Belpahar is famous for its geographical location, as it is the center for many coal mines areas nearby.

Some of the villages and localities include Muchbahal, Jurabaga, Jamkani, Mahulpada, Gumadera, Kuiltapada, Limtikra, Chingriguda, Jurabaga, Kadel Munda, Chhualiberna, Kadupada, Nayapada, Kisanpada, Khukhelmal, Gotiapada, Harijanpada, Jahajpadia, Malipada, Mirdhadera.Gandhinagar, Rehmatnagar Belpahar municipality is surrounded by localities like Jharsuguda, Brajrajnagar, Piplimal, Kudaloi, Kudopali, Kantapali, Kirmira, Khairkuni, Darlipali, Liakhai, and Junadihi.

Belpahar railway station is well connected with trains from Howrah, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad.

Jharsuguda which is 22 km from Belpahar is connected from the rest of the country including Chennai and Bangalore.

Belpahar is connected through direct buses from Rourkela, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Bhadrak and Raipur.

Other important industries surrounding Belpahar are IB Thermal Power Plant and Mahanadi Coal Field.

Beside this Saraswati sishu vidya mandir (SSVM) also groom students in there gurukul like green campus near Kadelpita of Belpahar.

BRHS follow the curriculum of the Odisha State Board of secondary education and it is the leading Odia medium school in the district of Jharsuguda.

For higher studies, Belpahar college offers graduate degrees in commerce and arts.

On the eve of Dussehra, a huge Ravan idol is burnt here with a great pomp and joy.

In this inaccessible dense forest ancient people lived surviving on fruits, roots and animal meat.

A scenic tourist spot about forty-five minutes away from Belpahar Railway Station on the way to Raigarh, Koili Ghoghar houses a beautiful river carving its way out of rock faces and cascading down in steps.

The town also has a Maa Tarini temple, near the NAC Checkpost (which is not closed), in the dense forest.

The journey uphill entails one to be of a strong disposition as the sun and the dry heat can take their toll on one's bodily fluids.

At this place, the Maheswar pahad is about 1000 ft high and on the top there is a huge plain surface.

A well had been dug on the stone floor which provided drinking water to the inmates of the Fort throughout the year.

Probably the defence personnel of the fort used to suspend their clothes and other belonging from wooden poles fitted to these holes.