Shaktinagar
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| ?Shaktinagar Karnataka • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Raichur |
| Population | 18,983 (2001) |
Coordinates: Shaktinagar is a census town in Raichur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. There is a coal based thermal power plant set up by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited ( KPCL ).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census[1], Shaktinagar had a population of 18,983. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shaktinagar has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74%, and female literacy is 55%. In Shaktinagar, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Shaktinagar is located 20km away from Raichur along Raichur - Hyderabad route. Shaktinagar is famous for its thermal power station which generates electricity from coal and is called R.T.P.S. Raichur thermal power station. Hence called shaktinagar (In kannada shakti = Power, Nagar = place). Shatkinagar is situated on the border of Karnataka. Prior to RTPS there was a small village called Deosugar which is famous for its Lord Sugureshwara temple. Every year car fair is held at the temple's premises and lakhs of devotees in and around Raichur will visit this place to witness this Car festival. This car fair is held in the month of december for a week and the temple has a great historical significance. The RTPS was built in 1980 a few km from Deosugar and hence this place is called shaktinagar thereafter. The famous river of south India, River krishna flows through this place. The thermal power station's water requirement is met by this river. There is a KPCL (Karnataka Power Corporation Limited) colony in which all the employees of this thermal power plant reside here. The colony has around 5000 houses which are built by KPCL. The Colony is very clean, wide roads and well maintained with 40% of green cover which makes this place look beautiful in Monsoon. The colony has many schools, Recreation clubs, a hospital and Swimming pool of high quality standards.
RTPS is the first thermal power plant in the karnataka state. It has an installed capacity of 1470MW of power and plans to have an additional 210MW of power in future. The thermal power plant caters to around 1/3(35MU) of power demand in Karnataka. The PLF( Plant load factor) of the power station is around 90%. The power plant holds the National record of 1 Year of continuous power supply by its 1 generating unit. Every year the thermal power plant receives numerous awards for its outstanding power generation and maintenance. Daily around 5 trains of Coal is required for power generation.
And also it is one of the hottest places in all of Karnataka.
[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
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hi this is vijit kumar saxena, one more shaktinagar is there in uttar pradesh which is more famous because of NTPC plant over there of 2000MW thermal energy generation capacity. it is a very sweet and loving place with full of greenness and peace full enviournment. u will love to be there.
Regarding NTPC plant its PLF(plant load factor is high at around 98%) and is the mother plant of NTPC all over india established in 1975 and startd its operations in 1980 with 7 units operating (200MW * 5 and 500MW * 2). Source of water is Rihand dam and source of coal are NCL mines around shaktinagar like Jayant, Duddhichua, Kakri, Karia, Bina.
Regarding the town it is one of the best place to live in at right balance between nature and development. some of the famous places are Lake park, Helipad, Jwala mukhi mandir, Shiv Mandir, Sangam Shopping centre, Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium.
For dining you can opt for Indian Cofee House, Upvan, Panchwati, Moti Dhabha(the ultimate indian dal) and lastly Shakti Restrurent. Dont miss the chaat of Munna Waala and Non- Veg rolls of Sashti wala in sangam shopping centre.
For reaching here you can take Triveni Exp. train from the state capital LUCKNOW(508 KM) and town is also well connected with road services from Varanasi( 205 KM ). Nearest Railway stations are :- Shaktinagar 3 KM, Singrauli 20 KM, Anpara 25 KM.
For any queries feel free to call:-
Contact person - Vijit Kumar Saxena Cell no. - 9371615444
