41-632: Asansol Dakshin (MLA — Agnimitra Paul — BJP ) Pandaveswar (MLA — Narendranath Chakraborty — TMC ) Raniganj (MLA — Tapas Banerjee — TMC ) Jamuria (MLA — Hareram Singh — TMC ) Kulti (MLA —Ajay Kumar Poddar — BJP ) Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is the second largest city in West Bengal . It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol
82-541: A "Tier-II" city. " Asan ", a species of tree which generally grows thirty meters tall, is found on the banks of the Damodar River; "sol" refers to land. The name "Asansol" is a combination of these two words. Asansol is a city on the banks of Damodar and its land is rich in minerals. Historically the city was anglicised as Assensole during the British era but the name was reverted after Independence. The region
123-546: A literacy rate of 83.30%. Religion in Asansol as of 2011. The major religions in Asansol are Hinduism, followed by 75.18% of the population, and Islam, followed by 21.26% of the population. 1.09% of the populace are adherents of Sikhism, while 0.99% of the population adheres to Christianity. Languages spoken in Asansol (2011) Bengali is spoken by the majority (43.1%), followed by Hindi (31.7%), Urdu (19.4%), Santali (2.9%), and Punjabi (1.2%). The economy of Asansol
164-509: A result, Asansol enjoys good connectivity with cities like New Delhi , Jammu , Amritsar , Ludhiana , Allahabad , Kanpur , Lucknow , Dehradun , Jaipur , Kota , Jodhpur , Jaisalmer , Gwalior , Bhopal , Indore , Patna , Ranchi , Durgapur and Dhanbad on the one hand and commands a fairly good traffic movement towards the western cities like Mumbai , Ahmedabad and Surat and southern cities like Bhubaneshwar , Visakhapatnam , Vijaywada , Chennai , Bangalore and Trivandrum . It
205-455: A significant presence in the area due to the huge deposits of high-quality coal. However, most of the coalfields and surrounding residential colonies are located away from the main city. Nearby areas like Raniganj, Chinakuri, and Jamuria are of particular importance as coal blocks. As of 2012, the total coal reserve in the ECL command area up to 600 metre depth was 49.17 billion tonnes. Railways also
246-544: Is " Aw " (Tropical Savanna Climate). Asansol has been ranked 16th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India according to 'Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2024 Results' Asansol is administered by the Asansol Municipal Corporation . In 1850, a union committee was formed to look after the civic needs of Asansol. The Assensole (now Asansol) Municipality was approved in 1885 but started functioning effectively in 1896. It
287-400: Is 50 km and the population covered is 410,000 (2001). It has police investigation centres at Kanyapur and Jahagirmohalla. Asansol South police station has jurisdiction over parts of Asansol municipal corporation. The area covered is 69 km and the population covered is 475,439 (2001). Asansol Women PS covers Asansol subdivision. Raniganj PS has jurisdiction within the city and has
328-463: Is a big contributor to the economy of Asansol. Railways were the first employer in the city and they are credited with developing the city in the late 19th century. Asansol is one of four divisions of Eastern Railway Zone and among the major revenue generating divisions in Indian Railways . World's largest vertically integrated organisation Chittaranjan Locomotive Works under Indian Railways
369-496: Is a captive township of SAIL , the area covered by IISCO Steel Plant and its surroundings in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district , in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state of West Bengal , India . It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation . In the early British era, Hirapur founds it place in the list of villages under Asansol police station and served by Asansol post office, in
410-791: Is a major coal mining area and has close links with Asansol; both lie in the Damodar valley. The city is connected by the Grand Trunk Road and by rail with Durgapur, Burdwan, and Kolkata. It is an important coal-trading and railway centre, with large railway workshops and a railway colony. Asansol has hot and dry summers and mild winters. In summers temperatures soar above 45 °C with dry hot air blowing known as 'loo' while in winter temperatures go below 10 °C. Monsoon lasts from June to September and sometimes in October as well. The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for this climate
