Asansol Sadar subdivision | |
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Subdivision | |
Coordinates: 23°41′N86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.98°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman district |
Headquarters | Asansol |
Area | |
• Total | 831.89 km2 (321.19 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,672,659 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Website | http://bardhaman.gov.in/ |
Asansol Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. [1]
Asansol Sadar subdivision is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is a rocky undulating area with laterite soil, with the Ajay on the north, the Damodar on the south and the Barakar on the west. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared. [2] [3] Maithon Dam of Damodar Valley Corporation, located in Jharkhand, is on the border of this subdivision. [4]
Paschim Bardhaman district is divided into the following two administrative subdivisions: [5] [6]
Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | Rural Population % (2011) | Urban Population % (2011) |
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Asansol Sadar | Asansol | 831.89 | 1,672,659 | 16.67 | 83.33 |
Durgapur | Durgapur | 771.28 | 1,209,372 | 20.78 | 79.22 |
Paschim Bardhaman district | Asansol | 1,603.17 | 2,882,031 | 18.39 | 81.61 |
Note:Before bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district Galsi I was in Durgapur subdivision, but after bifurcation it is in Bardhman Sadar North subdivision.
Asansol subdivision has 10 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 35 gram panchayats, 181 mouzas, 165 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 26 census towns+1 (partly). The single municipal corporation is at Asansol. The municipalities are at: Raniganj, Jamuria and Kulti. The census towns are: Chittaranjan, Hindustan Cables Town, Panuria, Domohani, Bhanowara, Majiara, Pangachhiya, Kunustara, Topsi, Nimsa, Chinchuria, Kenda, Parasia, Ratibati, Chapui, Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Banshra, Belebathan, Chelad, Murgathaul, Amkula, Baktarnagar, Egara, Sahebganj, Raghunathchak, Ballavpur and Kendra Khottamdi (partly). It also includes Charanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria. The subdivision has its headquarters at Asansol. [7] [8]
According to the Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation. [9]
As per the 2011 Census of India data Asansol Sadar subdivision, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, had a total population of 1,672,659. There were 868,696 (51%) males and 803,963 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 192,151. [10]
As per the 2011 census data the total number of literates in Asansol subdivision, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, was 1,147,851 (77.53% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 649,034 (84.41% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 468,857 (65.85% of the female population over 6 years). [10]
In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 1,352,185 and formed 80.84% of the population in Asansol subdivision. Muslims numbered 283,225 and formed 16.93% of the population. Christians numbered 9,478 and formed 0.57% of the population. Others numbered 2,771 and formed 1.66% of the population. [11]
Police stations in Asansol Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: [12] [13]
Police station | Area covered km2 | Municipal town | CD Block |
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Chittaranjan | 18.03 | - | Salanpur |
Salanpur | 52.09 | - | Salanpur |
Barabani | 158.87 | - | Barabani |
Asansol North | 49 | Asansol | Raniganj |
Raniganj | 113.05 | Raniganj | - |
Jamuria | 220 | Jamuria | Jamuria |
Asansol Women | Asansol and Durgapur subdivisions | - | - |
Asansol South Women's | 69 | Asansol | - |
Hirapur | 63.33 | Asansol | - |
Kulti | 96 | Kulti | - |
Community development blocks in Asansol Sadar subdivision are: [14] [15]
CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
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Salanpur | Rupnarayanpur | 135.05 | 160,357 | 24.10 | 10.48 | 94.31 | 3.57 | 78.76 | 2 |
Barabani | Domohani Bazar | 156.35 | 127,542 | 29.44 | 14.82 | 87.95 | 11.07 | 69.58 | 5 |
Jamuria | Bahadurpur | 158.10 | 123,176 | 30.68 | 8.34 | 88.18 | 11.21 | 69.42 | 6+1 (part) |
Raniganj | Raniganj | 58.28 | 106,441 | 35.22 | 9.38 | 90.87 | 6.42 | 73.86 | 13 |
The subdivision contains 35 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: [16]
Coalmining in India first started in the Raniganj Coalfield. In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company found coal near Ethora, presently in Salanpur CD Block. [17]
In 1973, the Government of India took over the management of all non-coking coal mines in the country and in 1975 Coal India was formed to manage the coking and non-coking coal mines. [18]
In 2015–16, Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India, produced 40.209 million tonnes of raw coal. [19] As of January 2017, it employed 64,433 persons. [20]
Narayankuri ghat, on the Damodar, was used by Carr Tagore & Company for transporting coal to Kolkata by boat in the middle of the nineteenth century. [21] Varying levels of water in the Damodar posed problems for transportation. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, East Indian Railway laid lines up to Raniganj in 1855. [21] It captured the entire coal transport business. The line was extended to Asansol in 1863. [21]
The Bardhaman-Asansol section, Asansol-Gaya section and Asansol-Patna section, of Eastern Railway, which are part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line, pass through this subdivision. The Andal-Jamuria-Sitarampur branch line also serves the coal mines. This subdivision connects to South Eastern Railway through the Asansol-Adra line.
IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India at Burnpur has a crude steel production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per year. [22] The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant, implemented with an investment of over Rs 16,000 crore, was dedicated to the nation by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, on 10 May 2015. [23] As of 2015, the investment for modernization was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. [24] Established in 1918, the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) was amalgamated with SAIL in 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant. [22]
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is one of the largest electric locomotive manufacturers in the world. Established in 1950, it produced steam locomotives up to 1972. [25]
Ballavpur Paper Mnfg. Ltd. (earlier Bengal Paper Mill), after revamp of the plant at Ballavpur, started production in 2009. They produce kraft paper used for packaging. [26]
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, with data for the year 2013-14: [27]
Subdivision | Primary School | Middle School | High School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | |||||||
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Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | |
Asansol Sadar | 678 | 97,084 | 33 | 4,029 | 57 | 41,686 | 95 | 109,054 | 8 | 18,463 | 41 | 8,036 | 1,608 | 45,957 |
Durgapur | 399 | 62339 | 23 | 1,904 | 43 | 28,057 | 64 | 83,075 | 6 | 11,229 | 36 | 18,090 | 1,337 | 45,014 |
Paschim Bardhaman district | 1,077 | 159,423 | 56 | 5,933 | 110 | 69,743 | 159 | 192,129 | 14 | 29,692 | 77 | 26,126 | 2,945 | 90,971 |
Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc. [27]
The following institutions are located in Asansol subdivision:
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, with data for the year 2013–14. [39]
Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients | |||
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Hospitals | Rural Hospitals | Block Primary Health Centres | Primary Health Centres | ||||||||||
Asansol | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 2 | - | 14 | 78 | 124 | 4,399 | 566 | 113,234 | 1,713,044 |
Durgapur | 1 | - | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | 9 | 38 | 62 | 2,034 | 364 | 79,876 | 1,837,026 |
Paschim Bardhaman district | 2 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 3 | - | 23 | 116 | 186 | 9,433 | 930 | 193,110 | 3,550,070 |
Asansol subdivision has a subdivisional hospital at Asansol. There is a rural hospital at Ballavpur. The subdivision has block primary health centres at Pithaikuri, Kelejhora, Bahadurpur, Akalpur and Raniganj, and primary health centres at Dabar, Parbatpur, Domohani, Panuria, Nuni, Lalganj, Churulia, Chinchuria, Birkulti, Baktarnagar and Tirat. [40] Other hospitals in Asansol subdivision include ECL Central Hospital at Kalla, Sanctoria Hospital at Dishergarh, ECL's Banshra Hospital at Banshra, ECL's Salanpur Hospital at Dendua, [41] Divisional Railway Hospital at Asansol, ESI Hospital at Kanyapur, HLG Memorial Hospital at Kanyapur, [42] [43] Marwari Relief Society Hospital at Raniganj, Anandlok Hospital at Raniganj, [44] Burnpur Hospital of SAIL at Burnpur. [45] and Kasturba Gandhi Hospital of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works at Chittaranjan. [46]
Further medical facilities in Asansol Sadar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [47]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [48]
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [49]
Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) [50]
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Asansol subdivision were as follows: [51]
Lok Sabha constituency | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas |
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Asansol | Kulti | None | Wards 16–19,58-74,99-105 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Kulti municipality) |
Barabni | None | Barabani and Salanpur CD Blocks | |
Asansol Uttar | None | Wards 13–15,20-31,40-55,76 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Ward nos. 1–8,10-17,19,21-33 of Asansol municipal corporation) | |
Asansol Dakshin | None | Wards 38–39,56-57,75,77-87,94-98,106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation (Before 2015 Ward nos. 9,18,20,34-50 of Asansol municipal corporation) and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block | |
Jamuria | None | Wards 1–12,32 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Jamuria municipality), Jamuria CD Block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block | |
Raniganj | None | Wards 33–37,88-93 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Raniganj municipality) and Andal CD Block of Durgapur subdivision. | |
Pandaveswar | None | Pandabeswar and Faridpur Durgapur CD Blocks of Durgapur subdivision | |
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 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 for public servants making it a "Tier-II" city.
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Bhanowara is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Barabani is a village, in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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