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Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
Country	India
Location	Nabarun, Murshidabad, West Bengal
Coordinates	24°46′21″N 87°53′39″E / 24.77250°N 87.89417°E / 24.77250; 87.89417
Status	Operational
Commission date	1986
Owner	National Thermal Power Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	6
Nameplate capacity	2,100 MW
External links
Website	www.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/farakka
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Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The plant is one of the coal-based power plants of NTPC.

Geography

Location

Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at 24°46′21″N 87°53′39″E / 24.77250°N 87.89417°E / 24.77250; 87.89417.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in a part of the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Capacity

The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.

Coal link

A major coal mining project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (Rajmahal open cast project, a part of Rajmahal coalfield) is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and Sunderpahari CD Blocks of Godda district in Jharkhand. Rajmahal open cast project (earlier known as Lalmatia Colliery) supplies coal to the Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 2,340 MW Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station. Coal import from Indonesia for Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant by Farakka Port and National Waterway 1 .Jindal ITF Limited coal carry by barge from Haldia Port to Farakka.

See also

• List of power stations in West Bengal

References

1. "Godda District Official website". Profile. Godda district administration. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
2. "Raj Mahal Coal Mines". Source Watch. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
3. "Jindal ITF, Sula Shipping join hands for NTPC's Farakvljkl≈ka trans-shipment project of coal".

External links

• Specifications on NTPC website

v t e NTPC power stations
Thermal	Coal (own) Barauni Barh Bongaigaon Dadri Darlipali Farakka Gadarwara Kahalgaon Khargone Korba Kudgi Lara Mauda North Karanpura Ramagundam Rihand Simhadri Singrauli Sipat Solapur Talcher Talcher Kaniha Tanda Telangana Unchahar Vindhyachal Coal (JVs) Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project Nabinagar Thermal Power Project Kanti Thermal Power Station Meja Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project Patratu Super Thermal Power Project NSPCL Vallur Thermal Power Project Meja Thermal Power Station Patratu Super Thermal Power Project Gas (own) Anta Auraiya Dadri Faridabad Jhanor-Gandhar Kawas Kayamkulam Gas (JVs) Agartala Assam RGPPL Tripura
Hydel	Own Koldam Lata Tapovan Rammam Tapovan Vishnugad JVs Doyang Kameng Kopili Koteshwar Pare Ranganadi Tehri Tuirial

v t e Murshidabad district topics
Malda district topics Santhal Pargana division topics (Jharkhand) Birbhum district topics Purba Bardhaman district topics Nadia district topics Kushtia District (Bangladesh) Rajshahi District (Bangladesh)
General	Alkap Farakka Barrage Farakka Super Thermal Power Station Kankagrambhukti Karnasuvarna River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts Hazarduari Palace Nizamat Imambara Katra Masjid Madina Mosque Yellow Mosque Kherur Mosque Jama Masjid Tomb of Mir Madan Tomb of Azimunissa Begum Residency Cemetery, Babulbona Dutch Cemetery, Murshidabad House of Jagat Seth Kathgola Palace Nashipur
History	Alivardi Khan Battle of Plassey Ghaseti Begum Jagat Seth Mir Jafar Mir Madan Murshid Quli Khan Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad Nawazish Muhammad Khan Sarfaraz Khan Shashanka Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan Siraj ud-Daulah
Subdivisions	Berhampore Domkal Jangipur Kandi Lalbag
Municipalities	Beldanga Baharampur Dhuliyan Domkal Jangipur Jiaganj Azimganj Kandi Murshidabad
Community development blocks	Berhampore subdivision Berhampore Beldanga I Beldanga II Hariharpara Naoda Domkal subdivision Domkal Raninagar I Raninagar II Jalangi Jangipur subdivision Raghunathganj I Raghunathganj II Suti I Suti II Samserganj Sagardighi Farakka Kandi subdivision Kandi Khargram Burwan Bharatpur I Bharatpur II Lalbag subdivision Murshidabad-Jiaganj Bhagawangola I Bhagawangola II Lalgola Nabagram
Rivers	Bansloi Brahmani Dwarka Bhagirathi Jalangi Mayurakshi
Transport	NH 12 NH 33 NH 81 Panagarh–Morgram Highway Eastern Railway zone Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Lalgola and Gede branch lines
Railway stations	Azimganj Junction New Farakka Junction
Institutes of higher learning	Murshidabad University Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore Krishnath College Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital
Lok Sabha constituencies	Baharampur Jangipur Murshidabad
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Farakka Samserganj Suti Jangipur Raghunathganj Sagardighi Lalgola Bhagabangola Raninagar Murshidabad Nabagram Khargram Burwan Kandi Bharatpur Rejinagar Beldanga Baharampur Hariharpara Naoda Domkal Jalangi
Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Aurangabad
Villages	Ahiran Morgram Ramnagar Kachari Para
See also	Cities, towns and locations in Murshidabad district People from Murshidabad district Villages in Murshidabad district

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• Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal
• Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district
• 1986 establishments in West Bengal
• Energy infrastructure completed in 1986
• 20th-century architecture in India
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