Renusagar is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
situated in the south of
Sonbhadra
Sonbhadra or ''Sonebhadra'' is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. It is the only district in India which borders four states, namely Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattishgarh to the south, Jharkhand in t ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
,
India
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. Renusagar is the home of
Renusagar Power Plant
Renusagar Power Plant is a coal based captive thermal power plant located near Renukoot in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is operated by the Hindalco Industries
Hindalco Industries Limited an Indian al ...
, a 700
MW captive power plant which supplies electricity to
Hindalco Industries
Hindalco Industries Limited an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company, is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. Its headquarters are at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
The company has annual sales of 25 billion and employs around 20, ...
' operations in
Renukoot
Renukoot is a city and a nagar panchayat in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Renukoot is 68 km south from the district headquarters Robertsgan
Renukoot is an industrial town. It is well known for the Hindalco alumi ...
. The rest of the town is mostly a
middle class
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residential community, managed by the Civic Authority of Hindalco.
Education
Aditya Birla Junior School, previously known as Renupower Prathmik Pathshala, is Renusagar's
Hindi
Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
-medium school for grades 1–5. Aditya Birla Intermediate College, formerly known as Renupower Intermediate College, educates grades 6–12,in Hindi.
The Aditya Birla Public School, formerly known as Vidya Mandir is affiliated to CBSE Board for LKG to 12, was inaugurated by Shri Aditya Vikram Birla.
Sonebhadra district has good connectivity to nearby major cities. The nearest city to Renusagar is Mirzapur 200 km by a four lane road of great condition, nearest railway station is Anpara, it is 779 km from Bhopal. The nearest airport is at Varanasi and one at Mayurpur owned by Hindalco. Private transport facilities are also available in this area and it is directly connected with Chattishgarh (Ambikapur), Maharashtra (Nagpur) and Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi) by road. Renusagar is approximately 35 km from Renukoot which has train connectivity with Jammu Tawi, Amritsar, Delhi, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Rourkela and Kolkata.
{{Sonbhadra district
Cities and towns in Sonbhadra district