Chandrapura
Sign in to saveChandrapura is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the northern banks of the river Damodar. The town is well known for the Chandrapura Thermal Power Station, a thermal-coal based power generation unit of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and De Nobili school which was established by Roberto de Nobili. The school is one of 16 schools supported by Damodar Valley Corporation, an Indian state-owned corporation.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chandrapura
- Region
- Jharkhand
- Country
- India
- Population
- 27,425
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chandrapura
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Census Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Jharkhand#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jharkhand, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jharkhand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bokaro
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.6
- Settlement.population_total
- 27,425
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Hindi, Urdu
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Bokaro district
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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- Chandrapura
- postal code
- 828403
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
- Geography
- Location
- Area overview
- Civic administration
- Police station
- CD Bbock HQ
- Demographics
- Infrastructure
- Education
- References
- External links
Chandrapura is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the northern banks of the river Damodar. The town is well known for the Chandrapura Thermal Power Station, a thermal-coal based power generation unit of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and De Nobili school which was established by Roberto de Nobili. The school is one of 16 schools supported by Damodar Valley Corporation, an Indian state-owned corporation.
==Chandrapura Thermal Power Station== The Chandrapura Thermal Power Station has an installed power generation capacity of 500 MW.The power station earlier consisted of 3 units of 140 MW each, constructed by General Electric (GE), now completely dismantled. At present only two units of 250 MW each, constructed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) are in working. The two new units were installed as a part of the expansion program of DVC's Power Project. BHEL had been contracted for the construction and installation of the new units. The units have been installed and have commenced production from late 2011.
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