Mirzapur division

About Mirzapur Mandal

Mirzapur division Hindi: मिर्ज़ापुर मंडल is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mirzapur is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists of districts of

• Mirzapur,
• Sant Ravidas Nagar, Bhadohi
• Sonbhadra.

Industries

Sant Ravidas Nagar

• Bhadohi carpets, Sant Ravidas Nagar -The Bhadohi district is biggest carpet manufacturing centres in India, most known for its hand-knotted carpet.Bhadohi known as also carpet city, Mirzapur
• Mirzapur BhadohiCarpets-The largest carpet manufacturing region in Asia, Sonbhadra
• Churk Cement Factory, 800 T/day.
• Rihand Dam, Sonbhadra Pipri, 300 MW of electricity, Reservoir for power plants.
• Hindalco Aluminium Plant, Renukoot, Alumina refining - 114,5000 TPA, Aluminium metal - 424,000 TPA.
• Kanoria Chemicals, Renukoot, Acetaldehyde - 10000 TPA, Formaldehyde - 75000 TPA, Lindane - 875 TPA, Hexamine - 4000 TPA, Industrial Alcohol - 225 million litters/annum, Aluminium Chloride - 6875 TPA, Ethyl Acetate - 3300 TPA, Acetic Acid - 6000 TPA, Commercial Hydrogen.
• Renusagar Power Plant (Hindalco), 887.2 MW of electricity.
• Obra Dam, 99 MW of electricity, Reservoir for power plant.
• Dala Cement Factory, 3600 T/day.
• Obra Thermal Power Plant, UPSEB, 1550 MW of electricity.
• Chunar Cement Factory, Ancillary unit of Dala Cement Factory.
• Anpara Thermal Power Plant, UPSEB, 1630 MW of electricity.
• B.P. Construction Company, Anpara, Sonebhadra
• Singrauli Thermal Power Plant NTPC, Shaktinagar, 2000 MW of electricity.
• Hi -Tech Carbon, Renukoot, Carbon Black - 1,60,000 MT/annum.
• Rihand Thermal Power Plant, NTPC, Bijpur, 2000 MW of electricity.
• Finding of Gold Mine in Hills, Mirchadhuri.
• Kanoria Chemicals Power Plant, Renukoot, 50 MW of electricity.

Other

• One village is there named Dibulganj which is the one of the largest gram panchyat of india.

Towns in Mirzpur Mandal

• Mirzapur, Mirzapur
• Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
• Bhadohi, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Suriyawan, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Gyanpur, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Gopiganj, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• khamariya, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Renukoot, Sonbhadra
• Robertsganj, Sonbhadra
• Obra, Sonbhadra
• Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra
• Chopan, Sonbhadra

Major Rivers

• Ganga River
• Sone River
• Rihand River

Hills and Waterfalls

• Vindhya Range Hills
• Matiranga hills
• Windham Water Fall

Popular Religious Places

• Maa Vindhyavasini Temple, Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
• Ashtabhuja Mandir, Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
• Kali Khoh Temple, Vindhyachal, Mirzapur
• Sita Samahit Sthal-Sita Maddhi Temple,Sitamarhi, Sant Ravidas Nagar

Historical Places

• VIJAYGARH FORT, Sonbhadra
• AGHORIGARH FORT, Sonbhadra
• CHUNAR FORT, Sonbhadra
• SODHARIGARH DURG, Sonbhadra

Major Roads and Railway junctions

• NH2
• Mirzapur Railway Station
• Gyanpur Railway Station
• Bhadohi Railway Station
• ROBERTSGANJ Railway Station
• Chopan , Railway Station
• Renukoot, Railway Station
• Shaktinagar, Railway Station

etc.

Colleges in Mirzapur Division

• Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi, Sant Ravidas Nagar.
• Kashi Naresh Government Post Graduate College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Kn Government Post Graduate College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Ram Dev Degree College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Smt Kanti Singh Law College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Falahe Ummat Girls Degree College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Ghanshyam Binani Academy of Management Sciences, Mirzapur
• K.B.P.G Collage, Mirzapur
• G D Binni P G Collage,, Mirzapur
• K.M Collage, Mirzapur
• Ramkhelwan Singh Mahavidyalaya, Mirzapur
• Ram Lalit Singh Mahavidyalaya, Mirzapur
• Raj Deep Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Mirzapur
• Krishak Mahavidyalaya, Mirzapur
• Kanhiya Lal Basant Lal PG College, Mirzapur
• Kn Government Post Graduate College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Ram Dev Degree College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Smt Kanti Singh Law College, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Mathura College of Law, Mirzapur
• Pushpa Singh Vidhi Mahavidyalaya, Mirzapur
• Babu Ram Singh Mahavidyalaya, Sonbhadra
• Government Post Graduate College, Sonebhadra
• Sant Keenaram Post Graduate College, Sonebhadra
• Sant Keenaram PG College, Sonbhadra

Attention: Due to politics on the basis of castism and bulliness this area has no single university for Education infrastructure.Mirzapur Division of Uttar Pradesh is one of the most backward division of Uttar Pradesh and India by Education,Infrastructures and Industries.Naturally this division is very rich but because of lack of leadership,this division is always neglected by Government of Uttar Pradesh and India.

Political Figures

• Shyamdhar Mishra, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Gorakhnath Pandey, Sant Ravidas Nagar
• Virendra Singh, Mirzapur-Bhadohi-Sonbhadra
• Foolan Devi, Mirzapur-Bhadohi-Sonbhadra

etc.

External links

• Official website