Shankarnagar is a town in

Umaria district Umaria district () is a district of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Umaria is the district headquarters. The district is part of Shahdol Division. The total geographical area of the district sums up to 4548 square kilometers and has a population of ...

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. The Raja of Shankargarh has mining rights over 46 villages (covering an area of 150 km²) in perpetuity and gives the rights to contractors who in turn hire local labourers to extract minerals . It is famous for

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mines.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Shankargarh had a total population of 17,785, of which 9,343 were males and 8,442 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,712. The total number of literates in Shankargarh was 11,442, which constituted 64.3% of the population with male literacy of 69.8% and female literacy of 58.3%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Shankargarh was 75.9%, of which male literacy rate was 83.2% and female literacy rate was 68.0%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 4,087 and 107 respectively. Shankargarh had 3095 households in 2011. As of 2001 the India

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, Shankargarh had a population of 13,116. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Shankargarh has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Shankargarh, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Region: Shankargarh is Block in

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District of

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State,

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. Shankargarh Block Headquarters is Shankargarh town . It belongs to

Division . Allahabad City, Citrakoot city, Rewa City, Varanasi City are the nearby Cities to Shankargarh. It is in the 145 m elevation(altitude).

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Historical place

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is situated near (5 km) from Shankargarh. Garhwa fort is located in town Shankargarh, approximately 50 KM south to

. It was built in year 1750, but it has few remains of structures of

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(240-605 CE). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garhwa_Fort

, Chitrakoot,

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, Rewa,

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are the nearby Important tourist destinations to see.

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is the Local Language here. Also People Speaks

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Industries

Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited is a coal-based, 3*660MW, super critical thermal power plant located in Shankargarh (Bara Tehsil) in

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. The power plant is owned by Renascent Power, a subsidiary of the

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Power. The total cost of the project was INR 12,000 crores. In November 2019 Resurgent Power Ventures Pte. Limited (Resurgent Power) has announced closing the deal for acquiring 75 per cent stake in Jaiprakash Associates Ltd's Prayagraj Power. BPCL also reassessing plan to build refinery in Shankargarh,

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River

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is lifeline for this region which is 20 km in radius from Shankargarh Block. Various irrigation projects are going on to make near areas more fertile and suitable for farming. Economy of this area depends mainly on agriculture and silica mining

Politics

BJP, SP, BSP are the major political parties in this area. Shankargarh Block comes under Bara assembly constituency, current sitting MLA is Dr. Ajay Kumar contested and won from SP party Shankargarh Block comes under Allahabad parliament constituency, current sitting MP is

Ujjwal Raman Singh Ujjwal Raman Singh is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. He is currently serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Allahabad. He was former Cabinet Minister Environment Department in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was ...

from INC.

Silica mines

The main occupation of the local population is mining activity and stone quarrying, as the land is not very fertile. The Raja of Shankargarh has mining rights over 46 villages (covering an area of 150 km²) in perpetuity and gives the rights to contractors who in turn hire local labourers to extract minerals.

References

Cities and towns in Umaria district {{MadhyaPradesh-geo-stub