Talcher
Sign in to saveTalcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality. Talcher is one of the four subdivisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.
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Place details
- Locality
- Talcher
- Region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Population
- 40,841
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Talcher
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Odisha#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Odisha
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Angul
- Settlement.established_date
- 1951
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipality & Municipal Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Sub-Collector & Sub-District Magistrate
- Settlement.leader_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Angul district
- Area
- +25.46
- Elevation
- +77
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Climate
- Transport
- Railways
- Talcher Coal Mines
- Economy
- References
Talcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality. Talcher is one of the four subdivisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.
==History== During the British Raj Talcher was the capital of Talcher State, one of the princely states of the Eastern States Agency.