Tensa
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Tensa | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Tensa Location in Odisha, India  Tensa Tensa (India) | |
| Coordinates: 21°52′22″N 85°09′54″E / 21.8728854°N 85.1649113°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Sundargarh |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 20,786 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Odia |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | OD |
| Website | odisha |
Tensa is a Town Wonder Natural Hill Station in Sundargarh District in the Indian state of Odisha. It has been declared the best mine by the Director General of Mines Safety, Govt. of India. Its origins are unknown, but it is believed that it was a tribal settlement prior to industrialization. In 1960, it came under the auspices of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Iron Mines. The township and ore processing plant were inaugurated by then governor of Odisha, Honourable Shri Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar, on 25 April 1961.
Khandawhere waterfall, where the Odisha government leases the POSCO to mine Iron Ore, is a picnic spot nearer Tensa.
General information
Tensa is mostly of SAIL because of iron ore mines and is situated near to major cities like Rourkela and towns such as Joda and Barbil which are connected with capital city Bhubaneswar in Eastern India. Tensa is surrounded by green forest with mineral deposits. Tensa is located 100 kilometers from Rourkela. Tensa was then mainly developed by SAIL and later little by JSPL. Tensa now newly acquainted as Gram Panchayat in 2016.
