Unchahar is a town and

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in Raebareli district in the Indian state of

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. It serves as the headquarters of a

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as well as a

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. It is located on Lucknow Allahabad Highway, 115 km from

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, 85 km from

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. The place is well connected by rail and roads to nearby cities of

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, Lucknow, and Allahabad. Unchahar is also a constituency of Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly (183 Unchahar Vidhan Sabha). Unchahar changed dramatically after the work done by former Member of Legislative Assembly,

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. Some of his work include the establishment of the well known Feroze Gandhi Thermal Power Station of the

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, which now has an installed capacity of 1050 MW and the launching of the daily train "

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" connecting Allahabad with Chandigarh. Basic public amenities are not so good despite the NTPC power plant, electricity supply is poor, although it is an important landmark in Raibareli.

Geography

Unchahar is a town in the fertile

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region of Uttar Pradesh. The river Ganga flows 7 km southwest to the town. Unchahar has a humid subtropical climate with cool, dry winters from November to February and dry, hot summers from April to June. The rainy season is from July to mid-September. Fog is a common phenomenon from late December to late January. Unchahar is located 38 km from the district headquarters of the

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. It has an average elevation of 111 metres. The dialect spoken here is the

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variety of the

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language.

History

The 1961 census recorded Unchahar as comprising 30 hamlets, with a total population of 4,109 people (2,139 male and 1,970 female), in 848 households and 822 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 3,490

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s and it had a library and a medical practitioner at that point. The 1981 census recorded Unchahar as having a population of 7,282 people, in 1,852 households, and having an area of 1,412.36

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s. The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice. The

Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant is located at Unchahar in Raebareli district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC Limited. In the year 1992, Uttar Pradesh State Electricity B ...

began operation in 1988 with five units each capable of generating 210 MW of electricity. Construction cost Rs. 219

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s. A sixth unit, generating 500 MW of electricity, commenced operation in March 2017. On 1 November 2017, the new unit's boiler pipe exploded, killing 32 people and injuring many more.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Unchahar has a population of 11,033 people, in 1,866 households. The town's

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is 969 females to every 1000 males, which is higher than the district-wide urban sex ratio of 924; 5,602 of Unchahar's residents are male (50.8%) and 5,431 are female (49.2%). The 0-6 age group makes up about 13.0% of the town's population; the sex ratio for this group is 1003, which is the highest among towns in Raebareli district. Members of Scheduled Castes make up 4.45% of the town's population, while no members of Scheduled Tribes were recorded. Unchahar's

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

was 80.88% (counting only people age 7 and up); literacy was higher among men and boys (86.45%) than among women and girls (75.1%). The scheduled castes literacy rate is 71.08% (77.68% among men and boys, and 63.35% among women and girls). In terms of employment, 18.22% of Unchahar residents were classified as main workers (i.e. people employed for at least 6 months per year) in 2011. Marginal workers (i.e. people employed for less than 6 months per year) made up 9.21%, and the remaining 72.57% were non-workers. Employment status varied considerably according to gender, with 46.32% of men being either main or marginal workers, compared to just 7.94% of women. 4.12% of Dalmau residents live in

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conditions as of 2011. There is 1 slum area in Unchahar, called Aliganj. This has an approximate population of 455 residents and has 4

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access points. The number of flush toilets installed in people's homes is 12. The area is serviced by open sewers.

Available banks

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* Bandhan Bank *

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* Vijaya Bank *

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Transport

Unchahar Junction railway station is the main Junction railway station after Rae Bareli Junction railway station. It is located on Varanasi–Kanpur and Varanasi–Lucknow line.

is the only direct connected to

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Villages

Unchahar CD block has the following 107 villages:

References

{{Raebareli district Cities and towns in Raebareli district