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{{short description|city in Odisha, India}}
{{About|the municipality in Odisha, India|its namesake district|Jharsuguda district}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jharsuguda
| other_name = '''Powerhouse of Odisha'''
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| image_skyline = File:Jharsuguda Montage picture.png

| image_alt =
| image_caption = 'From top to bottom" : [[Jharsuguda Junction railway station]] , Jhadeswar temple, [[Jharsuguda Airport|Veer Surendra Sai Airport]]
| nickname = JSG
| pushpin_map = India Odisha#India#Asia
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Odisha, India
| coordinates = {{coord|21.85|N|84.03|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Orissa Flag(INDIA).png}} [[Odisha]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jharsuguda district|Jharsuguda]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1951
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 45
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 218
| population_total = 124,500
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2102_PART_B_DCHB_JHARSUGUDA.pdf | title=District Census Handbook - Jharsuguda | year=2011 | publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Odisha | access-date=26 January 2019 }}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 =
Spoken
| demographics1_info1 = [[Sambalpuri language|Sambalpuri]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 768201
| registration_plate = OD-23 (Previously OR-23)
| website = {{URL|http://jharsuguda.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Jharsuguda''' is a city and district headquarter of [[Jharsuguda district]] of [[Odisha]], [[India]]. It is an industrial hub, consisting mainly of metallurgical industries. It is well connected to major cities of India through the rail network, and a recently inaugurated Jharsuguda Airport, now renamed as [[Jharsuguda Airport|Veer Surendra Sai Airport]]. It is popularly known as the "Powerhouse of Odisha" due to its plentiful industry, mostly nearby thermal power plants. Jharsuguda has often been referred as "Little India" as well because of its diverse demography, language and culture.

==Major Tribes==
This district has the major tribal populations among them important tribes are [[Sabara people|Sabara]], [[Kisan people|Kisan]], [[Kurukh people|Kurukh]], [[Bhuiya]]n, [[Munda people|Munda]], [[Santal people|Santal]]. This district has unique{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} diversity in terms of tribal culture, language and other focal culture. Kurukh people speak their mother tongue [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] language with [[Sadri]] language. Munda people speak their [[Ho language]] and Kisan people speak their [[Kurukh language|Kisan]] dialect and [[Kharia people|Kharia]] speak their [[Kharia language|Kharia]]. [[Sadri language|Sadri]] and local [[Odia language|Odia]] dialect is also quite popular among tribal communities.

==Geography and Climate==
[[File:Basin of IB river my fav12.jpg|The Ib River|thumb|left]]
[[File:Autumn view of IB river.jpg|Autumn view of the Ib river|thumb|left]]
Jharsuguda is located at {{Coord|21.85|N|84.03|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/21/Jharsuguda.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Jharsuguda]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|218|m|ft}}. It is located in Western Odisha. State highway 10 and National Highway 69 (NH-69) pass through this place. The [[Ib River|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 km<sup>2</sup>, and has a population of 579,499.<ref>2001 Census</ref>

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.

