Nepanagar
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Nepanagar (नेपानगर) is a town and tahsil in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Nepanagar is famous for its newsprint paper mill, Nepa Mills Limited.
Variants
- Nepa Nagar (नेपा नगर)
- Nepa (नेपा)
Location
Nepanagar township falls between Burhanpur and Khandwa.
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Nepa (नेपा) (Jat clan) → Nepanagar (नेपानगर) is a town and tahsil in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Nepanagar is famous for its newsprint paper mill, Nepa Mills Limited.
Villages in Nepanagar Tahsil
Town: 1. Nepanagar
Villages:
1 Amba, 2 Ambada Ryt, 3 Amlakhurd, 4 Aser, 5 Bada Jainabad, 6 Badikheda, 7 Badnapur, 8 Bagwaniya, 9 Bakadi, 10 Basad, 11 Bori Khurd, 12 Boribuzurg, 13 Borsal Ryt, 14 Chandni, 15 Chhotisukta, 16 Chikhalya, 17 Chulkhan, 18 Dabalikalan, 19 Dabalikhurd, 20 Dabhiyakheda, 21 Dahinala, 22 Dalmahu, 23 Daryapur Ryt, 24 Deori Mal, 25 Dhaund, 26 Dhulkot, 27 Dimaniya, 28 Dudhiya Ryt, 29 Dwatiya, 30 Gambhirpura, 31 Ghagharla, 32 Gol Kheda, 33 Guradiya, 34 Haidarpur, 35 Hanumat Kheda, 36 Harda, 37 Hasanpura, 38 Hathni Urf Chidiyapani, 39 Hingna Ryt, 40 Hivra, 41 Iklara, 42 Itariya, 43 Jalandra, 44 Jalandra, 45 Jhanjhar, 46 Jhir Panjariya, 47 Kerpani, 48 Khatla, 49 Khatla, 50 Linga, 51 Machgaon, 52 Mahal Gurada, 53 Mandwa, 54 Nasimpura, 55 Nasirabad, 56 Navatha, 57 Navra, 58 Naya Kheda Ryt, 59 Neori Kalan, 60 Nimna Ryt, 61 Palasur, 62 Panch Imli, 63 Paratkundya, 64 Piprana, 65 Pura, 66 Rahmanpura, 67 Ratagarh Ryt, 68 Ratnapur, 69 Rohni, 70 Sagphata, 71 Saikheda Khurd, 72 Sands Kalan, 73 Sands Khurd, 74 Saray, 75 Sarola, 76 Shankarpura Kalan, 77 Shankarpura Khurd, 78 Sindh Kheda Ryt, 79 Siwal, 80 Sonud, 81 Sukta Khurd, 82 Titgaon Kalan, 83 Umarda, 84 Utambi,
Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/3721-nepanagar-burhanpur-madhya-pradesh.html
Industrial township
Nepanagar is an industrial township in Burhanpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Nepanagar is famous for its newsprint paper mill, Nepa Mills Limited (earlier known as The National News Print Ltd). Nepa Mill is Asia's first paper mill which was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 26 April 1956.
The small township falls between Burhanpur and Khandwa and is surrounded by many small villages. This place is accessible by the mainline railway that runs between Bhusawal Junction and Itarsi Junction. Nepanagar is also accessible by road from the route going to Burhanpur. At Asirgarh the road bifurcates into a fairly well maintained road that goes to Nepanagar. The total distance is 14 km.
The Nepa mill area is covered in 107 acres of land and township 1762 acres totaling 1869 acres of land. There is a well-developed township in Nepa, which is equipped with all the facilities. The Company has 2164 residential quarters in the township.
History
NEPA pioneered the manufacturing of newsprint in the country. It was founded in 1948 and start its commenced production in April 1956 with an installed capacity of 30,000 TPA. the main raw materials were Salai wood and Bamboo which were available in abundance in the forests around Nepanagar.
The mill embarked upon major expansion programmes in 1967 and subsequently in 1978 and 1989 to increase its installed capacity to 88,000 TPA. Presently, the Company has switched to Waste paper as basic raw material from the original forest-based and has thus been able to reduce the cost of production. The in-house modifications/alterations to the pulping plants have also helped in processing various quality waste papers to manufacture Newsprint. Mills is meeting its 100% requirement from Captive Power generation.
Originally NEPA was a single product Company producing standard Newsprint. The Company has produced for the first time in India, 42 GSM newsprint meeting practically all international parameters of strength, opacity, surface smoothness, brightness etc. Thus, NEPA is now able to meet the demand across all categories of Newsprint customers.
NEPA has also recently initiated the manufacture of Economy newsprint by using old newspaper and overissue newspaper to cater to the requirement of the lowest segments of the market at minimal cost, yet maintaining all other parameters of quality though in lower brightness. The factor that is responsible for this paper industry is the river Tapti.
Nepamill was floated by M/s Nair Press Syndicate Limited, a private entrepreneur, on 25 January 1947, the first Newsprint Mill in the country. The company is serving the nation for the last 50 years. After 50 years of existence and remaining for the first 35 years as the only newsprint-manufacturing mill in the country conserving the then scarce foreign exchange, Nepa Limited is one of the oldest Public Sector Undertakings.
Nepa Ltd is in the ranges of Satpura, 525 km northeast of Mumbai at Nepanagar. The Company was taken over by the Government of Central Province and Berar at present Madhya Pradesh in October 1949. The commercial production commenced on 26 April 1956. Subsequently, the Government of India took over controlling interest in 1958. Till 16 August 1996, NEPA was using wood pulp for paper-making. The mill has successfully switched over operations with only waste paper recycling route.