Korba (India)

Korba
State :	India
State :	Chhattisgarh
District :	Korba
Location :	22 ° 21 ′  N , 82 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 22 ° 21 ′  N , 82 ° 41 ′  E
Height :	298 m
Residents :	363,390 (2011)
Website :	www.korbamunicipal.in

Korba ( Hindi कोर्बा, Korbā) is an Indian city ​​with around 363,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is the capital of the Korba district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh . Power generation, coal mining and aluminum smelting make Korba a center of heavy industry.

Korba lies at latitude 22.35 ° north, longitude 82.68 ° east at an average altitude of 252 m above sea level. NN. It lies at the confluence of the Hasdeo and Ahiran rivers . The city is one of the largest electricity producers in India. There are several deposits in the immediate vicinity, from which hard coal is extracted, which is used in power plants to generate electricity. The main consumer of electricity is the aluminum industry. Korba is the headquarters of the Bharat Aluminum Company . The coal deposits are among the larger in the country. All three industries are responsible for high levels of air pollution in the region.

According to the 2001 census, Korba has a population of 315,695, of which 52% are men and 48% are women. The literacy rate is 69% and is thus higher than the national average of 59.5%: The illiteracy rate is 23% for men and 59% for women. In Korba, children up to six years make up 14% of the population.

climate

The climate in Korba is tropical . In the summer months from June to September, during the monsoon season , most precipitation falls. The average annual precipitation is 1420 mm. The annual mean temperature is 26.6 ° C.

Korba
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     9   27 13     12   30th 15th     26th   35 19th     9   39 24     8th   42 28     178   38 27     399   31 25th     463   31 25th     260   31 24     53   31 21st     1   29 15th     2   27 13 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: climate-data.org

Web links

Commons : Korba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.korbamunicipal.in (website of Municipal Corporation of Korba Chhattisgarh)
• Power City Korba ( Memento from August 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Korba: Power hub of Chhattisgarh

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.census2011.co.in
2. ↑ Gurdeep Singh, Joel Samuel, Sarang Khati and Anurag Tiwari: Assessment of Air Quality in Korba Coalfield, Chhatisgarh. NSEEME-2004, 19-20, March 2004  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 28, 2009 (PDF; 4.9 MB)