S. K. Varma Nagar Explained

S.K.VarmaNagar
Native Name:VarmaNagar
Nickname:Varmanagar
Settlement Type:city
Pushpin Map:India Gujarat#India3
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Gujarat, India
Coordinates:23.685°N 68.718°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gujarat
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kachchh
Named For:Shyamji Krishna Varma
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Kutchi, Gujarati, Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:370627
Area Code:2839
Registration Plate:GJ-12

Shyamji Krishna Varma Nagar also known as S. K. VarmaNagar and commonly known as VarmaNagar is a City of India, developed in the 1970s, which is located in the Lakhpat Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat. It is named after famous freedom fighter from Kutch, Shyamji Krishna Varma.

The town is located at a distance of 14 kilometers from Taluka headquarters of Lakhpat and 110 km from district headquarters of Bhuj. Originally the town was developed as a township of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited (GMDC). In 1979 government announced a power project to also develop the township of GEB (now Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited) in the same location. Currently this is the only township of both the GMDC and GSECL.

The town has a School, which is also named as Shree Shyamji Krishna Varma Vidyalay. There are hospitals run by Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation(GMDC Ltd.) and also a small industrial area.

A lignite-based power plant is near the town, which generates and provides electricity to many areas of Kutch. Varma Nagar is located near the Panandhro Lignite Mines and main population of the town are dependent upon these mines and associated business connected to it.

The town hosts the Pandhro Geological Museum which holds in display fossils of Paleozoic era found in these mines.[1]

Education

Primary, Secondary and Higher Education school

Notes and References

  1. http://zinken.typepad.com/palaeo/2003/10/fodspor.html Pandhro Lignite mine that similar 9 Miter Crocodilian skeleton fossil was dug out of the mine was about 90 million years old
  2. http://skvvidhyalaya.edu.in/ Shyamji Krishna Varma vidhyalaya