Qasimpur Power House Colony
Qasimpur Power House Colony | |
|---|---|
town | |
  Qasimpur Power House Colony Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 28°00′47″N 78°07′34″E / 28.013°N 78.126°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Aligarh |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,791 |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[1] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 202127 |
Qasimpur Power House Colony is a census town in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established for the employees of Harduaganj Thermal Power Station. It is situated on Aligarh-Moradabad highway at a distance of 16 km from Aligarh and 40 km from Khair.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Kasimpur Power House Colony had a population of 13,754. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kasimpur Power House Colony has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 71%. In Kasimpur Power House Colony, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Project colonies
- Old Colony[3]
- New Colony (both are divide by Rly. track)
- New Colony Park
Infrastructures
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station was established in 1942 during Second world war. The old plant has been demobilized and a new 660MW Super Critical Thermal Power Unit Establishment has been started by the M/s. Toshiba JSW Systems Power Ltd and Doosan Power System Ltd. Harduaganj Thermal Power Plant "B" has a total of seven units for production but only three units (total capacity 620MW) are running. A new project started at Kasimpur Power House Toshiba in 2016.[citation needed]
See also
- Harduaganj - The plant is known as Harduaganj Thermal Power plant but Harduaganj town is on different route and away from the power plant - so every person who want to come in Harduaganj Thermal Plant must come from Aligarh quarsi ramghat road by direct bus to kasimpur or Ghantaghar by direct bus and auto to jawa.
- Jawan Sikandarpur
- Chauhan Indravati Inter College
References
- ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Aligarh Muslim University - Mera Chaman - An interview with Mohd.Shaida, A Forgotten Hockey Player..." merachaman.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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