Korba, Chhattisgarh

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{{About|the municipality in India|its namesake district|Korba district}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Korba
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Power City
<big>Industrial Capital of Chhattisgarh</big>
| image_skyline = File:Korba, Chhattisgarh montage picture.png
| imagesize =
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| image_caption = Left to right: Forest range in Korba , Ghanta ghar , [[Korba Coalfield|Gevra Coal mines SECL]], Satrenga , [[Korba Super Thermal Power Station]], [[National Highway 130 (India)|Katghora-Ambikapur Highway]], [[Bharat Aluminium Company|BALCO Aluminium plant Korba]], Power house road, The palm mall, [[Korba railway station]]
| pushpin_map = India Chhattisgarh#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chhattisgarh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.35|N|82.68|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Korba District]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for = Pahadi korwas
| government_type =
| governing_body = Nagar Nigam Korba
| leader_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Rajkishor Prasad
| leader_title1 = [[President (corporate title)|President]]
| leader_name1 = Shyam Sunder Soni ([[Indian National Congress|INC]]) <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW_qX26TZRs |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=IBC24 |date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 7142
| area_rank = 2nd in state
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 316
| population_total = 265,253
| population_as_of = Urban 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank = [[List of cities in India by population|126th]]
| population_demonym = Korbites
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 495677
| area_code = 7759
| registration_plate = CG-12
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 927 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| website = {{URL|www.korba.gov.in}}
| official_name =
}}
'''Korba''' is a city and an [[industrial region|industrial area]] in [[Korba District]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Chhattisgarh]].

==Geography==
Korba is located at {{Coord|22.35|N|82.68|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Korba.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Korba]</ref> It has an average elevation of 252 metres (826 feet). {{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> 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 4187.375 sq km. There are 17 Police Stations in Korba and it contains 5 Blocks.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://korba.gov.in/about-district/demography/|archive-date=2005-08-25|title= Demography of Korba District|access-date= 2011-01-12|publisher= Government Of Chhattisgarh}}</ref>

==Economy==
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.globalmethane.org/Data/Coal_IN_Korba_flyer.pdf| title = Coal Mine Project Opportunity| work =Korba Coalfield |access-date = 2011-09-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.financialexpress.com/news/question-remains-on-cils-expansion-projects-in-chhattisgarh/775749/2 | title = Question remains on CIL's expansion projects in Chhattisgarh – Question remains on CIL's expansion projects in Chhattisgarh | publisher = Financial Express, 13 April 2011|access-date = 2011-09-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.steelguru.com/sfTCPDF/getPDF/MjAxODU%3D/CILs_SECL_makes_day_record_for_coal_output_in_March.html| title =CIL's SECL makes day record for coal output in March| publisher =Steelguru, 13 April 2007| access-date =2011-09-04| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120405004604/http://www.steelguru.com/sfTCPDF/getPDF/MjAxODU=/CILs_SECL_makes_day_record_for_coal_output_in_March.html| archive-date =5 April 2012| url-status =dead| df =dmy-all}}</ref>[[Korba Super Thermal Power Plant]] of [[NTPC Limited|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]].<ref>[http://ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=297&Itemid=83&lang=en NTPC Korba]</ref> [[Korba Thermal Power Station]] is owned and operated by [[National Thermal Power Corporation]].<ref>Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company, [http://www.cseb.gov.in/cspgcl/powerstations/Thermal%20Stations/Thermal%20Common%20Link.htm "Thermal power stations"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111164455/http://www.cseb.gov.in/cspgcl/powerstations/Thermal%20Stations/Thermal%20Common%20Link.htm |date=11 November 2013 }}, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company website, accessed February 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cseb.gov.in/cspgcl/powerstations/Thermal%20Stations/Thermal%20Common%20Link.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111164455/http://www.cseb.gov.in/cspgcl/powerstations/Thermal%20Stations/Thermal%20Common%20Link.htm |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> 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]] has plant which is one of the Asia's largest aluminium production industries. In 2009, chimney under construction by Gannon Dunkerley & Company at the [[2009 Korba chimney collapse|Balco smelter]] collapsed killing 49 workers and GDCL management have been accused of negligence in the incident.<ref>http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090924/812/tnl-balco-chimney-crash-deaths-climb-to.html{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Balco chimney mishap: Three Chinese officials arrested in Korba">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-Chinese-techies-held-for-Balco-mishap/H1-Article1-496274.aspx|title=Balco chimney mishap: Three Chinese officials arrested in Korba|date=2010-01-11|access-date=2010-01-26|newspaper=[[The Hindustan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115082506/http://www.hindustantimes.com/3-Chinese-techies-held-for-Balco-mishap/H1-Article1-496274.aspx|archive-date=15 January 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Financial Times">{{cite news |author= Anderlini, Jamil| url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8411aa16-ac90-11de-a754-00144feabdc0.html|title=India questions Sepco staff over chimney collapse|date=2009-09-29|access-date=2009-09-29|newspaper=[[The Financial Times]]}}</ref><ref name="25 die in accident at BALCO's new plant at Korba">{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/25-die-in-accident-at-balco%5Cs-new-plant-at-korba/371100/|title=25 die in accident at BALCO's new plant at Korba|date=2009-09-24|access-date=2009-09-24|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>

