Rihand Nagar is a township, named after the

Rihand River The Rihand River (also referred to as Renu, Renuka, Rend, Rer or Rehar) is a tributary of the Son River and flows through the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Its old name was Renu or Renuka. Course The Rihand ...

, a tributary of the

Sone River Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Biha ...

. It is located near Bijpur and lies in the

Sonebhadra Sonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj. Sonbhadra is also known as the "Energy Capital of India" f ...

district of Uttar Pradesh. This township is situated near the border of

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and

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in India. This township has been developed by

National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, who is engaged in the generation of electricit ...

(NTPC) under its Power Project Scheme, wherein it established a coal-based power station of 3000 MW capacity. The township, which has been developed and is maintained by NTPC, is famous for ample greenery which makes it a good place to live. The township, though located in a remote area, has a very good secondary care 50-bedded hospital with all major specialities. The hospital, in addition to the NTPC employees, also caters to the people of surrounding villages in the radius of 50 km. and runs various national health programmes with help of central government. The township's schools include DAV Public School, St Joseph's School and Kendriya Vidyalay and the coaching centre includes SSG. The main market includes Bijpur. Educational institutions The small township of Rihand Nagar has 4 major educational institutions namely: * St Joseph's Senior Secondary School, Rihand Nagar * DAV Public School, Rihand Nagar * Kendriya Vidhyalaya, Rihand Nagar * SSG coaching centre. * Rihand Super Thermal Power Plant The coal based, thermal power plant, has been built in 3 stages, each with 2 units with a unit size of 500 MW.and has been awarded for efficiency on numerous occasions. The Power Plant takes its coal from Amlori and Dudhichua Mines, and water through Rihand Reservoir also known as Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar It supplies power to the following states: * Delhi * Chandigarh * Haryana * Himachal Pradesh * Jammu & Kashmir * Punjab * Rajasthan * Uttarakhand * Uttar Pradesh This plant is near Vindhyanagar,

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and

Shakti Nagar Shaktinagar is a small town in Sonbhadra, Mirzapur Division, Uttar Pradesh near Varanasi, India. The city borders with Madhya Pradesh at Jayant Border. About Some of the famous places in the town are Chilka Lake Park, Helipad, Jwaladevi Te ...

, which also has power projects of NTPC,

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Cities and towns in Sonbhadra district Townships in India Industrial cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh {{Sonbhadra-geo-stub

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