Sundargarh

Sundergarh()is a town in Sundergarh district of the Indian state of Odisha. census, the municipality had a population of 45,036. Sundargarh is recognized as an industrial district in the map of Odisha. Steel Plant, Fertilizer Plant, Cement factory, Ferro Vanadium Plant, Machine building factory, Glass and china clay factory and Spinning mills are some of the major industries of this District. Sundargarh occupies a prominent position in the mineral map of Odisha and is rich in iron ore, limestone, manganese, dolomite, and fire clay. Major industries are the Odisha Cements ltd, Hart Fertilizers Ltd, and Odisha Industries Ltd. The industrial town of Rourkela in this District has the first government sector plant built with foreign collaboration and was the first in India to use LD oxygen technology.GeographyGeographically, the district is not a compact unit and consists of widely dissimilar tracts of expansive and fairly open, dotted with tree, clad isolated peaks, vast inaccessible forests, extensive river valleys and mountainous terrain. Broadly speaking, it is an undulating tableland of different elevations broken up by rugged hill ranges and cut up by torrential hill streams and the rivers IB and Brahmani. The general slope of the District is from north to south. Because of this undulating, hilly and sloping nature of landscape, the area is subjected to rapid runoff leading not only to soil erosion but also to scarcity of water for both agriculture and drinking purposes. Brahmani, Sankh, Koel and Ib are the major rivers flowing though this District. Covering a geographical area of 9,712 km2, Sundargarh District is the second largest District of the state, accounting for 6.23 percent of its total area. Out of this total area, forests cover 4,232.57 km2, this being the second largest in the state, accounting for 8.53 percent of the state total. Sundargarh is located at. It has an average elevation of 243 metres (801 feet). It is divided into three subdivisions named Sundargarh,Panposh and Bonaigarh. Sundargarh District has 3 sub divisions, 16 Tehsils, 17 Blocks and 262 Gram panchayats.