Dipka
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History
Dipka (earlier known as Junnadih) was a Gram Panchayat with very few population mostly part was covered by forest. With the expansion of Gevra Coal mine, South Eastern Coalfields Limited built residential colonies for their employees in the region which lead to conversion of village into a town and Gram Panchayat to Municipal Council.
Municipal Council, Dipka
Municipal Council, Dipka came into existence in 2004 with 21 wards.[1]
| Year | President | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2004 | Bugal Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2009 | Manoj Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2014 | Bugal Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2019 | Santoshi Diwan | Indian National Congress |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2024 | Rajendra Singh Rajput | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Location
Dipka lies approximately 20 kilometres west of Korba City. It is surrounded by Pali and Katghora (both lies in NH-130) and other rural areas of Hardi Bazar, Ratija and has connectivity to Janjgir-Champa district towards south direction.
Demographics
since 2001[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". India census,[2] Dipka had a population of 20,182. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Dipka has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 67%. In Dipka, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
There are various educational institutions in Dipka such as:
Schools
- DAV Public School, Gevra, Urja Nagar, Dipka
- Beacon English School, Shakti Nagar, Dipka
- Indus Public School, Batari, Dipka
- St. Thomas Public School, Pragati Nagar, Dipka
- Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Gevra Project, Dipka
- East point English medium high school, Santi Nagar, Dipka
College
- Government College, Dipka
- Param Mitra Industrial Training Institute, Dipka
Industries
Dipka houses Gevra and Dipka open cast coal mines which is part of Korba Coalfield of South Eastern Coalfields Limited. There is also various other industries such as Power generation companies owned by ACB (India) Group[3] and other coal beneficiaries.
References
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