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Korba

Power capital — coal mines and thermal plants; aspirational district; Pahadi Korwa PVTG.

NITI Aayog aspirational districtHQ Korba
Delivery score
77.0
Rank 8 of 33
Population
12.1 lakh
1,207,000 (approx.)
Open grievances
8
of 16 · resolved in time 100%
Below poverty line
31.2%
Literacy 73.0% · ST 41%

Delivery

IndicatorDistrictStateTargetCompared with the stateRank
Rural households with tap water
Public Health Engineering		81.3 %81.0100.0 In line with the state15 / 33
Mahtari Vandan DBT success
Women & Child Development		97.8 %97.099.5 In line with the state9 / 33
Institutional deliveries
Public Health & Family Welfare		87.9 %86.095.0 In line with the state11 / 33
ODF-Plus model villages
Panchayat & Rural Development		80.2 %78.0100.0 3% better than the state12 / 33
Rural power supply
Energy		23.1 hrs/day22.424.0 3% better than the state3 / 33
Child stunting (under 5)
Women & Child Development		32.8 %34.025.0 4% better than the state12 / 33
Secondary enrolment (GER)
School Education		70.0 %67.090.0 4% better than the state14 / 33
Urban solid waste processed
Urban Administration & Development		74.8 %72.0100.0 4% better than the state12 / 33
Dial-112 response time
Home (Police) & Jail		16.4 min17.010.0 4% better than the state12 / 33
Charge-sheeting rate
Home (Police) & Jail		81.8 %79.090.0 4% better than the state11 / 33
Full immunisation (12-23 months)
Public Health & Family Welfare		84.6 %80.095.0 6% better than the state5 / 33
Paddy payment turnaround
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection		3.6 days4.02.0 10% better than the state9 / 33
Services delivered online
Good Governance & Convergence		60.4 %54.085.0 12% better than the state10 / 33
PM Awas (Gramin) houses completed
Panchayat & Rural Development		78.9 %68.0100.0 16% better than the state6 / 33
Forest-rights titles digitised
Tribal, OBC & Minority Development		73.6 %62.0100.0 19% better than the state8 / 33
Malaria annual parasite incidence
Public Health & Family Welfare		1.6 per 1,0002.10.5 24% better than the state8 / 33
MSME registrations per lakh
Commerce & Industry		388.0 /lakh310.0500.0 25% better than the state7 / 33
Grade-3 foundational learning
School Education		60.3 %48.075.0 26% better than the state6 / 33

Who is accountable

DM
Collector & District Magistrate, Korba
Collector & District Magistrate
SP
Superintendent of Police, Korba
Superintendent of Police
MC
PS
Phool Singh Rathiya
Member of Legislative Assembly
PP
Premchand Patel
Member of Legislative Assembly
TM
Tuleshwar Markam
Member of Legislative Assembly

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Assembly constituency 20 · ST

Rampur

Phool Singh Rathiya · INC
margin 12.97 points ›Assembly constituency 21

Korba

Lakhan Lal Dewangan · BJP
margin 14.97 points ›Assembly constituency 22

Katghora

Premchand Patel · BJP
margin 10.36 points ›Assembly constituency 23 · ST

Pali-Tanakhar

Tuleshwar Markam · GGP
margin 0.39 points ›

Social profile

Religion
Caste & community
Economic strata
2023 Assembly vote share
BJP 34.0% · INC 39.8% · Others 26.2%
Assembly seats
2 of 4 held by the CM's party · average margin 9.7 pts · political map →
Literacy (female)
73.0% (60.5%) · graduates 11.2%
Per-capita income
₹172 thousand
Crime per lakh
330 · against women 37.4 · cyber 31.1
LWE incidents (12 mo)
0
Diversity indices
Religious 9.8 · community 67.3 · political competitiveness 75.8

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On the ground

Projects

Urban bodies

  • Korba Municipal Corporation
    410,000 people · waste processed 78.2%

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Open grievances

Heritage and strategic assets

  • Pahadi Korwa
    Communities & tribes — PVTG of the northern hills.
  • Gevra, Dipka & Kusmunda coal mines (SECL)
    Mines & minerals — Gevra is Asia's largest opencast coal mine.
  • Korba thermal power cluster (NTPC, CSPGCL, BALCO)
    Power — The 'power capital' — 6,000+ MW.
  • BALCO aluminium smelter
    Industry — Aluminium smelter and captive power.
  • Katghora lithium block
    Mines & minerals — India's first auctioned lithium block — critical minerals.
  • Minimata Hasdeo Bango dam
    Dams & water — Tallest dam in the state; irrigation and hydel.

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