Virbhadra | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Virbhadra Location in Uttarakhand, India  Virbhadra Virbhadra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30°04′N 78°17′E / 30.07°N 78.28°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Dehradun |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 13,271 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 249202 |
| Telephone code | 0135 |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Website | uk |
Virbhadra is a town in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, located close to the pilgrimage town of Rishikesh. It is most known as the factory township of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited, Rishikesh plant (IDPL), a Government of India undertaking, established in 1967, with about 2800 houses,[1] with Government Inter College and a Kendriya Vidyalaya, established in 1976 with support from IDPL administration but get closed in 2000, again reestablished by initiative of centre government in same campus in 2003 [2] The town also has a historical Virbhadra Temple, Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and a Hanuman Mandir. Very near to the town is the Pashulok Barrage which acts as a water reservoir for the Chilla Hydro power plant. The motorable road to the Neelkanth Mahadev Temple passes along the top of the dam.