Anpara | |
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Town | |
  Anpara Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 24°12′22″N82°45′54″E / 24.206°N 82.765°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Sonbhadra |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| • Body | Nagar Panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,978 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 231225 |
| STD | 05446 |
| Vehicle registration | UP 64 XX XXXX |
Anpara is a town in Sonbhadra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. 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 Lake and the Rihand River (a tributary of the Son River).[ citation needed ]. The pin code of Anpara is 231225. [1] It lies on the plateau of Vindhya Range.
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There are two townships in Anpara i.e. UPRVUNL's ATP Colony(also referred as Board Colony) and the Megha Anpara Township(previously Lanco Colony). Without the area including rural part as well as commercial area namely Anpara Market, Parasi, Kashi more and Auri. 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.
