Sawra Explained

Sawra
Other Name:Saraswati Nagar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Himachal Pradesh#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates:31.123°N 77.751°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Himachal Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shimla
Government Type:Gram panchayat
Leader Title:Paradhan
Leader Name:Joginder Singh[1]
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:1465
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:171206
Registration Plate:HP-10

Sawra, also called Saraswati Nagar, is a village fall in subdivision rohru in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a village situated at the banks of Pabbar River and it is about 103 kilometres away from Shimla and 12 kilometres away from Rohru. Sawra is also famous for Sawra Kuddu Hydro Electric Project.[2]

The plant is one of the few projects in the Yamuna basin, where the government of Himachal Pradesh has identified a hydro potential of 1044.82 MW (shared between HP and Uttarakhand state). The state company HPPCL has created a Special Purpose Vehicle, namely, Pabbar Valley Power Corporation for execution of these projects on the same river. The Project was scheduled for completion in December 2011.

Geography

Hatkoti is located at 31.123°N 77.751°W. It has an average elevation of 1,465 m.

Education

There are many schools and college located here. Some of the popular schools in the village are D.A.V. Senior Secondary Public School, Shivalik International Public School and Government Senior Secondary School. Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Degree College is also located in the village.

See also

Nearby Towns :-

Notes and References

  1. Representatives elected during PRI elections held on December 2010Web site: Representative Directory . https://archive.today/20130702100251/http://admis.hp.nic.in/pritrgmis/prireport.aspx . dead . 2013-07-02 . Panchayati Raj Department, Himachal Pradesh . 2013-05-15 .
  2. Sawra Kuddu Hydroelectric Project Web site: Introduction & Project Feature . HPPCB . 2013-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060620081637/http://hppcb.nic.in/EIAKudduHEP/Chap1.pdf . 20 June 2006 . dmy-all .