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
Air quality
116US AQIUnhealthy (sensitive)
- PM2.5
- 26.8 µg/m³
- PM10
- 39.6 µg/m³
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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
- Shri Samir Kumar Jena, IAS
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Members of Legislative Assembly
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Braja Kishore Pradhan BJD
- Settlement.population_total
- 40,841
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Angul district
- Area
- 25.46
- Elevation
- 77
- Dialing code
- 06760
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- postal code
- 759100
- Commons category
- Talcher
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Talcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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