Durgapur is a major industrial city and a tier-II urban agglomeration in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Bengal and was planned by two American architects, Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk in 1955. Durgapur is the only city in eastern India to have an operational dry dock. Durgapur has been nicknamed the 'Ruhr of India'.
National Institute of Technology Durgapur, formerly known as Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, is a public technical university in the city of Durgapur in West Bengal, India. Founded in 1960, it is one of India's oldest technical universities. It is located in a campus of 187 acres (0.75 km²).
Panagarh is a small town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India.
Prayagpur is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sirsha is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sarpi is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baska is a census town in the Andal CD block of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Durgapur Faridpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The University of Burdwan is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 with six graduate departments and 30 undergraduate colleges spread over three districts that come under the jurisdiction of the university. The university currently offers more than 30 undergraduate and 66 postgraduate courses.
St. Xavier's School, Durgapur, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. The unaided English-medium school was established by the Belgian Jesuits in 1963. The school is selective in its admissions.
Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It broadly covers the area earlier covered by Durgapur II assembly constituency.
Durgapur Paschim Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It broadly covers the area earlier covered by Durgapur I assembly constituency.
Prof. Sheikh Saidul Haque is a Professor, Indian Politician and was Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political party.
NSHM Knowledge Campus is an Indian college with campuses in Durgapur and Kolkata. It is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Technology.
Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management (DIATM), in Durgapur, West Bengal, India offers degree engineering courses which are affiliated to West Bengal State Council of Technical Education (WBSCTE) and degree courses which are affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT).
Ichhapur is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Arra is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bamunara is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Durgapur or locally called as JNV Durgapur is a boarding, co-educational school in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal in India. Navodaya Vidyalayas are funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti, an autonomous body under the ministry.
