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Asansol Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the
Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd distric ...
in the state of
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Overview

Asansol Sadar subdivision is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the
Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...
. It is a rocky undulating area with
laterite Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolo ...
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. Maithon Dam of
Damodar Valley Corporation Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent ...
, located in
Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
, is on the border of this subdivision.


Subdivisions

Paschim Bardhaman district is divided into the following two administrative subdivisions: Note: Before bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district
Galsi I Galsi I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Benga ...
was in Durgapur subdivision, but after bifurcation it is in Bardhman Sadar North subdivision.


Administrative units

Asansol subdivision has 10 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 35 gram panchayats, 181
mouza In Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of India, a mouza or mauza (also mouja) is a type of administrative district, corresponding to a specific land area within which there may be one or more settlements. Before the 20th century, the term referred to a ...
s, 165 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 26
census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
s+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 Panuria is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Panuria is located at . Urbanisation As per the 2011 census, 83. ...
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Domohani Domohani 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. Geography Location Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Rati ...
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Bhanowara 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. Geography Location Bhanowara is located at . Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Do ...
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Majiara Majiara is a census town in the Barabani (community development block), Barabani Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, st ...
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Pangachhiya Panchgachia (also called Pangachhiya) is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Panchgachia is located at . Panchgac ...
, 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 Charanpur is a village in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, about from the industrial town of Asansol. The village is notable for being featured in the Indian film ''Swades''. Geography Location Charanpur is classified as ...
, an outgrowth of Jamuria. The subdivision has its headquarters at Asansol. 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.


Demographics

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. 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). 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.


Police stations

Police stations in Asansol Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:


Blocks

Community development blocks in Asansol Sadar subdivision are:


Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 35 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: * Barabani block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Baraboni, Itapara, Nuni, Panuria, Domohani, Jamgram, Panchgechhia and Punchrah. * Jamuria block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Bahadurpur, Dobrana, Madantor, Tapsi, Chinchuria, Hijalgara, Parasia, Churulia, Kenda and Shyamla. * Raniganj block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Amrasota, Egra, Ratibati, Ballavpur, Jemeri and Tirat. * Salanpur block consists of eleven gram panchayats, viz. Achhra, Dendua, Fulberia Bolkunda, Alladi, Ethora, Rupnarayanpur, Basudevpur Jemari, Jitpur–Uttarrampur, Salanpur, Kalya and Samdi.


Economy


Coal mining

Coal mining Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
in India first started in the
Raniganj Coalfield Raniganj Coalfield is primarily located in the Asansol and Durgapur subdivisions of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It spreads over to the neighboring districts of Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia and to Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Mainl ...
. In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the
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found coal near Ethora, presently in Salanpur CD Block.Akkori Chattopadhyay, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'', Vol I, pp. 46-51, (Bengali), Radical, 2001, 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 Coking is the process of heating coal in the absence of oxygen to a temperature above to drive off the volatile components of the raw coal, leaving behind a hard, strong, porous material with a high carbon content called coke. Coke is predomina ...
and non-coking coal mines. In 2015–16, Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India, produced 40.209 million tonnes of raw coal. As of January 2017, it employed 64,433 persons.


Railways

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. 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. It captured the entire coal transport business. The line was extended to Asansol in 1863. 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.


Industry

IISCO Steel Plant of
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Burnpur Burnpur 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. ...
has a crude steel production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per year. 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
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, Prime Minister, on 10 May 2015. As of 2015, the investment for modernization was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. Established in 1918, the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) was amalgamated with SAIL in 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant.
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of West Bengal, with an ancillary unit in Dankuni. The main unit is 32 km fr ...
is one of the largest electric locomotive manufacturers in the world. Established in 1950, it produced steam locomotives up to 1972. 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.


