Shaktinagar, Uttar Pradesh

Shaktinagar is a small town in Sonbhadra, Mirzapur Division, Uttar Pradesh near Varanasi, India.

Shaktinagar
Town
Shaktinagar
Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Shaktinagar
Shaktinagar (India)
Coordinates: 24.121884°N 82.694816°E / 24.121884; 82.694816
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictSonbhadra
Population
 (2001)
  Total18,983
Languages
  OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code05446
Websiteup.gov.in

About

Some of the famous places in the town are Chilka Lake Park, Helipad, Jwaladevi Temple, Shiv Mandir, Sunday Market (vegetable market opening only on Sundays), Sangam Shopping Complex and the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium. The town is also well connected with road services from Varanasi (206 km) And Robertsganj (115 km). Nearest Railway stations are Shaktinagar (3 km), Singrauli (20 km), Anpara (25 km) and Krishnashila (13 km).

Places to visit nearby are Vendam fall (110 km), Gopat, Manda stream, Manda caves (60 km), Vindhyanagar Park, shopping center, helipad park etc.

Industries

Nearby industries are NTPC Singrauli (First NTPC power plant of India [1]), NTPC Vindhyachal, NTPC Rihand, Renusagar, Essar Energy, Reliance Power, Hindalco (Aditya Birla Group), Northern Coalfields, which provides coal to NTPC plants to generate electricity and supply it to Northern as well as the NCR region.

Education

Schools in the town include St. Joseph School,[2] which was established in 1978, Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School),[3] a Group of DAV School nearly in every project of Northern Coalfields Limited like DAV Bina, DAV Khadia, DAV Jayant, DAV Nigahi and many more.

Connectivity

Shaktinagar is fully connected by road to various cities through NH 75, SH 5A and is also connected directly via Trains like: Triveni Express (Tanakpur To Shaktinagar), Singrauli-Varanasi Intercity (Singrauli to Varanasi), Singrauli-Jabalpur Intercity (Singrauli to Jabalpur) and Shaktinagar Passenger (Shaktinagar to Chopan).

References

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