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'''Gorumahisani''' is a village and a railway station in [[Odisha]], [[India]]. It is located in [[Rairangpur]] [[tahsil]] of [[Mayurbhanj]] district of [[Odisha]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gorumahisani pin code|url=https://indiamapia.com/Mayurbhanj/Gorumahisani.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> It is situated 17 km from [[Rairangpur]] and 100 km from district headquarter [[Baripada]]. The post office code of place is 757042. <ref name=":0" />

The town is famous for [[iron ore]] mines, which were the first [[iron ore]] mines developed in [[India]] in 1910, by [[Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo|Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo]] ruler of [[Mayurbhanj State|Princely State of Mayurbhanj]]. He appointed [[Pramatha Nath Bose]], a leading geologist in 1908 to survey the ore deposits. Later the mines were leased to [[Tata Steel]], in which the [[Dewan]] of the State, [[Mohini Mohan Dhar]], played the leading role.<ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/dec2005/engpdf/maharaja_sriram_chandra_bhanja_deo_the_evershining__jewel_of_mayurbhanj.pdf Maharaja Shri Ram Chandra Bhanj Deo-Life sketch]</ref>

In 2016, a [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] school opened was by the [[Government of Odisha]] viz., [[Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya]] to provide quality education to rural talents.

==Transport==
It has a railway station, whose railway code is GUMI, which falls under jurisdiction of [[South Eastern Railway Zone]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gorumahisani Railway station|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/6987|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

As a result of [[iron ore]] mines being developed, the town is connected with [[Tatanagar]] in 1910 by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]].

(See: [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]]).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mayurbhanj district]]
[[Category:Mining communities in India]]

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>Nikunj12387 at 12:29, 26 December 2020