451-636: Is also connected with Guwahati in the north-east region. The domestic airport that serves the city is Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport . The airport is located in Andal . It is roughly 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the Asansol City Bus Terminus. There is also a private airport located at Burnpur Riverside Area. At present this Airport is operated by IISCO . Recently Airport Authority of India gave nod to start commercial flights for six routes in West Bengal; Burnpur Airport being one of them
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#1732773086400492-507: Is also situated here. It is India's first locomotive works and Asia's largest Locomotive manufacturer. Other industries include Dishergarh Power Supply, Damodar Valley Corporation , Burn Standard Co. which is now a subsidiary of Eastern Railways, Hindustan Cables Limited and cement factories like Burnpur Cement . The Grand Trunk Road ( NH 19 - old numbering NH 2) runs across the subdivision and NH 14 (old numbering NH 60) connects Asansol with Odisha . NH 19 has been broadened as part of
533-665: Is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal . As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 280 Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 38-39, 56-57, 75, 77-87, 94-98, 106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur , Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block. Asansol Dakshin assembly segment
574-464: Is believed to have been a part of the kingdom of Vishnupur where the Malla dynasty ruled for approximately a thousand years till the emergence of the British. This theory is backed by the presence of Vishnupur style temple present at Chhotodighari village and Domohani village in Asansol. Asansol is a cosmopolitan city located on the lower Chota Nagpur Plateau , which occupies most of Jharkhand , between
615-479: Is concerned, Asansol Division is referred to as the heart of operations, being at the crossroads of the Grand Chord route via Gaya and the main line route via Patna. With a total of 629.38 route kilometres, the division has the unique distinction of having quadruple lines (two up and two down line) from Khana to Sitarampur. The railway track from Kolkata to Delhi passes through the subdivision and bifurcates into
656-615: Is hopeful to receive its first commercial flight by the last quarter of 2019. The nearest international airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Dum Dum in Kolkata. Among the many educational institutions are: There are several public libraries, including the District Library. Prasar Bharati has a High Power Transmitter Station at Asansol which broadcasts Doordarshan National / Bangla and Doordarshan News Channel. Transmissions are not only received by
697-409: Is located at 23°40′00″N 86°56′00″E / 23.6667°N 86.9333°E / 23.6667; 86.9333 . It has an average elevation of 75 metres (249 feet). Hirapur police station has jurisdiction over parts of Asansol municipal corporation. The area covered is 63.33 km and the population covered is 200,000. The 2011 Census of India was carried out well before
738-425: Is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency) . In 1972, Niranjan Dihidar of Communist Party of India won the seat. In 1969 and 1971, Dr. Lokesh Ghosh of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1962 , Bijoy Pal of CPI won. In 1957 , it was won by Shibdas Ghatak of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951 , Atindra Nath Bose of Forward Bloc (Ruikar) won
779-493: Is primarily dependent on its steel and coal industries, railways, and its trade and commerce. The Steel Authority of India IISCO (Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd) steel-making plant at Kulti was the first such facility in India. It became well known during the 1960s and 1970s, with its company shares being traded on the London Stock Exchange . However, a decade later the company became loss-making until it
820-433: Is the 500-bed Burnpur Hospital of IISCO Steel Plant . IISCO Steel Plant’s initiatives, under its corporate social responsibility programme have altered the scenario in the surrounding areas such as Haramdihi, Naksaradata, Gutgutpara, Dhoyrapara, Kakardanga, Purshottampur and Bhallukjor. The plant has adopted the inmates of Cheshire Home , a centre for differently-abled persons. Two well-known social welfare organisations of
861-526: Is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district . According to a 2010 report released by the International Institute for Environment and Development , a UK-based policy research non-governmental body, Asansol was ranked 11th among Indian cities and 42nd in the world in its list of 100 fastest-growing cities. Asansol is classed as a Y-category city for calculation of HRA (House Rent Allowance) for public servants (rate 16%) making it
