Shankarnagar, Madhya Pradesh

Shankarnagar is a town in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh.The Raja of Shankargarh has mining rights over 46 villages (covering an area of 150 km2) in perpetuity and gives the rights to contractors who in turn hire local labourers to extract minerals .

Region: Shankargarh is Block in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh State, India.

Gupta Period Historical place Garhwa Fort is situated near (5 km) from Shankargarh.

Garhwa fort is located in town Shankargarh, approximately 50 KM south to Allahabad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garhwa_Fort Allahabad, Chitrakoot, Varanasi, Rewa, Vindhyachal, Satna are the nearby Important tourist destinations to see.

Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited is a coal-based, 3*660MW, super critical thermal power plant located in Shankargarh (Bara Tehsil) in Prayagraj District, Uttar Pradesh.

Shankargarh Block comes under Bara assembly constituency, current sitting MLA is Dr. Ajay Kumar contested and won from SP party Shankargarh Block comes under Allahabad parliament constituency, current sitting MP is Ujjwal Raman Singh from INC.[citation needed] The main occupation of the local population is mining activity and stone quarrying, as the land is not very fertile.