Dadri
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Dadri is a city and a municipal board in Gautam Buddha Nagar District
in the state of Uttar Pradesh
, India
.
It has world largest power project.
, Dadri had a population of 57,457. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dadri has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90% and, female literacy is 78%. In Dadri, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Dadri played a very important role in the battle for freedom in 1857, when its Gujjar
(Gurjars) ruler "Raja Umrao Singh Bhati" rose against British rule and damaged the same by joining together the other Gujjar
rulers of the area. He was hanged along with 4 other mutineers by the British. But nothing is found in any texts about him and his sacrifice.
It has a power station owned and operated by National Thermal Power Corporation
https://www.ntpc.co.in/ that generates about 840 MW of electric power by means of coal fired thermal power plant and 830 MW of electric power generated by the gas fired plant. Two new units of 490 MW each have come up at the same plant in the year 2010. This plant is also the home to a big switchyard with the power handling capacity of more than 5000 MW. It has India's first and now second biggest HVDC transmission system in which power is transmitted from Rihand Super Thermal power station to National Capital Territory Power Project, by 805 km long Bipole HVDC transmission line operating at 500kV and handling power at 1500 MW designed and built by ABB and now operated by PGCIL. The plant also caters to multiple infrastructure projects and industries such as two large cement plants producing Polozonna Cement, Railways traction substation at Dadri Railway station serving north-east railway corridor, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, etc. in and around NCR region. The power is mainly consumed in the NCR power system. It has 8 outgoing transmission lines.
Dadri is also an upcoming town of technology and new facilities. One such project is a 100 bed General Hospital known as Mohan Swarup Charitable Hospital, on the National Highway, equipped with the state of art facilities.
Gautam Buddha Nagar District
Gautam Budh Nagar district aka GB Nagar, is a largely suburban district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, part of Greater Delhi region. NOIDA is the administrative headquarters of the district...
in the state of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Geography
Dadri is located at 28.57°N 77.55°E. It has an average elevation of 216 metres (659 ft).It has world largest power project.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Dadri had a population of 57,457. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Dadri has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90% and, female literacy is 78%. In Dadri, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Dadri played a very important role in the battle for freedom in 1857, when its Gujjar
Gujjar
The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
(Gurjars) ruler "Raja Umrao Singh Bhati" rose against British rule and damaged the same by joining together the other Gujjar
Gujjar
The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
rulers of the area. He was hanged along with 4 other mutineers by the British. But nothing is found in any texts about him and his sacrifice.
It has a power station owned and operated by National Thermal Power Corporation
National Thermal Power Corporation
NTPC Limited is the largest Indian state-owned energy service provider based in New Delhi, India. It is listed in Forbes Global 2000 for 2010 ranked it 341st in the world...
https://www.ntpc.co.in/ that generates about 840 MW of electric power by means of coal fired thermal power plant and 830 MW of electric power generated by the gas fired plant. Two new units of 490 MW each have come up at the same plant in the year 2010. This plant is also the home to a big switchyard with the power handling capacity of more than 5000 MW. It has India's first and now second biggest HVDC transmission system in which power is transmitted from Rihand Super Thermal power station to National Capital Territory Power Project, by 805 km long Bipole HVDC transmission line operating at 500kV and handling power at 1500 MW designed and built by ABB and now operated by PGCIL. The plant also caters to multiple infrastructure projects and industries such as two large cement plants producing Polozonna Cement, Railways traction substation at Dadri Railway station serving north-east railway corridor, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, etc. in and around NCR region. The power is mainly consumed in the NCR power system. It has 8 outgoing transmission lines.
Dadri is also an upcoming town of technology and new facilities. One such project is a 100 bed General Hospital known as Mohan Swarup Charitable Hospital, on the National Highway, equipped with the state of art facilities.