Sonbhadra or Sonebhadra is the second largest district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Sonbhadra is the only district in India which borders four states namely Madhya Pradesh in west, Chhattishgarh in south, Jharkhand in south east and Bihar in the east. The district has an area of 6788 km² and a population of 1,862,559, with a population density of 270 persons per km².It lies in the extreme southeast of the state, and is bounded by Mirzapur District to the northwest, Chandauli District to the north, Kaimur and Rohtas districts of Bihar state to the northeast, Garhwa district of Jharkhand state to the east, Balrampur District of Chhattisgarh state to the south, and Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh state to the west.
The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj.Sonbhadra
district is an industrial zone and it has lots of minerals like bauxite, limestone, coal, gold etc.
Sonbhadra is called as "Energy Capital of India" because there are so many power plants.
Sonbhadra lies between vindhya and Kaimur hills, and its topology and natural environment prompted First Prime minister of India Pt. Jawarharlal Nehru to refer to Sonbhadra as The Switzerland of India.
A journalist has filed a police complaint here against an aide of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, alleging he assaulted and threatened him during the Congress general secretary's visit to Sonbhadra district in.. IndiaTimes - Published
S Rajalingam will be the new District Magistrate and Prabhakar Chaudhary will be the new Superintendent of Police of Sonbhadra district DNA - Published
This comes after a three-member TMC delegation led by MP Derek O'Brien which was on its way to Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district to meet the families of those affected in the firing earlier this week,.. DNA - Published
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will Sunday visit Ubbah village in Sonbhadra district to meet the families of 10 people who were killed in a clash over a land dispute, an official said.. DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
The TMC said that a delegation comprising party senior leaders, including Derek O'Brien, Sunil Mondal, Abhir Ranjan Biswas and former MP Uma Saren, were stopped at the Varanasi airport after they.. IndiaTimes - Published
A village head and his supporters allegedly opened fire on a rival group over a land dispute in Ghorawal area in UP's Sonbhadra, killing nine people, including three women, and leaving 19 injured on.. IndiaTimes - Published
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