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'''Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township''' is an industrial township in [[Suri I]] block in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]

==Geography==
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===Location===
[[Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station]], along with the industrial township, are spread across parts of [[Suri I]] and [[Dubrajpur (community development block)|Dubrajpur]] blocks. Small villages, such as Bangaon and Sadaipur, are located in the area. Larger villages, such as Chinpai  and Kachujor, are located nearby.<ref name=paschim1>Sarajit Pramanick, ''Birbhumer Ahankar:Bakreshwar Tapbidyut Kendra'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum special issue, pp. 189&ndash;192, (in Bengali), February 2006, Information and Culture Department, Government of West Bengal</ref><ref name=google>Google maps</ref>

===Police station===
Sadaipur police station has jurisdiction over [[Suri I]] block.<ref name=handbook2008>{{cite web| url = http://birbhum.nic.in/dept/BAES_DIST_STAT_BK_2008.pdf  |title = District Statistical Handbook 2008, Birbhum  |work = Table 2.1  | publisher= Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 30 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | title = Birbhum Police | work = Police Stations | publisher = West Bengal Police | accessdate = 30 January 2018 | archive-date = 12 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180212131641/http://birbhumpolice.org/policestation.php | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Neel Nirjan===
The reservoir, formed by erecting a dam in the [[Bakreshwar River]], named ''Neel Nirjan'' (meaning blue solitude), for providing water to the thermal power plant, is gaining in popularity as a tourist spot.<ref>Sarkar, Joydeep, ''Paryatan Boichitre Birbhum Jela'',  ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum special issue, page 200, (in Bengali), February 2006, Information and Culture Department, Government of West Bengal.</ref>{It can be seen on the map alongside, but it is not marked.)

==Economy==
The 1,050 MW [[Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station]] of [[West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited]], was commissioned between 1999 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url =  http://wbpdcl.co.in/14-sample-data-articles/94-bakreswar-thermal-power-station.html| title=  Bakreswar Thermal Power Project   |publisher=  The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited  | accessdate = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]] (old numbering NH 60), running from Moregram (in Murshidabad district) to Kharagpur (in Paschim Medinipur district), passes through the area. The portion of the highway passing through this area was earlier known as [[Panagarh-Morgram Highway]]<ref name=google/>

The [[Andal-Sainthia branch line]] passes through this area. There are stations at [[Chinpai railway station|Chinpai]] and [[Kochujor railway station|Kachujor]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/18255 | title= 53535 => 63535 Andal-Sainthia Memu| work= Time Table  |publisher= Indiarailinfo | accessdate = 30 January 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
BkTPP Prabir Sengupta Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium, co-educational, higher secondary school. It was established in 1997.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.veethi.com/schools-in-india/bktpp-prabir-sengupta-vidyalaya-detail-893516.htm | title= Bktpp Prabir Sengupta Vidyalaya|publisher= Veethi | accessdate = 1 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Birbhum district]]
[[Category:Townships in India]]