Mejia

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Mejia
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West Bengal • India
Map indicating the location of Mejia
Location of Mejia
 Mejia 
District(s) Bankura
Coordinates 23.35° N 86.6° E
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area 366.47 km² (141 mi²)
Population
• Density		 1,62,007 (2001)
• Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","/km²
Codes
• Postal
• Telephone
• 722 143
• +91 3241

Coordinates: 23.35° N 86.6° E

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]

  1. ^ Eastern Coalfields
  2. ^ DVC
  3. ^ The Telegraph 1 December 2007
  4. ^ The Times of India 13 June 2002
  5. ^ Rediff
  6. ^ Bankura District official website

West Bengal development hubs
Asansol – Burnpur / IISCO • Baruipur • Dankuni • Durgapur / Durgapur Steel Plant • Haldia • Kolkata West International City • Mejia • Nandigram • Rajarhat • Salboni • Singur • Uluberia
Cities and towns in Bankura District
Bankura | Barjora | Beliatore | Bishnupur | Gangajalghati | Jayrambati | Khatra | Mejia | Mukutmanipur | Sonamukhi | Susunia
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