| Talcher | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Odisha#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Odisha |
| Coordinates: | 20.95°N 85.23°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Angul |
| Established Date: | 1951 |
| Governing Body: | Municipality & Municipal Council |
| Leader Title: | Sub-Collector & Sub-District Magistrate |
| Leader Name: | Shri Manoj Kumar Tripathy OAS[1] |
| Leader Title1: | Members of Legislative Assembly |
| Leader Name1: | Braja Kishore Pradhan BJD |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 40,841 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Odia, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 759100, 759103, 759107, 759116 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 06760 |
| Registration Plate: | OD-35 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 75% |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Dhenkanal |
| Official Name: | The City Of Black Diamond |
| Nickname: | Black Diamond City Of Odisha, Coal City, Industrial City |
Talcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality. Talcher is one of the 4 sub-divisions of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha.
During the British Raj Talcher was the capital of Talcher State, one of the princely states of the Eastern States Agency.[3]
As of the 2011 India census, Talcher had a population of 40,841. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Talcher has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 62%. In Talcher, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.