It is located in Rairangpur tahsil of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India.

[1] The town is famous for iron ore mines, which were the first iron ore mines developed in India in 1910, by Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo ruler of Princely State of Mayurbhanj.

He appointed Pramatha Nath Bose, a leading geologist in 1908 to survey the ore deposits.

[3] As a result of iron ore mines being developed, the town is connected with Tatanagar in 1910 by Bengal Nagpur Railway.

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