Anpara is a town in
Sonbhadra district
Sonbhadra or ''Sonebhadra'' is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattishgarh to the south, Jharkhand in t ...
in the state of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
,
India
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. It hosts an
Anpara Thermal Power Station with a total installed capacity 3830MW (2630MW of UPRVUNL and 1200 MW Of LANCO). It is built beside
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
Rihand Dam also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the largest dam of India by volume. The reservoir of Rihand Dam is called Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar and is India's largest artificial lake. Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at ...
Lake and the Rihand River (a tributary of the Son River).. The pin code of Anpara is 231225. It lies on the plateau of Vindhya Range.
There are two townships in Anpara i.e UPRVUNL's ATP Colony and the Lanco Anpara Township. Major schools are DAV Public School, St. Francis School, Ambedkar School, Aman Public School , Urmila Public School, GIC Anpara and KIDZEE. Apart from township, Anpara is maintained by the local governing body i.e. Gram Panchayat, Anpara. ATP colony consists of many types of government quarters such as first , second, third, fourth and fifth types. Government quarters are allotted as per grade of the services in power plant.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Indian
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
Anpara had a population of 22 385, males constituting 55% of the population, an average literacy rate of 71%, and 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.
According to 2011 Indian census Anpara had a population of 17,978, Schedule Cast constituting 13.8% of population, an average literacy rate of 83.2% And Sex Ratio of 863.
References
Cities and towns in Sonbhadra district
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