Salanpur

This article is about the village in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Salanpur (community development block). For 2 its namesake operational area of ECL, see Salanpur Area.

Salanpur
Village
Salanpur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Salanpur Salanpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°46′36.1″N86°52′35.4″E / 23.776694°N 86.876500°E / 23.776694; 86.876500
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,739
Languages*
• Official	Bengali, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713357 (Salanpur)
Telephone/STD code	0341
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barabani
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Salanpur is a village, in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

5km
3miles

Ajay River

Maithon Dam
Reservoir

River

Barakar

River

Damodar

Chittaranjan
Locomotive
Works

IISCO
Steel Plant

Sitarampur

NV

Barakar

N

Rupnarayanpur

P

Kalla

N

Dishergarh

N

Kulti

N

Neamatpur

N

Burnpur

N

Asansol

MC

ECL Sodepur
Area Office

ECL Salanpur
Area Office

Kalyaneshwari
Temple

T

Barabani

P

Salanpur

P

Charanpur

OG

Panuria

CT

Majiara

CT

Bhanowara

CT

Domohani

CT

Pangachhiya

CT

Hindustan Cables Township

CT

Chittaranjan

CT

  

Cities, towns and ECL Areas in the western portion of Asansol Sadar subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: municipal corporation, P: rural administrative unit, CT: census town, N: neighbourhood, OG: out growth, T: temple
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Urbanisation

As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. ^[1] In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation. ^[2] Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Civic administration

Police station

Salanpur police station has jurisdiction over a part of Salanpur CD block. The area covered is 52.09 km² and the population covered is 119,142. ^{[3] [4]}

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India Salanpur had a total population of 4,739 of which 2,454 (52%) were males and 2,285 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 658. The total number of literate persons in Salanpur was 2,909 (71.28% of the population over 6 years). ^[5]

*For language details see Salanpur (community development block)#Language and religion

Economy

Coal mining

As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bonjemehari Colliery, Barmondia Colliery, Dabor Colliery, Gourandi Colliery, Gourandi Begunia Colliery and Mohonpur OCP. ^[6]

Industry

Bhushan Steel signed an agreement with the West Bengal government to set up a 2 million tonne steel plant, with auxiliary facilities, at Salanpur, in 2007. The company expected to get around 2,500 acres of land acquired in the subsequent one year and start production in 2012. ^[7] With growing resistance to land acquisition the state government was not able to make much headway. ^[8] In 2012, Bhusan Steel put the project on hold. ^[9]

Transport

There is a station at Salanpur on the Asansol-Patna section of the Howrah-Delhi main line. ^[10]

State Highway 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Salanpur. ^[11] It links to the Kolkata-Delhi NH 19, passing nearby.

Education

Gyan Bikash Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1994. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII. ^[12]

Kalyanesari High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1968. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. ^[13]

Healthcare

The 50-bed Salanpur Hospital of Eastern Coalfields is located at Dendua. ^[14]

Medical facilities (dispensaries) in the Salanpur Area of ECL are available at Salanpur Area (PO Lalganj), Mohanpur Colliery (PO Lalganj), Burmundia Colliery (PO Kanyapur), Gourandi Colliery (PO Panuria), Dabar Colliery (PO Samdi), Banjamehari Colliery (PO Salanpur), RH Dendua (PO Salanpur). ^[15]

References

1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
2. "The Kolkata Gazette" (PDF). Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
4. "Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate". Find your police station. Asansol Durgapur Police. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. "Area-wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Salanpurr Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
7. "Bhusan Steel to invest Rs. 8,800 crore in West Bengal". Rebuilding Bharat. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
8. "Salanpur land hearing put off". Business Standard, 29 November 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
9. "Bhusan Steel's Bengal Plant Land in Acquisition Trouble". The Economic Times, 3 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
10. "73539 Andal-Jasidih DEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
11. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
12. "Gyan Bikash Vidyapith". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
13. "Kalyanesari High School". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
14. "Eastern Coalfields Limited's Hospitals" (PDF). ECL. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
15. "Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries". ECL. CIL. Retrieved 15 May 2020.