Burla, India

Burla ବୁର୍ଲା
Locality
Power Channel at Burla
Burla Show map of Odisha Burla Show map of India Location in Odisha, India
Coordinates: 21°30′N 83°52′E / 21.5°N 83.87°E / 21.5; 83.87Coordinates: 21°30′N 83°52′E / 21.5°N 83.87°E / 21.5; 83.87
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Sambalpur
Elevation	173 m (568 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	39,188
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	OD-15
Website	odisha.gov.in

Burla(Odia: )is a locality in Sambalpur city in the state of Odisha, India. It earlier had a Notified Area Council (NAC) till 2014 after which it was included in Sambalpur city under Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) It was earlier a small town on the banks of Mahanadi. The communication for this area is excellent. One can reach this place by road with National Highway 6 which is one of the busiest trunk routes in India (currently being converted into four lane expressway) as it connects Hazira to Kolkata. And by train Hirakud Railway Station, which is at one end of the town and a walking distance from the Mahanadi Coal Limited (MCL).

Burla is located at 21°30′N 83°52′E / 21.5°N 83.87°E / 21.5; 83.87. It has an average elevation of 173 metres (567 feet). The locality lies at one end of Hirakud Dam which is located around 2 km west of the town. The Jawahar Minar offers picturesque views of the Hirakud Dam, the lake and the surrounding forests of Barapahad (Twelve Hills). At the otherside of the dam is the township of Hirakud.

Burla is situated in a half an hour distance from Central Sambalpur and 2 hours distance form Bargarh, which are connected by National Highway 6. Burla houses three leading institutions of Odisha: Sambalpur University and the Institute of Information Technology (SUIIT), Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) (formerly called University College of Engineering-UCE). The town is horse-shoe shaped with an artificial lake in the middle and NH6 traversing through one end. The town centre is small and is divided into 'Kaccha Market' and 'Pukka Market' and hosts numerous small stores and stalls, which are mostly family based small business enterprises. The famous grocery stores are the 'Choudhry's' the 'Sindhi's', the 'Acharya's' and some famous wholesale stores like Narayan Saha's (For Poultry), Raghunath Agrawal (Pan Masala) and lots more. Mr Malay Dey's Cycle Store , Subash Day's Burla Ayurvedic Medicine Store.Sanjay Dey's Abha General Store. And the old world charm of 'Rambharose' snack joint serving hot samosas and jalebis underneath the banyan tree in the 'Kaccha Market' typically evokes the images of R K Narayan fictitious Malgudi.The town is bestowed with natural surrounding and beautiful jungle. The main dialect of people is Sambalpuri . Famous author Ravinder Singh is a native of Burla. Achutam is a native of Burla.