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Singrauli
Singrauli is a city in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Commissionaire of Rewa. It lies about from the district headquarters of Waidhan. History Previously it was a part of Singrauli State which was ruled by the Venvanshi Maharajas. Khairwar (tribe) are native of Singrauli (M.P.) . who have been living here from many decades. Geography Singrauli is located on . It is at an elevation of 394 m486889is pin code of singrauli. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Singrauli had a population of , of which males were 53.1% and females were 46.9%. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 30,079. Average literacy rate in Singrauli was 75.51%. Administration Singrauli Municipal Corporation is the local body governing the city, and is the second richest municipal corporation in Madhya Pradesh. Rani Agrawal is the mayor of the city. Singrauli is in Rewa Division. Politics The city is part of the Singrauli Assembly constituency. Ramniwas Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli District
Singrauli district () is one of the districts in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is a significant hub for energy production due to its vast coal reserves and power plants, earning it the title "Energy Capital of India." Historically ruled by local Maharajas until 1947, the district underwent major transformation in the mid-20th century with the construction of the Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar dam and the discovery of rich coal deposits. The district has a diverse population, predominantly Hindu, with significant Scheduled Castes and Tribes. History Previously, Singrauli was ruled by the Maharajas of the Singrauli State until the monarchy was abolished in 1947. The district's headquarters is located at Waidhan, and it was once the largest district in the Bagelkhand Division of Vindhya Pradesh. In the mid-20th century, significant changes occurred as a large dam was constructed on the River Rihand. This dam, known as Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar, was inaugurated by Prime Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli
Singrauli is a city in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Commissionaire of Rewa. It lies about from the district headquarters of Waidhan. History Previously it was a part of Singrauli State which was ruled by the Venvanshi Maharajas. Khairwar (tribe) are native of Singrauli (M.P.) . who have been living here from many decades. Geography Singrauli is located on . It is at an elevation of 394 m486889is pin code of singrauli. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Singrauli had a population of , of which males were 53.1% and females were 46.9%. Child population (0-6) in urban region was 30,079. Average literacy rate in Singrauli was 75.51%. Administration Singrauli Municipal Corporation is the local body governing the city, and is the second richest municipal corporation in Madhya Pradesh. Rani Agrawal is the mayor of the city. Singrauli is in Rewa Division. Politics The city is part of the Singrauli Assembly constituency. Ramniwas Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli Coalfield
Singrauli Coalfield is spread across the districts of Singrauli district, Singrauli and Sonebhadra district, Sonebhadra in the Indian States and territories of India, states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, mostly in the basin of the Son River. The Coalfield The Singrauli Coalfield is located between latitudes 24012’ N and 230 47’ N. It is spread over nearly but only a small part of the coalfield, around , has been identified as promising by the Geological Survey of India. The north-eastern part of the coalfield sits on a plateau with an altitude of 500m above mean sea level, well above the lower plains of 280m altitude.R.D.Singh, Principles and Practices of Modern Coal Mining, p. 54, New Age International (P) Limited 1997/2004 The coal reserves in the north-eastern part of Singrauli coalfield, covering an area of around , is 9,121 million tonnes, out of which 2,724 million tonnes are proved reserves and the rest is inferred or indicated. Important coal seams in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli Railway Station
Singrauli railway station is an important railway station in Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh. Its code is SGRL. It serves Singrauli city. The station consists of 3 platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. Singrauli Station serves as a major transport point for the nearby areas. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. The station has been recently extended to 3 platform with coalyard being shifted few hundred meters away from station. Station has been primarily used by Indian Railways for transportation of coal being excavated from nearby mines. The station falls under the Dhanbad Division of East Central Railway zone and is the only station in Madhya Pradesh under Dhanbad Division. Major trains Some of the important trains that run from Singrauli are: * Singrauli–Patna Link Express * Singrauli–Varanasi Intercity Express * Singrauli–Tanankpur Triveni Express * Singrauli–Jabalpur Intercity Express * Singrauli–Bhopal Superfast Express * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli Assembly Constituency
