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Place details

Locality
Renukoot
Region
Uttar Pradesh
Country
India
Population
62,413
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Renukoot
Settlement.native_name_lang
hindi/English
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Hindu God Shiva Temple.jpg
Settlement.image_alt
Renukeshwar Mahadev Temple
Settlement.nickname
energy/power capital Aluminium City
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sonbhadra
Settlement.founder
GD Birla
Settlement.named_for
Renukeshwar
Settlement.government_type
Uttar Pradesh Government
Settlement.governing_body
Renukoot Nagar Panchayat
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • History
  • Education
  • References

Renukoot is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is 68 km south from the district headquarters Robertsganj.

Renukoot is well known for the Hindalco aluminium plant and Rihand Dam. It is situated in eastern Uttar Pradesh and shares borders with the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. It is about 434 km from the capital city Lucknow.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Renukoot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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