Korba is a city and an industrial area in

Korba District Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabits the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Korba was fo ...

in the Indian state of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prad ...

. Korba was erstwhile part of Bilaspur District before 25 May 1998 later that Korba was made a separate District for ease of administration but it is still under Bilaspur Division. Korba is called power capital of

due to its

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and Industrial base for multiple thermal based power plants from Public sector like

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, CSEB from State of Chhattisgarh as well as from private sector apart from Power plants Korba has the Asia's second largest and India's largest open cast coal mine in Gevra area of Korba Coalfield. Korba produces 140 Million tons of coal every year which accounts for 17% of Country's total coal production and 85% of Chhattisgarh Coal production.

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Private owned Aluminium producer has its smelter Aluminium Plant in Korba. Here mainly the protected tribal tribe Korwa (Pahadi Korwa) resides. Korba district is blessed by lush green forests from all around, a large population of tribals is found here. The tribals here prefer to live in harmony with the environment in the forest area due to which they have retained their distinctive cultural characteristics and traditional practices.

Geography

Korba is located at . It has an average elevation of . India

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, Korba city had a population of 365,253. Korba City is a part of the Korba District which was formed on 25 May 1998. The forest area cover of Korba is . There are 17 police stations in Korba and it contains five blocks.

Economy

Korba Super Thermal Power Plant Korba Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Jamnipali in Korba district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The coal for the power plant is s ...

of NTPC is located at Jamanipali area. It receives coal from Gevra and Kusmunda mines and source of water for the power plant is Hasdeo River.

Korba Thermal Power Station The Korba Thermal Power Station or Korba East Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station at Korba East in Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned and operated by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, publicly owned gener ...

is owned and operated by National Thermal Power Corporation. There are more small Power Plant near city like

Hasdeo Thermal Power Station The Hasdeo Thermal Power Station or Korba West Thermal Power Station is an 840 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station at Korba in Chhattisgarh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the ...

Dr Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Thermal Power Station The Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Thermal Power Station is a 500-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station at Korba East in Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned and operated by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, publicly owned gen ...

and

Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant is a coal based thermal power project located at Pathadi village in Korba district in Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant owned and operated by Lanco Infratech. Capacity Its planned capacity is 1920 MW (2x300 ...

. Bharat Aluminium Company has plant which is one of the Asia's largest aluminium production industries. In 2009, chimney under construction by Gannon Dunkerley & Company at the Balco smelter collapsed killing 49 workers and GDCL management have been accused of negligence in the incident.

Government and jurisdiction

Korba is headquarter of

Korba district Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabits the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Korba was fo ...

. Korba City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government.

Korba (Lok Sabha constituency) Korba is one of 11 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh state in India. It was formed as per the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission. Assembly segments Korba Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assemb ...

is a

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parliamentary constituency for the city and constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Rampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 20), Korba (assembly constituency no. 21), Katghora (assembly constituency no. 22) and Pali-Tanakhar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 23) is part of

. Currently, Jyotsna Charan Das Mahant of

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is a

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to the

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and Jai Singh Agrawal of

sitting

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from Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Transport

By Air

Nearest airport is

Bilaspur Airport Bilaspur Airport , officially known as Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport is located at Chakarbhatta, 10 kilometres south of Bilaspur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Bilaspur Airport made by royal Airforce in 1942 oldest Airport of chhattisgarh ...

which is . Raipur Airport is also well connected airport which is away from Korba city.

Rail

Korba railway station Korba railway station serves Korba, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders se ...

is connected to Champa, the nearest railway junction on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The stations comes under

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. It is directly connected to Bilaspur which the Divisional Headquarter by rail. The long, broad gauge was constructed between 1953 and 1956, electrified in 1987 and 1988, and extended to

Gevra Road railway station Gevra Road railway station is a small terminal railway station in Korba district, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, t ...

in 1988 and 1989. New line surveys of Indian Railway were taken during 2012 and 2013, and included a line from

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-Korba via Ambikapur Katghora and Korba- Ranchi.What is new in Railway Budget 2012-13
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