Biramitrapur (or Birmitrapur) is a town and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Sundargarh district Sundargarh District is a Districts of Odisha, district in the northwestern part of Odisha States and territories of India, state in eastern India. Sundargarh district is bounded by Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh in the west, Jashpur district o ...

in the state of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

, India.

Geography

Biramitrapur lies at the border of

and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

, Simdega being the nearest district of Jharkhand. The city nearest to Biramitrapur is

Rourkela Rourkela () is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of the state capital Bhubaneswar and is ...

, which is roughly around 35 km away. The area being mineral rich, a lot of industries lie in and around Biramitrapur. The area is especially rich in

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

and dolomite. The closest river to Biramitrapur is Ludki, which flows from Jharkhand to Odisha. * Biramitrapur Post Office is now Operating Core Banking Solution (CBS) online for their customers of Saving Bank Accounts. * One Postal ATM Counter is also operational inside Post Office Compound.

Education

Biramitrapur also has institutions imparting educations at different mediums and different levels. Major Institutions -: ST. Mary's Convent School, ICSE, New Delhi nglish medium run by Handmaids of Mary Sisters of Roman Catholic Church open for all religion students which is the premium institute of the town. Having result of 100%. Sri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Center, CBSE (English medium) Don Bosco School (oriya medium) Also a christian institute... Sishu Vidya Mandir School, (oriya medium) Alexander school (oriya medium) Jagriti high school (Oriya medium) Govt. Boy's high school riya medium Govt. Girls high school riya medium Shrama Shakti College ntermediate & graduationArts & Commerce] Nirmal munda Science college.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Biramitrapur had a population of 29,434. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Biramitrapur has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 55%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Industries

The majority industries in Biramitrapur and adjoining areas are based on mining. There are many

Limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

mining and crushing units, and also many Sponge iron factories. BSL (Bisra Stone Lime) company holds the largest limestone and Dolomite quarry in the area.

Transport

Birmitrapur has a number of bus services. A train also runs from Birmitrapur to Barsuan via Rourkela.

Culture

The official and communication language of this region is Odia. The local people speak

Sundargadi Odia Sundargadi Odia () or Northwestern Odia is a variety of the Odia language spoken in the Sundergarh district and parts of adjoining districts of Odisha. It is also spoken in the nearby districts of Jashpur of Chhattisgarh and Simdega of Jharkh ...

, the most spoken language variant of northwestern part of Odisha. Due to close proximity to

, the second most spoken language is Sadri. The Odia and Sadri languages have similarities due to social and cultural exchanges between

and

regions since ancient times. The

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

, Bengali, Marwari and Bihari language speakers also found in the town as Birmitrapur was a cosmopolitan mining town and people from deafferent parts of the country settled here since British era. Biramitrapur has a composite population of people from different states and religions. Major festivals celebrated like Hindu festivals of

Rath Yatra Ratha Yatra (), or chariot festival, is any public procession in a chariot. They are held annually during festivals in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The term also refers to the popular annual Ratha Yatra of Puri that involves a public processi ...

, Nuakhai,

Durga Puja Durga Puja (ISO 15919, ISO: , ), also known as Durgotsava or Shaaradotsava, is an annual festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which pays homage to the Hinduism, Hindu goddess Durga, and is also celebrated because of Durga's victo ...

and Ganesh Puja are celebrated with much pomp and fair as are New Year and Christmas.

Politics

Current MLA from Biramitrapur Assembly Constituency is Shri Shankar Oram(2019) ndependent who won the seat in State elections of 2009. Earlier MLAs from this seat were: Nihar Surin of (JMM) who won in 2004, George Tirkey of JMM in 2000 and in 1995, Satya Narayan Pradhan of JD in 1990, Remish Kerketia of INC in 1985, Jumus Bilung of INC(I) in 1980, and Prem Chand Bhagat of JNP in 1977. Biramitrapur is part of Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency).

References

{{Municipalities of Odisha Cities and towns in Sundergarh district