== 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)]] is a [[Lok Sabha]] parliamentary [[constituency]] for the city and constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://genesys.eci.gov.in/fullcandidatelist/uireports.aspx
|title=CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies
|access-date=2008-11-23
|work=Chhattisgarh
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204083059/http://genesys.eci.gov.in/fullcandidatelist/uireports.aspx
|archive-date= 4 December 2008
}}</ref> [[Rampur, Chhattisgarh#Politics|Rampur (ST)]] (assembly constituency no. 20), [[Korba, Chhattisgarh#Politics|Korba]] (assembly constituency no. 21), [[Katghora#Politics|Katghora]] (assembly constituency no. 22) and [[Pali-Tanakhar#Politics|Pali-Tanakhar (ST)]] (assembly constituency no. 23) is part of [[Korba district]]. Currently, [[Jyotsna Charan Das Mahant]] of [[Indian National Congress]] is a [[member of parliament]] to the [[17th Lok Sabha]] and [[Jai Singh Agrawal]] of [[Indian National Congress]] sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]].<ref>[http://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/korba.html Korba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]</ref>

==Transport==
===Rail===
[[Korba railway station]] is connected to [[Champa]], the nearest railway junction on the [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line]]. The stations comes under [[South East Central Railway Zone]]. It is directly connected to [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] which the Divisional Headquarter by rail. The {{convert|50.7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long, {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] was constructed between 1953 and 1956, electrified in 1987 and 1988, and extended to [[Gevra Road railway station]] in 1988 and 1989.<ref name=newline>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&q=Muri-Chandrapura+line&pg=PA60 |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| work= page 60|last= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|year = 1986|publisher= Concept Publishing Company, A-15/16 Commercial Block, Mohan Garden, New Delhi - 110059| isbn = 81-7022-089-0|access-date = 2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html | title=History of Electrification |website=India Rail Info}}</ref> New line surveys of Indian Railway were taken during 2012 and 2013, and included a line from [[Renukoot]]-Korba via [[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]] [[Katghora]] and Korba-[[Ranchi]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rail-budget/What-is-new-in-Railway-Budget-2012-13/articleshow/12267354.cms? What is new in Railway Budget 2012-13]</ref>

===Road===
Korba is well connected with [[Champa, Chhattisgarh|Champa]] through NH 149B, [[Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh|Ambikapur]] and [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] through NH 130.

==Education==
===Schools===
*[[DAV Public School, Gevra]]
*[[DAV Public School, Kusmunda]]
*[[Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Korba]]

===College===
*[[Government Engineer Vishwesarraiya Post Graduate College]]
*[[Government Minimata Girls College]]
*[[Government Polytechnic, Korba]]
*[[Institute of Technology, Korba]]
*[[Jyoti Bhushan Pratap Singh Law College, Korba]]
*[[Kamla Nehru College, Korba]]

==See also==
* [[List of cities in Chhattisgarh]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://korba.gov.in/}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Korba}}

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