Obra | |
---|---|
Town | |
Coordinates: 24°25′N82°59′E / 24.42°N 82.98°E | |
Country | India |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
District | Sonebhadra |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 46,574 |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 231219 |
Telephone code | 05445 |
Vehicle registration | UP-64 |
Website | sonbhadra |
Obra is a town, Tehsil, and Assembly constituency of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in the Sonebhadra district. It has been upgraded from the stature of Nagar Panchayat, and was previously a part of the Mirzapur District. Obra is located 137 km from Varanasi at the Banks of Renu & Sone River with population of 46,574 as per the 2011 India Census. State-owned UPRVUNL and UPJVUNL have a coal-fired thermal power plant and a hydroelectric power plant in Obra, respectively. The thermal and hydroelectric power industries are the major source of employment, either directly or indirectly . Obra is not very well connected by rail. The nearest railway station is Chopan, which is about 10 kilometers from Obra, [2] and has connectivity to other major cities of India. Recreational places in Obra include Jawahar Bal Udayan (Children's Park), Ambedkar Stadium, Lord Shiva's temple, Sone river banks, and Parsoi and Kharatiya villages. Restructuring of government residential colony is ongoing (as of 2020) as new power plants are being constructed.
Obra is located at 24°25′N82°59′E / 24.42°N 82.98°E . [3] It has an average elevation in the range of 315 and 485 metres. [4]
As of 2011 [update] India census, [5] Obra had a 406,574 of which 204,804 are males while 201,770 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Obra has an average literacy rate of 87% , higher than the state average of 67.68%: male literacy is around 91.5%, and female literacy is 86.9%. In Obra, 12.36% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Obra stands by the side of the Renu & Sone rivers, tributaries of the Ganga. The environment around nicely supports the Thermal and Hydroelectric (Hydel) Power Station. The thermal station has 13 units with the total capacity of 1550 MW and the Hydel has a maximum capacity of 99 MW. Thermal power station-B houses India's first 200 MW installed and commissioned units. Pushing aside heavy competition from home-bred companies like BHEL and L&T, South Korean's top power equipment manufacturer Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Company's Indian arm, Doosan Power Systems India (DPSI), clinched two super-critical power projects of 1,320 MW each in Uttar Pradesh. the 2×660 MW Obra C project, in Sonebhadra district, would be a brownfield project and will cost R10,416 crore. The construction is now underway. Both the projects are expected to start generating 1320 MW of power each by 2021. [6]
Apart from the power plants, stone-crushing and transportation are major employment providers . Retail shops also form a chunk of the economy.
All India Radio has a local station in Obra which transmits various programs of mass interest. It was started on 28.08.1993. It operates on 102.7 MHz. It mainly originates programmes in Hindi as well as in Bhojpuri.
Sonbhadra 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" because there are multiple power plants.
Mirzapur division, also sometimes known as Vindhyachal division, is one of the 18 administrative geographical units of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Mirzapur city is the administrative headquarters. Currently, the division consists of 3 districts:-
Barwadih is a town and Community Development Block in Latehar district of Jharkhand state in India.
Burhar is a town and nagar panchayat in Shahdol district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Burhar was named after Budhi Mata, a local deity. It also has a temple belonging to her, in Purani Basti. Burhar is one of the fastest emerging commercial hubs of the division due to its geographical location.
Charthawal is a city and a nagar panchayat in Muzaffarnagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It acts as the administrator of 59 surrounding villages.
Mundi is a city and Tehsil in the Khandwa district of Nimar region the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated in North Side of East Nimar District.
Phusro is a nagar parishad in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the district headquarters of Bokaro district. Damodar River passes through it.
Renukoot is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 68 km south from the district headquarters Robertsganj.
Saurikh is a nagar panchayat in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Its old name was Sau-Rishi.It is located near main industrial and educational hub of Dibiyapur which is around at a distance of 55 km from the town.
Usawan is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Badaun District in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Faridpur is a town and a small Nagar Palika and tehsil in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Faridpur is known for zari work. It comes under 122 Legislative assembly. Current M.L.A. is Professor Shyam Bihari Lal and M.P. is Mr. Dharmendra Kashyap. Nagarpalika Chairman of Faridpur is Mr Sharaf Zari Wale
Tanda is a town in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh situated on the banks of Ghaghara River. It is a nagar palika parishad and is part of Ayodhya division in Uttar Pradesh. The town is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north east from district headquarter Akbarpur. Tanda is also a tehsil in the district. It has one of the largest handloom weaving industries for manufacturing varieties like gamchha, lungi, polyester clothing, check-shirt clothes material in state of Uttar Pradesh.
Urjanagar is a residential colony for the employees of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS), operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MSPGCL). It is approximately 6 km from Chandrapur.
Singrauli district is one of the districts in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) is wholly owned state thermal power utility with present generating capacity of 6134 MW, operating 4 Thermal Power Stations within Uttar Pradesh.
Rihand Nagar is a township, named after the Rihand River, a tributary of the Sone River. It is located near Bijpur and lies in the Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. This township is situated near the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India. This township has been developed by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) under its Power Project Scheme, wherein it established a coal-based power station of 3000 MW capacity.
Bagodar is a village in the Bagodar CD block in the Bagodar-Saria subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Belthara Road is a Nagar Panchayat city with a railway station in the north-western corner of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Narmada Nagar is a township in Punasa Tehsil in East Nimar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It belongs to Indore division.