Hirakud
Sign in to saveHirakud is a small township located in Sambalpur in Odisha. It was a Notified Area Council (NAC) which was later included along with Burla in Sambalpur city to become a Municipal Corporation. This city is a hub of HINDALCO, an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company. Hirakud Dam, is one of the most visited tourist spot. It is one of the longest and largest dams in the world. It is constructed across the Mahanadi river between the Gandhi Minar in North and the Nehru Minar in the South, which connects these two hills. The shoreline spans around 640 km. This dam had a generating ca
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Place details
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 30,207
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hirakud Town
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sambalpur
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 160
- Settlement.population_total
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Sambalpur district
- Area
- +17.6
- Elevation
- +160
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Hirakud Dyke.JPG
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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Hirakud is a small township located in Sambalpur in Odisha. It was a Notified Area Council (NAC) which was later included along with Burla in Sambalpur city to become a Municipal Corporation. This city is a hub of HINDALCO, an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company. Hirakud Dam, is one of the most visited tourist spot. It is one of the longest and largest dams in the world. It is constructed across the Mahanadi river between the Gandhi Minar in North and the Nehru Minar in the South, which connects these two hills. The shoreline spans around 640 km. This dam had a generating capacity of 290MW. thumb|right|Fisherman working near the left dyke of Hirakud Dam
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