Korba is a city and an industrial area in Korba District in the Indian

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Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

. Korba was part of Bilaspur District before 25 May 1998. It was later designated as a separate district for ease of administration, but is still under Bilaspur Division.

Climate

Korba has been ranked 13th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 2 3-10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results'

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.

Korba Thermal Power Station The Korba Thermal Power Station or Korba East Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station at Korba East in Chhattisgarh, India. The power station is owned and operated by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, publicly owned gener ...

is owned and operated by National Thermal Power Corporation. 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. Himadri Speciality Chemical has its manufacturing facility located in Korba. Bharat Aluminium Company 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.

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.

Government and jurisdiction

Korba is headquarter of Korba district. 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 assemb ...

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),

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(assembly constituency no. 22) and Pali-Tanakhar (ST) (assembly constituency no. 23) is part of Korba district. Currently, Jyotsna Charan Das Mahant of

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is a member of parliament to the

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and Lakhanlal Devangan of

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sitting

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from Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Transport

Air

The nearest airport is Bilaspur Airport, located southwest from Korba. Previously, the

Government of Chhattisgarh Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by th ...

was planning to expand and develop the

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present within the city premises. However, due to restricted amount of space within the airfield and due to the city's extent, the government has proposed to build a new domestic airport at Baikunthpur, north of Korba.

Rail

The nearest railway station Korba railway station, which is connected to Champa, which in turn lies on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. The stations come under the

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of the

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. It is also directly connected to Bilaspur, the divisional headquarter of the railway zone.

Bus transport

Korba is well connected with a bus transport to various cities within and outside the state. Regular bus services are operated by the government and private operators from Korba Bus Station, the main bus station of the city, to cities like Bilaspur,

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, Ambikapur,

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...

Raigarh Raigarh is a city in northern Chhattisgarh known as the 'Cultural capital of Chhattisgarh'; Raigarh is famous for its dance form “SUWA” (as Raigarh Gharana) and classical music; Raigarh is also known as Sanskritidhani. It is also known for ...

, Jharsuguda,

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, among others.

Roadways

Korba is well connected with the state and neighbouring states with a network of national and state highways. The major highways are National Highway 149B till

and National Highway 130 via Bilaspur till

Education

College

* Government Polytechnic, Korba * Jyoti Bhushan Pratap Singh Law College, Korba * Kamla Nehru College, Korba * Late Bisahu Das Mahant Memorial Medical College, Korba

Schools

* DAV Public School, Gevra * DAV Public School, Kusmunda *Delhi Public School NTPC Korba * Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Korba *Kendriya Vidyalaya, NTPC Korba *Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kusmunda Korba *Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gopalpur, Korba

References

External links

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