BRIEF PROFILE OF SAMBALPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PLAN AREA
Population of SDA Area
| Year | Population in Lakhs |
| 1971 | 1.72 |
| 1981 | 2.54 |
| 1991 | 3.19 |
| 2001 | 3.49 |
| 2011 | 4.13 |
| 2021 | 4.80 |
| 2030 | 10.00 |
Connectivity important Town
- Bhubaneswar -300 Km
- Raipur -280 Km
- Rourkela -180 Km
Major Land Mark
- Hirakud Dam
- VIMSAR Medical Collage Hospital ,Burla
- VSSUT ( Engineering University, Burla)
- Sambalpur University Jotibihar, Burla
- Gangadhar Meher University , Sambalpur
- Odisha Open University, Sambalpur
- IIM Sambalpur
- Jamadarpali Airstrip
- Railway junction at Khetrajpur ,Sambalpur
- NH-6 connecting to Mumbai-Kolkata
- NH-42 connecting NH- 5 (Chennai-Kolkata) & NH-6
