Thermal power plant is aimed at production of electricity for supply to large range area. Thermal power plants are mainly driven by coal and nuclear sources. Thermal Power Plants in India is one of the most frequently asked question in static GK section in many competitive exams. Here is the list of “Thermal Power Plants in India”: State Wise that contains name and location of major thermal power plant, which is important from exam point of view
List of Thermal Power Plants in India: State Wise
Uttar Pradesh
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant (Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district), The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC
National Capital Power Station (NCPS) Or NTPC Dadri (Dadri, G.Noida)
Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (at Renukut, Sonebhadra in Sonbhadra district)
Anpara Thermal Power Station (Anpara in Sonbhadra district)
Obra Thermal Power Project (Kanpur district)
Rosa Power Plant (at Rosa village in Shahjahanpur)
Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant (Unchahar in Raebareli district)
Telangana
NTPC Ramagundam (at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district)
Odisha
Talcher Thermal Power station (Angul district)
Vedanta Jharsuguda Power Station (Jharsuguda town in Jharsuguda district)
Hirakud Power Plant (Sambalpur district)
Chhattisgarh
Korba Super Thermal Power Plant (at Jamnipali in Korba district)
Sipat Super Thermal Power Station or Rajiv Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station (at Sipat in Bilaspur district)
The NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant (at Bhilai in Durg district)
Madhya Pradesh
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station (Singrauli district)
Satpura Thermal Power Plant (Betul district)
Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Plant (Umaria district)
Shree Singaji Super Thermal Power Project (Khandwa District)
Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant (Anuppur district)
West Bengal
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant (at Nabarun in Murshidabad district)
Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (Bardhaman district)
Gujarat
Mundra Thermal Power Station or Mundra Thermal Power Project (at Mundra in Kutch district)
Sikka Thermal Power Station (Jamnagar)
Wanakbori Thermal Power Station (in Kheda district)
Ukai Thermal Power Station (located on the bank of the Tapi river.
Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station (bank of Sabarmati river near Gandhinagar)
Hirakud Power Plant (Hirakud in Sambalpur district)
Maharashtra
Tiroda Thermal Power Station (at Tirora in Gondia district)
Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (in Chandrapur district)
Kaparkheda Thermal Power Station (Nagpur district)
RattanIndia Amravati Thermal Power Project (Amravati district)
Bihar
Barauni Thermal Power Station (at Begusarai district)
Karnataka
Bellary Thermal Power station (Kudatini Village, Bellary District)
Udupi Power Plant (north of Mangalore)
Andhra Pradesh
Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant (Visakhapatnam district)
Rajasthan
Chhabra Thermal Power Plant (Baran district)
Kota Thermal Power Plant (west bank of the Chambal River near Kota.)
Kalisindh Thermal Power Station (Jhalawar district)
Jharkhand
Bokaro Thermal Power Station B (BTPS – B) , at Bokaro district