Byasanagar
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Byasanagar | |
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Town | |
  Byasanagar Location in Odisha, India  Byasanagar Byasanagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 20°56′46″N 86°07′48″E / 20.9460°N 86.1301°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Jajapur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | odisha |
Byasanagar or Vyasanagar is a town and a municipality in Jajapur district in the state of Odisha, India. It is also colloquially known as Jajpur Road.[1][2] It is home to an industrial belt and hosts several steel manufacturing companies, including Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, MESCO, Tata Steel, and Jindal Steel. According to district officials, there are around 14 major companies and several small companies in the vicinity of the town. The town is also home to some eminent people in Odisha, including P. C. Ghadei (Ex-Finance Minister), the late Ashok Das (earlier MLA), Ram Chandra Khuntia (Congress), political leader Giridhari Barik (BJD), Priti Ranjan Ghadei (MLA), actor Akash Dasnayak, his actress aunt Anita Dash, and actress Naina Das. It is part of the Korei Vidhan Sabha constituency.
The town developed around the railway station on Howrah Puri Line. At that time it was the nearest rail head for the two towns Jajpur and Keonjhar. That is how the station came to be known as Jajpur Keonjhar Road. The municipality was established in 1963. It celebrated its golden jubilee in 2013.[2][3]
Demographics
As of 2011[update] India census,[4] Byasanagar had a population of 37,609. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Byasanagar has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 66%; 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. It is one of the fastest growing city in terms of industries.
Transportation
The railway station is the Jajpur Keonjhar Road Railway Station which falls on the Howrah-Chennai main line and is the only major stop between Bhadrak and Cuttack.
The town is also only about 15 km (9 mi) from the National Highway 16. Various bus services connect Byasanagar to Bhubaneswar via Cuttack, Rourkela via Keonjhar, and Balasore via Bhadrak.
The nearest airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar, the state capital.
