Byasanagar
| Byasanagar | |
|---|---|
| city | |
  Byasanagar   Byasanagar Location in Odisha, India | |
| Coordinates: 20°56′46″N 86°07′48″E / 20.9460°N 86.1301°ECoordinates: 20°56′46″N 86°07′48″E / 20.9460°N 86.1301°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Jajapur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Website |
odisha |
Byasanagar is a city and a municipality in Jajapur district in the state of Odisha, India. Popularly known as steel city of India for several steel companies including Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, Mesco, Tisco, Jindal etc. According to district officials there are around 14 major companies and several small companies in the vicinity. The city is home to some eminent people in Odisha, including P. C. Ghadei (Ex-FM), his son Priti Ranjan Ghadei (MLA), actor Akash Dasnayak, and his actress aunt the veteran Ms. Anita Dash, actress Naina Das
Demographics
As of 2011 India census,[1] Byasanagar had a population of 37,609. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Vyasanagar has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 66%; 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is one of the fastest growing city in terms of industries.
Transportation
The railway station is the Jajpur Keonjhar Road Railway Station which falls on the Howrah-Chennai main line and is the only major stop between Bhadrak and Cuttack.
The town is also only about 15 km (9 mi) from the National Highway 5. Various Bus Services connect Byasanagar to Bhubaneswar via Cuttack, Rourkela via Keonjhar, and Balasore via Bhadrak.
Nearest Airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar, the state capital.
Industry
Ferrochrome Plant was initially commissioned in November 1969 as a division of IDCOL with an installed manufacturing capacity of 12,000 MT p.a. of High Carbon Ferro Chrome (HCFC) with reduction furnace. Subsequently, additional capacity of 10,000 MT p.a. of Low Carbon Ferro Chrome (LCFC) with slag furnace was created in October 1970. However, due to entry of relatively cheaper South African ferrochrome and general slow down in the demand of LCFC, IDCOL decided to stop the production of LCFC and with minor modifications, converted its slag furnace into reduction furnace in July, 1998, so as to produce an additional 6,000 MT p.a. of HCFC. With this, the total installed capacity of the HCFC stood at 18,000 MT p.a. The current installed capacity is 19,000 MT p.a. The rated capacity of the furnaces are 9 MVA and 6.5 MVA. The plant was taken over by IFCAL in April, 2002. The operations at the Ferrochrome plant include mining of chrome ore from open cast mines, beneficiation of ore and smelting. The production process involves reduction of Chromium Oxide to Chromium by Electric Arc Furnace to produce HCFC by further reduction of the metallic oxide with the help of carbon.
The plant is located at Jajpur Road in the district of Jajpur, Orissa and is about 12 km from NH-5 connecting Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. The nearest railway station is Jajpur Keonjhar Road Railway Station which is about 2 km away from the plant and nearest airport is Bhubaneswar (also the State Capital) about 120 km from the plant.
References
- ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.