Sonbhadra district

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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.

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Divisions and districts of Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra division: Agra | Aligarh | Etah | Firozabad | Mainpuri | Hathras | Mathura
Allahabad division: Allahabad | Fatehpur | Kaushambi | Pratapgarh
Azamgarh division: Azamgarh | Ballia | Mau
Bareilly division: Badaun | Bareilly | Pilibhit | Shahjahanpur
Basti division: Basti | Sant Kabir Nagar | Siddharthnagar
Chitrakoot division: Banda | Chitrakoot | Hamirpur | Mahoba
Devipatan division: Bahraich | Balarampur | Gonda | Shravasti
Faizabad division: Ambedkar Nagar | Barabanki | Faizabad | Sultanpur
Gorakhpur division: Devaria | Gorakhpur | Kushinagar | Maharajganj
Jhansi division: Jalaun | Jhansi | Lalitpur
Kanpur division: | Auraiya | Etawah | Farrukhabad | Kannauj | Kanpur Dehat | Kanpur Nagar
Lucknow division: Hardoi | Lakhimpur Kheri | Lucknow | Raebareli | Sitapur | Unnao
Meerut division: | Bagpat | Bulandshahr | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Ghaziabad | Meerut
Mirzapur division: Mirzapur | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Sonbhadra
Moradabad division: Bijnor | Jyotiba Phule Nagar | Moradabad | Rampur
Saharanpur division: Muzaffarnagar | Saharanpur
Varanasi division: Chandauli | Ghazipur | Jaunpur | Varanasi
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


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In Winter

(In degree Celsius) 10 - 45 8 - 25 Population


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Female


Total

7,71,817 6,91,651 14,63,468 Literacy


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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


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Ayurvedic


Homeopathic


Unani

17 19 22 1 Special Hospitals


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Leprosy

1 2 Primary Health Centres 31 Family Welfare Centres 11 Electrified Villages 717 Theatres 7