Odisha
Sambalpur District
Hirakud

Hirakud

Hirakud is a small township located in in . It was a Notified Area Council which was later included along with in city to become a Municipal Corporation.
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  • Type: Village with 30,200 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Hīrākud”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hirakud Captive Power Plant.

Power station
Hirakud Power Plant is a coal based captive thermal power plant located near Hirakud in in the Indian state of . The power plant began commercial production in April 2013, is operated by the Hindalco Industries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sambalpur.

Photo: Missinguzeet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the biggest city in western . It is a historically important place, mainly because of the number of freedom fights against the British, Veer Surendra Sai being one of the many who died fighting the British.

Hirakud

Latitude
21.52568° or 21° 31′ 33″ north
Longitude
83.9037° or 83° 54′ 13″ east
Population
30,200
Elevation
168 metres (551 feet)
Open location code
7MH5GWG3+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1621507641
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1270059
Wiki­data ID
Q1620116
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Hirakud” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “হিরাকুদ”
  • Bishnupriya: “হিরাকুদ”
  • Cebuano: “Hīrākūd”
  • Chinese: “Hirakud”
  • Chinese: “希拉库德”
  • Dutch: “Hirakud”
  • French: “Hirakud”
  • German: “Hirakud”
  • Gujarati: “હીરાકુડ બંધ”
  • Hindi: “हीराकुद”
  • Irish: “Hirakud”
  • Italian: “Hirakud”
  • Malagasy: “Hirakud”
  • Malay: “Hirakud”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hirakud”
  • Oriya: “ହୀରାକୁଦ”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱤᱨᱟᱠᱩᱫᱽ”
  • Spanish: “Hirakud”
  • Swedish: “Hīrākūd”
  • Vietnamese: “Hirakud”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hirakud”. Photo: Akshayapanigrahi, Public domain.