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===Industry=== | ===Industry=== | ||
[[Mejia Thermal Power Station]] is a 1,340 mega-watt (MW), owned by [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] and located at [[Durlabhpur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gem.wiki/Mejia_power_station | title= Mejia Power Station | work= |publisher= Global Energy Monitor Wiki| access-date = 2 July 2023}}</ref> | [[Mejia Thermal Power Station]] is a 1,340 mega-watt (MW), owned by [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] and located at [[Durlabhpur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gem.wiki/Mejia_power_station | title= Mejia Power Station | work= |publisher= Global Energy Monitor Wiki| access-date = 2 July 2023}}</ref> | ||
===Poverty=== | |||
In Bankura district, 58.8% of the population is below the poverty line. It is one of the 100 districts in India with the highest poverty rates.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-100-Districts-in-India-with-the-Highest-Poverty-Rates_tbl2_40771948 | title= Table 1 | work= Vani Barooah |publisher=Research Gate | access-date = 9 July 2023}}</ref> | |||
==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
[[National Highway 14 (India)|National Highway 14]], running from [[Morgram]] to Kharagpur, passes through this district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=Department of Road Transport and Highways|access-date= 2 July 2023|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[National Highway 14 (India)|National Highway 14]], running from [[Morgram]] to Kharagpur, passes through this district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=Department of Road Transport and Highways|access-date= 2 July 2023|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||