Rourkela is a city in Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha and is situated about 328 kilometers north of the state capital Bhubaneswar. The city is also popularly known as Ispat Nagar and also as the Steel City of Odisha.
The Rourkela Township is divided into two separate townships under the Census of India Raurkela Steel Township and Rourkela Town. The Residential quarter’s colony of Rourkela Steel Plant is called Steel Township and the other part is called Civil Township. One smaller township Fertiliser was renamed sector-22, as this township is within the purview of SAIL.
According to the census report of 2011, Rourkela has a population of 483,038 (Rourkela Industrial Township is 273,217 and Rourkela Town is 210,412) and the urban metropolitan area population is 536,450.
Estimated Population of Rourkela Town in 2024 – 3.20 lakh