Obra is a town, Tehsil and Assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh which is recently upgraded from the stature of Nagar Panchayat in Sonebhadra district (Previously a part of Mirzapur District) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Obra is located 137 km from Varanasi at the Banks of Renu & Sone River with population of 46,574 As per 2011 India Census. State-owned UPRVUNL and UPJVUNL have a coal-fired thermal power plant and a hydro electric power plant here, respectively . The before mentioned industries are the major source of employment either directly or indirectly . Recreational places in Obra include Jawahar Bal Udayan (Children's Park), Ambedkar Stadium, Lord Shiva's temple, Sone river banks, parsoi and kharatiya villages etc. Restructuring of government residential colony is ongoing