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#1732773086400902-525: The 2011 Census of India the wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation in Asansol South (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had a total population of 238,631, of which 123,160 (52%) were males and 114,471 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 24,265. The total number of literates was 176,460 (82.32% of the population over 6 years). IISCO Steel Plant runs Burnpur Boys’ High School, Burnpur Girls’ High School and Chhotodighari Vidyapeeth. Amongst
943-638: The Damodar and Ajay rivers. Another river, the Barakar , joins the Damodar near Dishergarh . Two small rivulets, Nunia and Garui flows past Asansol. While Dhanbad district in Jharkhand lies on the western side, Durgapur subdivision lies on the eastern side. To the south, across the Damodar river are the Purulia and Bankura districts . To the north are Dumka and Birbhum districts . Dhanbad district
984-740: The Golden Quadrilateral project and now allows three-lane traffic in both directions. A highway bypass avoids the areas of Ushagram, Murgasol, Asansol Bazar, Chelidanga, BNR, Gopalpur, Neamatpur, Kulti, and Barakar. Some of the other important roads of the city are namely Vivekananda Avenue, Burnpur Road, and S.B Gorai Road. The South Bengal State Transport Corporation operates daily bus services to Kolkata and numerous other destinations, such as Malda, Siliguri, Midnapur, Bankura, Siuri, Purulia, Burdwan, Kalna, Howrah, Barrackpore, Digha, Bolpur , Kirnahar and Berhampore. The North Bengal State Transport Corporation also runs services to and from
1025-611: The city and towns in North Bengal like Malda, Raiganj and Balurghat. There are also many private buses, Taxis and Radio Taxis, which ply locally and on intercity and interstate routes. Asansol Junction railway station is the Division of Eastern Railway zone This is one of the oldest divisions on the Indian Railways and has always been in the forefront of operations, both freight and passenger. As far as Eastern Railway
1066-410: The city but also neighbouring places. Other than national channels, several local channels are available through cable TV networks, such as Vision 24, Drishti Channel, ATV, and ISP Channel. Asansol currently has four FM radio stations: All India Radio 100.3 FM, 92.7 BIG FM, 93.5 RED FM and Radio Mirchi 95 FM. Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency
1107-454: The fifties. A new township at Chhotodighari was ready for occupation by 1959. Along with the development of the company’s township, several areas such as Subashpally, Santinagar, Puranahat, Rahmatnagar and Rambandh developed over the years filling up the area between the old villages of Hirapur and Narsinghbandh. The Indian Standard Wagon Company, founded in 1918, shared the facilities in the company’s township at Burnpur. In 1976, Burn & Co.
1148-410: The following centres under its area: Jamuria PS has jurisdiction over the following centres; Hirapur and Kulti Police Stations also serve the following parts of Asansol municipal corporation area. As per the 2011 census, the Asansol municipal area has a total population of 563,917, and the total population of Asansol UA is 1,243,414 out of which 646,052 are males and 597,362 are females. The city has
1189-612: The main line and the grand chord line at Sitarampur railway junction, a little to the west of Asansol railway junction. Another railway track links Asansol with Adra and then to Jamshedpur via Purulia and Kharagpur via Bankura. A branch line connects Andal with Sainthia on the Sahibganj Loop . Almost all the trains linking Kolkata with north India also connect with Asansol including Howrah-Patna Vande Bharat Express, Sealdah Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani, Howrah Duronto, Sealdah Humsafar Express, Yuva Express and Shalimar Duronto. As
1230-441: The other schools are: Bari Vidyalaya High School Burnpur Riverside School, Manik Chand Thakur Institution at Hirapur, Subhaspally Bidyaniketan , Shantinagar Vidyamandir, From the early years, the social and cultural life at Burnpur evolved around the club, a typical English institution. Burnpur Club was started in 1920. It was earlier named Hirapur Officers Club, and then known as Senior Club for many years. The club building
1271-479: The reorganisation of Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2015. The census data is available on ward basis for the pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation. Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of pre-2015 Asansol municipal corporation and certain gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block. These wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation broadly cover the Burnpur area. As per
