Mejia
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Mejia
West Bengal • India |
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| District(s) | Bankura |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area | 366.47 km² (141 mi²) |
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1,62,007 (2001) • Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","/km² |
| Codes • Postal • Telephone |
• 722 143 • +91 3241 |
Mejia is a town and a community development block in the sadar subdivision of Bankura District in West Bengal, India. It is on NH 60 connecting Raniganj with Midnapore via Bankura and Bishnupur. There is a bridge on the Damodar River. [1] It is 35 km from Durgapur.
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The primarily agricultural region started changing with the mining of coal by Eastern Coalfields Limited in the region. It is now an important coal mining area of Coal India Limited. [1] In 1996 Mejia Thermal Power Station was set up by Damodar Valley Corporation at Durlavpur. It has three units of 210 MW each. Capacity addition of 2 X 250 MW has been planned. [2] La Farge is setting up a cement plant at Mejia. [3] It would use the fly ash generated by the thermal power plant. [4] There are other units such as Shova Ispat which is investing Rs 279 crore (Rs 2.79 billion) in a sponge iron, roll product and ferro alloy unit in Mejia. [5]
The Government of West Bengal along with District Administration have selected few blocks of Bankura District as the most promising areas for setting up big & medium scale Industries. Mejia is one of them. [6]
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| West Bengal development hubs |
| Asansol – Burnpur / IISCO • Baruipur • Dankuni • Durgapur / Durgapur Steel Plant • Haldia • Kolkata West International City • Mejia • Nandigram • Rajarhat • Salboni • Singur • Uluberia |
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