12/17/2018 Singrauli - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 24.202°N 82.666°E

Singrauli
Singrauli is a city in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh and Commissionaire of Rewa . Singrauli
Koylanchal
City

Contents Nickname(s): Energy capital of India

History
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Demographics
Singrauli
Transport
Industries
Education
Environmental pollution
References Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
External links Coordinates: 24.202°N 82.666°E
Country India
State Madhya Pradesh
History District Singrauli
The area in the eastern part of the state of Madhya Pradesh and the Division Rewa
adjoining southern part of Sonebhadra district in the state of UP is Government
collectively known as Singrauli. Singrauli is emerging as India's • Type Municipal
energy capital. The place earlier known as Shringavali, named after Area
the sage Shringi, was once covered with dense and unnavigable • Total 2,200 km2 (800 sq mi)
forests and inhabited by wild animals. The place was considered so Population (2011)
treacherous that it was used by the kings of Rewa State, who ruled the • Total 226,786
area till 1947, as an open air prison for detaining errant civilians and
Languages
officers.
• Official Hindi, bhojpuri, English
In the 1800s, there were three separate rulers of Singrauli (previously Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
known as Sidhi), ruling three parts of the territory: First were the PIN 486886
Chandela rulers from Bardi (Khatai). Second was Rajasahab Madwas, Telephone 07805
He was a Baland Rajput, ruled in Majhauli block mostly. Third was code
Rajasahab of Singrauli. Vehicle MP-66
registration
Raja Kant Deo Singh of Bardi Khatai continues to live in the ancestral Website www.singrauli.nic.in (htt
Haveli located on the banks of the river Sone. He is an active member p://www.singrauli.nic.in)
of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Just two generations ago, small holders were tending their parcels of land here, and the original inhabitants were
gathering honey and herbs in the forest. In the late fifties, a large scale dam banked up the water of the River Rihand.
The dam known as Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar was inaugurated by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1962. Later, rich coal
deposits spread over an area of 2200 km² in the state of M.P. (eastern part of Sidhi District) and U.P. (southern part of
Sonebhadra District) were discovered close to the artificial lake that could be used to generate electricity.[2]

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