Sonbhadra district

Sonbhadra or Sonebhadra is the largest of,. 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 to the northwest,  to the north,  state to the northeast,  state to the east,  state to the south, and  state to the west. The district headquarters is in the town of.

The flows through the district from east to west and its tributary the, 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, 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 region, but the Uttar Pradesh government has included the district in  region for administrative purposes. OBRA a power project is located in this city.

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 link

 * Official webpage

District at a Glance

Home Geographical Location Longitude Latitude 82.72 & 83.33 East 23.52 & 25.32 North Geographical Area    	6788.0 km² Average Height from Sea Level 	285 feet Average Rainfall 	1036.6 mm Temperature In Summer In Winter

(In degree Celsius) 10 - 45 8 - 25 Population Male Female Total

7,71,817 6,91,651 14,63,468 Literacy Male Female Total

51.31% 27.09% 39.86% Number of Tehsils 	3 Number of Blocks 	8 Total Nyay Panchayat 	66 Total Gram Sabha 	489 Total number of Villages 	1426 Number of Police Stations 	16 Post Offices 	137 Nationalised Banks 	53 Small Scale Industries 	3097 Education 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

1069 155 40 4 Hospitals Allopathic Ayurvedic Homeopathic Unani 17 19 22 1 Special Hospitals T.B. Leprosy 1 2 Primary Health Centres 	31 Family Welfare Centres 	11 Electrified Villages 	717 Theatres 	7