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. The city borders with Madhya Pradesh at Jayant Border.

About

Some of the famous places in the town are Chilka Lake Park, Helipad, Jwaladevi Temple, Shiv Mandir, Sunday Market (vegetable market opening only on Sundays), Sangam Shopping Complex and the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium. The town is also well connected with road services from

(206 km) And

Robertsganj Robertsganj (), formally known as Sonbhadra (), is a city and a municipal board in Sonbhadra district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. Robertsganj is located in the south-eastern corner of the state. Roberts ...

(115 km). Nearest Railway stations are Shaktinagar (3 km), Singrauli (20 km), Anpara (25 km) and Krishnashila (13 km). Places to visit nearby are Vendam fall (110 km), Gopat, Manda stream, Manda caves (60 km), Vindhyanagar Park, Mini Goa (Renukut 40 kms.) shopping center at Waidhan and Nawanagar, helipad park etc.

Industries

Nearby industries are NTPC Singrauli (First NTPC power plant of India ), NTPC Vindhyachal, NTPC Rihand, Renusagar, Essar Energy, Reliance Power, Hindalco (

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), Northern Coalfields, which provides coal to NTPC plants to generate electricity and supply it to Northern as well as the NCR region.

Education

Schools in the town include St. Joseph School, which was established in 1978, Vivekanand Senior Secondary School, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School),Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)
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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 Riv ...

also known as Northern Coalfields Limited like DAV Bina, DAV Khadia, DAV Jayant, DAV Nigahi, DAV Jhingurdah, Christ Jyoti School, Delhi Public School (D.P.S), and many more.

Connectivity

Shaktinagar Railway Station is fully connected by road to various cities through NH 39 ( Former NH 75), SH 5A and is also connected directly via Trains like: Triveni Express ( Tanakpur To Shaktinagar), Singrauli - Varanasi Intercity ( Singrauli to

), Singrauli - Jabalpur Intercity ( Singrauli to

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) and Shaktinagar Passenger (Shaktinagar to Chopan), Shaktipunj Express ( Jabalpur Junction railway station to

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), Singrauli - New Delhi Express(Weekly)

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