Talcher

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Talcher
City
The City Of Black Diamond
View of Talcher Palace
Nickname(s):  Black Diamond City Of Odisha, Coal City, Industrial City
Talcher Location in Odisha Show map of Odisha Talcher Talcher (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 20°57′N 85°14′E / 20.95°N 85.23°E / 20.95; 85.23
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Angul
Government
• Body	Municipality & Municipal Council
• Sub-Collector & Sub-District Magistrate	Shri Manoj Kumar Tripathy OAS[1]
• Members of Legislative Assembly	Braja Kishore Pradhan BJD
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	40,841
Languages
• Official	Odia, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	759100, 759103, 759107, 759116
Telephone code	06760
Vehicle registration	OD-35
Nearest city	Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar
Literacy	75%
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhenkanal

Talcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality. Talcher is one of the 4 sub-divisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.

During the British Raj Talcher was the capital of Talcher State, one of the princely states of the Eastern States Agency.^[3]

As of the 2011 India census, Talcher had a population of 40,841. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Talcher has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 62%. In Talcher, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Talcher railway station is a railway station on the East Coast Railway network in the state of Odisha, India. It serves Talcher city. Its code is TLHR. It has two platforms. Passenger, MEMU, Express and Superfast trains halt at Talcher railway station.^[4][5][6][7]

Talcher Coalfield is located in Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha, in the valley of the Brahmani.