{{weather box
|location = Jharsuguda (1981–2010, extremes 1951–2012)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 35.0
| Feb record high C = 38.4
| Mar record high C = 42.7
| Apr record high C = 46.1
| May record high C = 48.0
| Jun record high C = 47.1
| Jul record high C = 41.7
| Aug record high C = 36.2
| Sep record high C = 37.1
| Oct record high C = 36.2
| Nov record high C = 35.6
| Dec record high C = 32.8
| year record high C = 48.0
| Jan high C = 27.8
| Feb high C = 30.8
| Mar high C = 35.7
| Apr high C = 40.1
| May high C = 41.0
| Jun high C = 36.8
| Jul high C = 31.9
| Aug high C = 31.2
| Sep high C = 32.0
| Oct high C = 32.2
| Nov high C = 30.2
| Dec high C = 27.8
| year high C = 33.1
| Jan low C = 12.6
| Feb low C = 15.4
| Mar low C = 19.7
| Apr low C = 24.4
| May low C = 26.9
| Jun low C = 26.5
| Jul low C = 25.0
| Aug low C = 24.8
| Sep low C = 24.4
| Oct low C = 21.4
| Nov low C = 16.5
| Dec low C = 12.6
| year low C = 20.9
| Jan record low C = 5.6
| Feb record low C = 7.2
| Mar record low C = 11.1
| Apr record low C = 15.8
| May record low C = 18.7
| Jun record low C = 16.3
| Jul record low C = 17.4
| Aug record low C = 16.6
| Sep record low C = 16.7
| Oct record low C = 12.1
| Nov record low C = 8.4
| Dec record low C = 6.1
| year record low C = 5.6
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 19.0
| Feb rain mm = 19.5
| Mar rain mm = 14.6
| Apr rain mm = 24.5
| May rain mm = 37.9
| Jun rain mm = 221.2
| Jul rain mm = 421.7
| Aug rain mm = 386.3
| Sep rain mm = 233.3
| Oct rain mm = 64.8
| Nov rain mm = 15.7
| Dec rain mm = 8.7
| year rain mm = 1467.2
| Jan rain days = 1.3
| Feb rain days = 1.3
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 2.2
| May rain days = 3.5
| Jun rain days = 9.8
| Jul rain days = 16.6
| Aug rain days = 17.0
| Sep rain days = 11.3
| Oct rain days = 3.7
| Nov rain days = 0.9
| Dec rain days = 0.6
| year rain days = 69.9
| time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 43
| Feb humidity = 34
| Mar humidity = 26
| Apr humidity = 23
| May humidity = 29
| Jun humidity = 54
| Jul humidity = 77
| Aug humidity = 81
| Sep humidity = 76
| Oct humidity = 64
| Nov humidity = 53
| Dec humidity = 47
| year humidity = 51
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Jharsuguda Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 369–370
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M164
| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Culture==
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|title=Religions in Jharsuguda
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|#FF6600|89.73}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|5.78}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|#9955BB|3.69}}
{{bar percent|Others|#808080|0.8}}
}}
[[File:Kanak Durga Gadi Mandir, Jharsuguda 2.JPG|Kanaka Durga Mandir|thumb]]
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 [[Vaisakhi|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.
* [[Rath Yatra]]: Rath Yatra is celebrated in the town & villages of the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jharsuguda.nic.in/culture.htm |title= Important Fairs and Festival of Jharsuguda district }}</ref> Lord [[Jagannath]], 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 ''[[pandal]]s'' 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 Chaturthi|Ganesh Puja]]: Ganesh Chaturthi or [[Ganesh Chaturthi|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 India|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 [[Jharsuguda Airport]] is operational since last 2019 at Durlaga. It had an airstrip since British times, which is currently upgraded to a full-fledged airport. First flight from Jharsuguda took off in September 2018 after Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, inaugurated [[Veer Surendra Sai Airport|VSS Airport (Veer Surendra Sai Airport)]] on 22nd September, 2018.
<ref>[https://odishatv.in/odisha/pm-modi-dedicates-jharsuguda-airport-to-nation-322934 P.M Modi visit to Jharsuguda District]</ref>

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.
<ref>[[UDAN]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=March 2019}}

[[Jharsuguda Junction railway station|Jharsuguda railway station]] is an important railway junction on the [[Tatanagar–Bilaspur section]] of the [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line]] and the [[Jharsuguda-Vizianagaram line]]. The railway station comes under [[South Eastern Railway (India)|South Eastern Railway]].
[[File:Jharsuguda Railway Station, Odisha 1.JPG|thumb|Jharsuguda Railway Station]]

Jharsuguda is connected to various towns of the states by State Highway 10 (now a part of [[Biju Expressway]]) and [[National Highway 49 (India)|National Highway 49]].

==Politics==
The current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from Jharsuguda Assembly Constituency is Naba Kishore Das, who won the seat in 2009 and again in 2014.<ref name="Reports on Election 2014(doc size 17Mb)">{{cite web |last1=Reports on Election 2014 - See page no. 124, archived on |url=http://ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2014/Reports/General%20election%20report%20Final%20-1.9.2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606060636/http://ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2014/Reports/General%20election%20report%20Final%20-1.9.2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 June 2017 |access-date=19 February 2019 |date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="archive.is">{{cite web |title=CEO ODISHA |url=http://ceoorissa.nic.in/main.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190219145759/http://ceoorissa.nic.in/main.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2019 |website=archive.is |access-date=19 February 2019 |date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
Jharsuguda is currently under [[Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bargarh constituency of the Lok Sabha]]. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the [[Delimitation Commission of India]] in 2002. Jharsuguda was previously under the [[Deogarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Deogarh constituency of the Lok Sabha]]. The current [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Bargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bargarh]] is Suresh Pujari from the Bharatiya Janta Party, taking office in 2019 .

==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 [[Board of Secondary Education, Odisha|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.

==See also==
*[[Jharsuguda (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://jharsuguda.nic.in/ Jharsugda district website]
* [http://www.jsglive.in/ Jsglive - Local news channel]
* [http://ceoorissa.nic.in/main.html Official - Election commission of India, Odisha election Website]
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