Singrauli (sometimes spelled Singarouli) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It comprises parts of Singrauli tehsil, in Singrauli district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2023 2018 See also * Singrauli district * List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is housed in the ''Vidhan Bhavan'', a building located at the center of the Capital Complex, in ... References {{coords, 24.19, 82.67, display=title Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Politics of Madhya Pradesh Singrauli district Constituencies established in 1972 1972 establishments in Madhya Pradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidhi Lok Sabha Constituency
Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Sidhi and Singrauli districts and part of Shahdol district. Assembly segments Presently, after the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies, Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments: Members of Parliament Election results General Elections 2024 General Elections 2019 General Elections 2014 General Elections 2009 Notes References Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp See also * Sidhi district * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each member of parliament represents a single geographic constituency. The maximum size of the Lok Sabha as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waidhan
Waidhan is a city and a municipal board in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in the Northeastern corner of the state. Waidhan is the administrative headquarters of Singrauli District. The Singrauli District and Waidhan as its district headquarters was created by separating three tehsils of Sidhi district: Singrauli, Deosar and Chitrangi Tehsils on 24 May 2008. Located at the bank of Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar. Waidhan is surrounded by Singrauli Tehsil to the north, Chitrangi Tehsil to the north, Babhani Tehsil to the east, and Deosar Tehsil to the west. History It was conquered by the Venvanshi kings of Singrauli and was ruled by them till 1947. Demographics According to the 2011 census Waidhan has a population of 296,940 in which 152,382 males and 114,558 are females. The district has a population density of 208 inhabitants per square kilometre (540/sq mi). Waidhan has a sex ratio of 916 females for every 1,000 males and a literacy rate of 62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union territories of India by area, second largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, fifth largest state by population with over 72 million residents. It borders the states of Rajasthan to the northwest, Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west. The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti (India), Avanti Mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain (also known as Avantika) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanisation in the sixth century BCE. Subsequently, the region was ruled by the major dynasties of India. The Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire dominated the maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC. It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reservoir. The states benefitting from this power plant are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ... and Jammu and Kashmir. An investment worth has already been cleared. It even gets international assistance from IDA. ON 31 December 2014, a 15 MW solar PV was commissioned at NTPC SIngrauli. An 8 MW small hydro CW discharge plant has been constructed on discharge canal. Coal base The unit wise capacity and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essar Mahan Power Plant
Essar Mahan Power Plant is a coal-based thermal power plant located near Singrauli town in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The power plant is operated by the Essar Energy. Capacity It has a planned capacity of 1200 MW (2x600 MW) of which 600 MW unit-1 is commissioned in December 2012 and 600 MW unit-2 commissioned in May 2017. Unit 3 was originally planned in Phase II expansion but was later shelved. References External links Mahan Super Thermal Power Projectat SourceWatch The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a progressive nonprofit watchdog and advocacy organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. CMD publishes ExposedbyCMD.org, SourceWatch.org, and ALECexposed.org. History CMD was founded in 1993 by prog ... {{coord, 24.199, 82.664, display=title Coal-fired power stations in Madhya Pradesh Singrauli district 2012 establishments in Madhya Pradesh Energy infrastructure completed in 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benvanshi
Benvanshi or Benbansi is a caste native to Central India. Benbansis originated as a Kharwar clan that elevated itself to the Rajput rank. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, in his ''An Account Of The District Of Shahabad in 1812-13'', mentions that the chief of Singrauli (in present-day Madhya Pradesh) and was not ashamed of calling himself a Kharwar. Later, he married his daughter to another Kharwar chief and who was offended at being called a Kharwar. After this event, the chief of Singrauli assumed the royal title of ''Raja''. Buchanan wrote that chief's son would probably call himself a Rajput. This prediction was correct, as by 1896, the ''Raja'' of Singrauli claimed to be a "Benbansi Rajput", as recorded by William Crooke William Crooke (6 August 1848 – 25 October 1923) was a British orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and was educated at Erasmus Smith's Tipperary Grammar S .... Crooke wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th-largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW. The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station. The power plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second-most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh. The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
