Mettur Thermal Power Station
The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It is operated by Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited.- Type: Power station
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “Mettur Thermal Power Plant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mettur Dam railway station and Mettur Dam.
Mettur Dam railway station
Railway station
Mettur Dam railway station is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station situated in Mettur, Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Mettur Dam railway station is situated 3½ km north of Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Mettur Dam
Dam
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The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India built in pre-independent India and is also the largest in Tamil Nadu, located across the river Kaveri where it enters the plains. Mettur Dam is situated 3½ km north of Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mettur and Vanavasi.
Mettur
Town
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Mettur is an industrial and tourist town located in the Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for the Mettur Dam which is the largest dam in south India. Mettur is situated 2½ km northwest of Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Vanavasi
Village
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Vanavasi is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of 5.2 km2, it had a population of 7,130 individuals as per the 2011 census. Vanavasi is situated 8 km east of Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Nangavalli
Village
Nangavalli is a panchayat town in Mettur taluk of Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district. Spread across an area of 8.13 km2, it had a population of 10,809 individuals as per the 2011 census. Nangavalli is situated 8 km east of Mettur Thermal Power Station.
Mettur Thermal Power Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: Mettur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.77547° or 11° 46′ 32″ northLongitude
77.81542° or 77° 48′ 56″ eastOperator
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution CorporationOpen location code
7J3VQRG8+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 429967366OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q6825517
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Tamil—“Mettur Thermal Power Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mettur kullkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Mettur kullkraftverk”
- Tamil: “மேட்டூர் அனல் மின் நிலையம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chinnakavur Hospital and Mettur Dam RTOffice.
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