Sonbhadra district

Sonbhadra or Sonebhadra is the largest district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district has an area of 6788 km² and a population of 1,463,468 (2001 census), with a population density of 216 persons per km². It lies in the extreme southeast of the state, and is bounded by Mirzapur District to the northwest, Chandoli District to the north, Bihar state to the northeast, Jharkhand state to the east, Chhattisgarh state to the south, and Madhya Pradesh state to the west. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj.

The Son River flows through the district from east to west and its tributary the Rihand River, which rises to the south in the highlands of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, flows north to join the Son in the center of the district. The Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, a reservoir on the Rihand, lies partly in the district and partly in Madhya Pradesh. The district has historic, cultural, and ecological affinities with the Bagelkhand region, but the Uttar Pradesh government has included the district in Purvanchal region for administrative purposes. OBRA a power project is located in this city. Robertsganj is the main city town. Almost 100 Km from Varanasi, the cultural centre of Indian epitome of Vedic civilsation, holds a prime importance as the district headquarter.

This region has many electrical power stations. NTPC (a leading power generation company in India) has three coal based thermal power plants at Shaktinagar (India's first NTPC), Vindhyanagar (largest capacity in India, 3260MW) and Bijpur (Rihand Nagar). Other power stations are Anpara (UPRVUNL), Obra (UPRVUNL), Renusagar(Hindalco), Pipri-Hydro(UPRVUNL). This region is rich in mineral resources like coal and bauxite. NCL (a branch of Coal India Ltd.) has many coal mines in this region. Hindalco has a major aluminium plant at Renukut.The region lacks good infrastructure facilities. Railway facilities do exist but connectivity with other Indian metros is poor.

External links

* [http://sonbhadra.nic.in Official webpage]

District at a Glance

HomeGeographical Location ---- Longitude---- Latitude 82.72 & 83.33 East23.52 & 25.32 NorthGeographical Area 6788.0 km²Average Height from Sea Level 285 feetAverage Rainfall 1036.6 mmTemperature---- In Summer---- In Winter

(In degree Celsius)10 - 458 - 25Population ---- Male---- Female ---- Total

7,71,8176,91,65114,63,468Literacy ---- Male---- Female---- Total

51.31%27.09%39.86%Number of Tehsils 3Number of Blocks 8Total Nyay Panchayat 66Total Gram Sabha 489Total number of Villages 1426Number of Police Stations 16Post Offices 137Nationalised Banks 53Small Scale Industries 3097Education---- Junior Basic School---- Senior Basic School---- Higher Secondary School -*The Aditya Birla Public School, Renusagar - Principal Mr. Shantanu Das.---- Degree College ---- Awadhoot Bhagwaan Ram Degree College, Anpara, AuriMod---- Government Inter College, Anpara

1069155404Hospitals---- Allopathic---- Ayurvedic---- Homeopathic---- Unani 1719221Special Hospitals---- T.B.---- Leprosy 12Primary Health Centres 31Family Welfare Centres 11Electrified Villages 717Theatres 7