Burla, India

Burlais a locality in Sambalpur city in the state of Odisha, India. It earlier had a Notified Area Council till 2014 after which it was included in Sambalpur city under Sambalpur Municipal Corporation It was earlier a small town on the banks of Mahanadi. The communication for this area is excellent. One can reach this place by road with National Highway 6 which is one of the busiest trunk routes in India as it connects Hazira to Kolkata. And by train Hirakud Railway Station, which is at one end of the town and a walking distance from the Mahanadi Coal Limited .GeographyBurla is located at. It has an average elevation of 173 metres (567 feet). The locality lies at one end of Hirakud Dam which is located around 2 km west of the town. The Jawahar Minar offers picturesque views of the Hirakud Dam, the lake and the surrounding forests of Barapahad (Twelve Hills). At the otherside of the dam is the township of Hirakud.