Korba is a city and an industrial area in

Korba District Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabits the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Korba was fo ...

in the Indian

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Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

. Korba was erstwhile part of Bilaspur District before 25 May 1998 later that Korba was made a separate District for ease of administration but it is still under Bilaspur Division. Korba is called power capital of

due to its

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and Industrial base for multiple thermal based power plants from

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from State of Chhattisgarh as well as from private sector apart from Power plants Korba has the Asia's second largest and India's largest open cast coal mine in Gevra area of

Korba Coalfield Korba Coalfield is located in Korba district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in the basin of the Hasdeo River, a tributary of the Mahanadi. The coalfield Korba Coalfield is located between latitudes 220 15’ N and 220 30’ N and longitud ...

. Korba produces 140 Million tons of coal every year which accounts for 17% of Country's total coal production and 85% of Chhattisgarh Coal production.

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Private owned Aluminium producer has its smelter Aluminium Plant in Korba. Here mainly the protected tribal tribe Korwa (Pahadi Korwa) resides. Korba district is blessed by lush green forests from all around, a large population of tribals is found here. The tribals here prefer to live in harmony with the environment in the forest area due to which they have retained their distinctive cultural characteristics and traditional practices.

Geography

Korba is located at . It has an average elevation of . India

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, Korba city had a population of 365,253. Korba City is a part of the Korba District which was formed on 25 May 1998. The forest area cover of Korba is . There are 17 police stations in Korba and it contains five blocks.

Economy

Korba Super Thermal Power Plant of NTPC is located at Jamanipali area. It receives coal from Gevra and Kusmunda mines and source of water for the power plant is

Hasdeo River Hasdeo River is the largest tributary of Mahanadi River. The river flows in the state of Chhattisgarh. It joins Mahanadi River near Shiladehi (Birra). Hasdeo Bango Dam is constructed across this river. The river originates about above sea level, ...

. Korba Thermal Power Station is owned and operated by

National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

. There are more small Power Plant near city like Hasdeo Thermal Power Station, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Thermal Power Station and Lanco Amarkantak Power Plant.

Bharat Aluminium Company Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO) was an Indian government owned aluminium producer under Ministry of Mines, Government of India. In 2000, the Ministry of Mines, Government of India sold it to Vedanta Resources when Atal Bihari Vajpayee ...

has plant which is one of the Asia's largest aluminium production industries. In 2009, chimney under construction by Gannon Dunkerley & Company at the Balco smelter collapsed killing 49 workers and GDCL management have been accused of negligence in the incident.

Government and jurisdiction

Korba is headquarter of

Korba district Korba District is an administrative district of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The headquarter of this district is Korba. History The district is named for the Korwa tribe that inhabits the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Korba was fo ...

. Korba City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government.

Korba (Lok Sabha constituency) Korba is one of 11 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh state in India. It was formed as per the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission. Assembly segments Korba Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assem ...

is a

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parliamentary

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for the city and constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Rampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 20), Korba (assembly constituency no. 21), Katghora (assembly constituency no. 22) and Pali-Tanakhar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 23) is part of

. Currently, Jyotsna Charan Das Mahant of

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is a

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to the

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and Jai Singh Agrawal of

sitting

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from Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Transport

By Air

Nearest airport is

Bilaspur Airport Bilaspur Airport , officially known as Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport is located at Chakarbhatta, 10 kilometres south of Bilaspur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Bilaspur Airport made by royal Airforce in 1942 oldest Airport of chhattisgar ...

which is .

Raipur Airport Swami Vivekananda International Airport (referred as VARP until February 2018), formerly known as Mana Airport, is a major airport serving the state of Chhattisgarh, India. It is the busiest airport in Central India and the busiest in Chhatti ...

is also well connected airport which is away from Korba city.

Rail

Korba railway station is connected to

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, the nearest railway junction on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The stations comes under

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. It is directly connected to Bilaspur which the Divisional Headquarter by rail. The long,

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was constructed between 1953 and 1956, electrified in 1987 and 1988, and extended to

Gevra Road railway station Gevra Road railway station is a small terminal railway station in Korba district, Chhattisgarh, India. Its code is GAD. It serves the Korba Coalfield area. The station consists of 3 platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many ...

in 1988 and 1989. New line surveys of Indian Railway were taken during 2012 and 2013, and included a line from

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-Korba via Ambikapur Katghora and Korba-

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Road

Korba is well connected with

through NH 149B, Ambikapur and Bilaspur through NH 130.

Education

Schools

* Saraswati Higher Secondary School, Korba *

DAV Public School, Gevra D.A.V. Public School, Gerva is located in Gevra Area of Korba, Chhattisgarh, India. Founded in 1987 by South Eastern Coalfields Limited and D.A.V. College Managing Committee. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New D ...

* DAV Public School, Kusmunda * DAV Public School,Subhash Block SECL COLONY,Korba * Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Korba * Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Chhindpur * Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Korba * New Era Progressive School, Korba

College

* Government Engineer Vishweshvaraya Post Graduate College * Government Minimata Girls College * Gramya Bharti Vidyapith, Hardi Bazar * Government Arts And Science College, Dipka * Government Polytechnic, Korba * Institute of Technology, Korba * Jyoti Bhushan Pratap Singh Law College, Korba *

Kamla Nehru College, Korba Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya or the Kamla Nehru College (known as the K.N. College) is a degree college located in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established by the Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya Samiti in 1971. History Established in 1971, it ...

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Korba district Mining communities in India