLA Of Brajrajnagar, a Veteran Congress leader)
See also
- Jharsuguda (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
References
- ^ "District Census Handbook - Jharsuguda" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Odisha. 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Jharsuguda
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ "Station: Jharsuguda Climatological Table 1981–2010" (PDF). Climatological Normals 1981–2010. India Meteorological Department. January 2015. pp. 369–370. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. December 2016. p. M164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Important Fairs and Festival of Jharsuguda district".
- ^ "P.M Modi visit to Jharsuguda District". Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ UDAN
- ^ "Reports on Election 2014" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. 6 June 2017. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "CEO ODISHA". archive.is. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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