 Most of the population in this city were working for Orient Paper Mills, which belonged to Birla Group of industries.Brajrajnagar has in its vicinity numerous open-cast and underground coal mines of IB Valley Coalfield and Orient Colliery Area belonging to government-owned Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).The Brajrajnagar Police Station was established in 1936, in the same year, when the Orient Paper Mills of Birlas was established here.