Tensa

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Tensa
Town
Tensa Location in Odisha, India Show map of Odisha Tensa Tensa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 21°52′22″N 85°09′54″E / 21.8728854°N 85.1649113°E / 21.8728854; 85.1649113
Country	India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Population  (2015)
• Total	20,786
Languages
• Official	Odia
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	OD
Website	odisha.gov.in

Tensa is a Town Wonder Natural Hill Station in Sundargarh District in the Indian state of Odisha. It has been declared the best mine by the Director General of Mines Safety, Govt. of India. Its origins are unknown, but it is believed that it was a tribal settlement prior to industrialization. In 1960, it came under the auspices of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Iron Mines. The township and ore processing plant were inaugurated by then governor of Odisha, Honourable Shri Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar, on 25 April 1961.

Khandawhere waterfall, where the Odisha government leases the POSCO to mine Iron Ore, is a picnic spot nearer Tensa.