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1312-517: The seat defeating Bajrangi Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 1987, Prabuddha Laha of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1982, Bejoy Pal of CPI (M) defeated his nearest rival Sukumar Banerjee of Congress. In 1977, Haradhan Roy of CPI (M) defeated Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress. .# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages in 2006, in Asansol constituency. Burnpur Burnpur
1353-671: The seat, defeating Yogendranath Roy of Congress. In the 2006 state assembly elections , Prativa Ranjan Mukherjee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) won the Asansol seat, defeating his nearest rival Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Kalyan Banerjee had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhuri of CPI (M). In 1996, Tapas Banerjee of Congress had defeated Goutam Roy Choudhury. In 1991, Goutam Roy Choudhury had won
1394-546: The village directory of Burdwan district compiled by the Post Master General of Bengal in 1884. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol , on the Howrah-Delhi main line , was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891. A railway station, named Narsinghbandh came up on that line, near Hirapur. The Indian Iron and Steel Company was incorporated on 11 March 1918. The iron works of IISCO
1435-650: Was amalgamated with the Indian Standard Wagon Company and renamed Burn Standard Company . On 4 April 2018, the Government of India approved the liquidation of Burn Standard Company. Asansol Municipal Corporation emerged as a municipal corporation in 1994 with the merger of Burnpur Notified Area Authority, some rural parts of Asansol community development block and some colliery areas within Asansol Municipality. Burnpur
1476-920: Was established in April 1980 by the merger of the Asansol Planning Organisation and the Durgapur Development Authority. Jurisdiction of ADDA covers the areas administered by Asansol Municipal Corporation, the Jamuria Panchayet Samiti, the Community Development Blocks of Andal , Pandabeswar and Durgapur-Faridpur, Durgapur Municipal Corporation and a small part of Kanksa Community Development Block. Asansol North police station has jurisdiction over Raniganj CD Block and parts of Asansol Municipal Corporation . The area covered
1517-636: Was inaugurated by Sir Rajen Mookerjee . Crescent Club was popular in the earlier days, but closed down later. Bharati Bhaban was also started in 1920, initially known as Hirapur Indian Association, then as Burnpur Indian Association and finally as Bharati Bhaban in 1948. Almost anybody who has made a mark in the Bengali cultural arena has performed at Bharati Bhaban. Stalwarts such as Bade Ghulam Ali Khan , Allauddin Khan , Ravi Shankar , Bhimsen Joshi and M.S. Subbulakshmi have performed at Bharati Bhaban. There
1558-611: Was revived in 2006 when it merged with the Steel Authority of India . Modernisation at IISCO Steel Plant has helped the city develop at a very rapid pace. The plant's capacity will be raised from 0.4 MT to 2.5 MT of saleable steel, using what will be the biggest blast furnace in the country. As of 2015, the investment for modernisation was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. Eastern Coalfields , which has its headquarters in Sanctoria P.O. - Dishergarh, has
1599-529: Was subsequently changed to Burnpur . The Steel Corporation of Bengal was incorporated on 20 April 1937 with Burn & Co. as managing agents. SCOB established steel making facilities at Napuria, adjacent to the Hirapur Works of IISCO and the plant was named Napuria Works. In 1953, SCOB was amalgamated with IISCO. Napuria Works producing steel coalesced with Hirapur Works producing iron to form Burnpur Works of IISCO. IISCO went in for major extensions in
1640-415: Was to be located at Hirapur and was subsequently named Hirapur Works. As the construction of the plant prodeccess, there was brisk activity at Hirapur and the adjoining jungle villages of Santa, Narsinghbandh, Napuria and Dharampur. As Burn & Company played an important role in the setting up of the entire project, the upcoming township was christened Burnpur. The name of the railway station, Narsinghbandh,
1681-661: Was upgraded to the status of a corporation in 1994. Since 2011 it has had its own Police Commissionerate. In 2015, Kulti, Jamuria and Raniganj Municipalities were dissolved and now these areas are administered by the Asansol Municipal Corporation. Thus the proper city limits of Asansol includes the old Asansol Area, including Burnpur , as well as other prominent locations like Raniganj, Chinakuri, Mithani, Barakar, Kulti , Dishergarh , Neamatpur , Sitarampur and Jamuria . Asansol Municipal Corporation has 106 wards. Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA)