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Vindhyachal (thermal)
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Overview
Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh is India's largest thermal power station by installed capacity.
Run by NTPC, it is a pithead plant that uses coal from the nearby Singrauli coalfield.
It draws water from the Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand) reservoir.
Geography and key facts
- Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh
- India's largest thermal power station
- NTPC; pithead plant
- Water from the Rihand reservoir
Why it matters for UPSC
Pithead plants reduce coal transport costs – a standard industrial-location point.
Note for UPSC
Singrauli, MP; India's largest thermal power station.
Power plants are asked as plant–state pairs and by type of energy.
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Key facts
- Type
- Power plant
- State / UT
- Madhya Pradesh
- Kind
- thermal
- Coordinates
- 24.097°N, 82.674°E
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