Education

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: 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. The following institutions are located in Asansol subdivision: * Kazi Nazrul University was established in 2012 at Asansol. * Asansol Engineering College was established in 1998 at Asansol. It is affiliated with the
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (MAKAUT, WB), formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), is a public technical university located in Haringhata, West Bengal, India. Established in 2001 by the ...
. * Banwarilal Bhalotia College was established at Asanol in 1944. It is affiliated with the Kazi Nazrul University. * Asansol Girls' College was established at Asansol in 1950. It is affiliated with the Kazi Nazrul University. * Bidhan Chandra College was established in 1961 at Asansol. It is affiliated with the Kazi Nazrul University. * Kulti College was established in 1986 at Kulti. It is affiliated with the Kazi Nazrul University. * Kazi Nazrul Islam Mahavidyalaya was established in 1981 at Churulia. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University. * Triveni Devi Bhalotia College was established in 1957 at Raniganj. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University. * Raniganj Girls' College was established in 1980 at Raniganj. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University. * Kanyapur Polytechnic, offering diploma level courses in engineering, was established in 1965 at Asansol. * Deshbandhu Mahavidyalaya was established at Chittaranjan in 1973. It is affiliated with the Kazi Nazrul University.


Healthcare

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.


Medical facilities

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 Domohani 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. Geography Location Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Rati ...
, Panuria, Nuni, Lalganj, Churulia, Chinchuria, Birkulti, Baktarnagar and Tirat. 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, Divisional Railway Hospital at Asansol, ESI Hospital at Kanyapur, HLG Memorial Hospital at Kanyapur, Marwari Relief Society Hospital at Raniganj, Anandlok Hospital at Raniganj, Burnpur Hospital of
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Burnpur Burnpur 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. ...
. and Kasturba Gandhi Hospital of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works at Chittaranjan. Further medical facilities in Asansol Sadar subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) *Asansol Subdivisional Hospital, Asansol, 350 beds *Asansol Special Jail Hospital, Asansol, 20 beds *Dr. L. Sen Memorial Leprosy Hospital, Asansol, 50 beds *Divisional Railway Hospital, Asansol, 225 beds *ESI Hospital, Asansol, 150 beds *Burnpur Hospital,
Burnpur Burnpur 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. ...
, 550 beds *ECL Central Hospital, Kalla, 450 beds *ECL Sanctoria Hospital, Dishergarh, 250 beds *ECL Banshra Hospital, Banshra, PO Kalla, 50 beds *ECL Satgram Hospital, Satgram, 50 beds *KG Hospital, Chittaranjan, 150 beds * Kulti Hospital, Kulti, 90 beds *Raniganj Leprosy Hospital, Ballavpur, 50 beds *Searsol TB Hospital, Searsol Rajbati, 50 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) *Ballabhpur Rural Hospital, Raniganj CD block, Ballavpur, 50 beds *Bahadurpur Rural Hospital, Jamuria CD block, Bahadurpur, 30 beds *Kelejora Rural Hospital, Barabani CD block, Domohani Bazar, 30 beds *Pithaikeary Rural Hospital, Salanpur CD block, Rupnarayanpur, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds) *Raniganj Block Primary Health Centre, Raniganj CD block, Raniganj, 25 beds *Akalpur Block Primary Health Centre, Jamuria CD block, Akalpur, 10 beds Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) *Raniganj CD block: Baktarnagar (6), Tirat (PO Kalipahari) (6) *Jamuria CD block: Churulia Pramila Nazrul ( Churulia) (6), Sirisdanga (PO Mandi) (6), Birkulti (2), Chinchuria (6) *Barabani CD block:
Domohani Domohani 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. Geography Location Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Rati ...
(10), Lalganj (2), Nuni (6),
Panuria Panuria is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Panuria is located at . Urbanisation As per the 2011 census, 83. ...
(6) *Salanpur CD block: Dabor (PO Achra) (10), Parbotpur (PO Samdi) (2) *Asansol MC (earlier CD block areas): Barakar (15), Kumardiha (PO Sitarampur) (2), Sodepur (PO Sundar Chowk) (2), Marichkota (PO Ethora) (2), Dakshin Dhadka (10), Damra (PO Kalipahari) (2), Bidyanandapur (PO Surjanagara) (6), Dhenua (PO Hirapur) (2), Dihika (PO Surjanagar) (10).


Electoral constituencies

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(parliamentary) and
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(state assembly) constituencies in Asansol subdivision were as follows:


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Asansol Subdivision Subdivisions of West Bengal Subdivisions in Paschim Bardhaman district