Byasanagar
Sign in to saveByasanagar or Vyasanagar is a town and a municipality in Jajapur district in the state of Odisha, India. It is also colloquially known as Jajpur Road. It is home to an industrial belt and hosts several steel manufacturing companies, including Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, MESCO, Tata Steel, and Jindal Steel. According to district officials, there are around 14 major companies and several small companies in the vicinity of the town. The town is also home to some eminent people in Odisha, including P. C. Ghadei (Ex-Finance Minister), the late Ashok Das (earlier MLA), Ram Chandra Khuntia (Congre
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- Locality
- Jajpur Road
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 56,946
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- Byasanagar
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- Town
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- Location in Odisha, India
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- Country
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- State
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- Odisha
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- District
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- Jajapur
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- 2011
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- Official
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- Odia
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- IST
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Byasanagar or Vyasanagar is a town and a municipality in Jajapur district in the state of Odisha, India. It is also colloquially known as Jajpur Road. It is home to an industrial belt and hosts several steel manufacturing companies, including Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, MESCO, Tata Steel, and Jindal Steel. According to district officials, there are around 14 major companies and several small companies in the vicinity of the town. The town is also home to some eminent people in Odisha, including P. C. Ghadei (Ex-Finance Minister), the late Ashok Das (earlier MLA), Ram Chandra Khuntia (Congress), political leader Giridhari Barik (BJD), Priti Ranjan Ghadei (MLA), actor Akash Dasnayak, his actress aunt Anita Dash, and actress Naina Das. It is part of the Korei Vidhan Sabha constituency.
==History== The town developed around the railway station on Howrah Puri Line. At that time it was the nearest rail head for the two towns Jajpur and Keonjhar. That is how the station came to be known as Jajpur Keonjhar Road. The municipality was established in 1963. It celebrated its golden jubilee in 2013.
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