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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Paschim Bardhaman</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Bengali-language text"><i lang="bn">Pōshchim Bôrdhōmān Jelā</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;width:300px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg/149px-Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg/224px-Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg/298px-Asansol_rail_station_in_Asansol_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg/149px-Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg/224px-Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg/298px-Radhamadhab_temple_at_Khandra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7232" data-file-height="5504" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/File:Sita-Rama_temple_inside_Thakurbari_premises_of_Handa_family_at_Ukhra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district,_West_Bengal_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sita-Rama_temple_inside_Thakurbari_premises_of_Handa_family_at_Ukhra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district%2C_West_Bengal_03.jpg/149px-Sita-Rama_temple_inside_Thakurbari_premises_of_Handa_family_at_Ukhra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district%2C_West_Bengal_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="149" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sita-Rama_temple_inside_Thakurbari_premises_of_Handa_family_at_Ukhra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district%2C_West_Bengal_03.jpg/224px-Sita-Rama_temple_inside_Thakurbari_premises_of_Handa_family_at_Ukhra_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district%2C_West_Bengal_03.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ISP_Burnpur.JPG/600px-ISP_Burnpur.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1594" data-file-height="869" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%">Clockwise from top-left: Asansol railway station, Radhamadhab Temple in <a href="/wiki/Khandra" title="Khandra">Khandra</a>, Sita-Rama Temple in <a href="/wiki/Ukhra" title="Ukhra">Ukhra</a>, <a href="/wiki/IISCO_Steel_Plant" title="IISCO Steel Plant">IISCO Steel Plant</a>, Shram Vir statue in Durgapur steel plant</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paschim_Bardhaman_in_West_Bengal_(India).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Paschim Bardhaman district in West Bengal"><img alt="Location of Paschim Bardhaman district in West Bengal" 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.geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&params=23.68_N_86.99_E_type:city(2882031)_region:IN-WB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°41′N</span> <span class="longitude">86°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.68°N 86.99°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.68; 86.99</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a 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class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_subdivisions_of_West_Bengal" title="List of subdivisions of West Bengal">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Sadar_subdivision" title="Asansol Sadar subdivision">Asansol Sadar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_subdivision" title="Durgapur subdivision">Durgapur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Community_Development_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Development Block">CD Blocks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barabani_(community_development_block)" title="Barabani (community development block)">Barabani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(community_development_block)" title="Jamuria (community development block)">Jamuria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raniganj (community development block)">Raniganj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andal_(community_development_block)" title="Andal (community development block)">Andal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar_(community_development_block)" title="Pandabeswar (community development block)">Pandabeswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faridpur-Durgapur_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faridpur-Durgapur (community development block)">Faridpur-Durgapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanksa_(community_development_block)" title="Kanksa (community development block)">Kanksa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asansol_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)">Asansol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman-Durgapur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bardhaman-Durgapur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Uttar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Asansol Uttar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asansol_Dakshin_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Asansol Dakshin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barabani_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barabani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Barabani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Purba_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Durgapur Purba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Paschim_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Durgapur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Durgapur Paschim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Jamuria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulti_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kulti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandaveswar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Pandabeswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(West_Bengal_Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Raniganj</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,603.17 km<sup>2</sup> (618.99 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,882,031</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,800/km<sup>2</sup> (4,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">78.75 per cent</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">922 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a>/<a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a><sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-wblangoff_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wblangoff-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://paschimbardhaman.gov.in/">paschimbardhaman<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paschim Bardhaman district</b> is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. The headquarter of the district is <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_district" title="Bardhaman district">Bardhaman district</a> as the 23rd district of West Bengal. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some historians link the name of the district to the 24th and last <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jain</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">tirthankara</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira Vardhamana</a>, who came to preach in the area. Alternatively, <i>Bardhamana</i> means a prosperous and growing area. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryanisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Aryanisation">Aryanisation</a> by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Paschim</i> means west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Microlith" title="Microlith">Microliths</a> found at Birbhanpur, near Durgapur, indicate settlements in the <a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Ajay</a> valley in the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Mesolithic" title="Mesolithic">Mesolithic</a> age, around 5,000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early historical times <a href="/wiki/Bardhamanbhukti" title="Bardhamanbhukti">Bardhamanbhukti</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a>, was ruled successively by the <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadhas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Mauryas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushanas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Guptas</a>. In the 7th century AD, when <a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a> was king, the area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a>. It was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Palas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sena_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Sena Dynasty">Senas</a>, till <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_bin_Bakhtiyar_Khilji" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji">Bakhtiyar Khilji</a> captured it in 1199 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The early Muslim rulers ruled over major parts of Bengal from <a href="/wiki/Gau%E1%B8%8Da_(city)" title="Gauḍa (city)">Gauda</a> or Lakhnauti. In <i><a href="/wiki/Ain-i-Akbari" title="Ain-i-Akbari">Ain-i-Akbari</a></i>, Bardhaman is mentioned as a <i>mahal</i> or <i>pargana</i> of <i>Sarcar Sharifabad</i>. The area between the <a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a> river was referred to Gopbhum, where the <a href="/wiki/Yadav" title="Yadav">Yadav</a> kings ruled. There are remains of the period at Shymarupar Garh and Ichhai Ghosher deul in Kanksa CD Block.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1689, Raja Krishnaram Roy, of the <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj family</a>, obtained a <i>farman</i> (royal decree) from <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> by which he was made the <i><a href="/wiki/Zamindar" title="Zamindar">zamindar</a></i> (landlord) of Bardhaman, and since then the Raj family's history became identical with that of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are references to the Raja of Panchkot being zamindar of certain sections (mostly the western part) of what later became Asansol subdivision. There also are references to the Raja of Searsole being zamindar of the Raniganj area.<sup id="cite_ref-railindia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railindia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of Aurangzeb, the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a> became weak and <a href="/wiki/Murshid_Quli_Khan" title="Murshid Quli Khan">Murshid Quli Khan</a> became the <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal_and_Murshidabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad">Nawab of Bengal</a>, owning only nominal allegiance to the Mughal emperor. At that time Bardhaman was referred to as <i>chakla</i>, a change from the earlier <i>pargana</i>. Subsequently, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Alivardi_Khan" title="Alivardi Khan">Alivardi Khan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bargi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargi">Bargis</a> attacked and plundered Bardhaman.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the victory of the British in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a> in 1757, the fertile district of Bardhaman, along with Medinipur and Chittagong, was ceded to the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>. In 1857, the British Crown took over the administration of the country from the East India Company.<sup id="cite_ref-2011censushandbook_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011censushandbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1765, when East India Company acquired the <i>diwani</i> of Bardhaman, it was composed of Bardhaman, Bankura, Hooghly and a third of Birbhum. In 1805, the western <i>parganas</i> of Shergarh and Senpahari (which later formed Asansol subdivision) and parts of Bankura were formed into a new district called <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Mahals" title="Jungle Mahals">Jungle Mahals</a>. Shergarh and Senpahari was restored to Bardhaman, when Bankura was made into a separate district. Hooghly was separated in 1820, Bankura and Birbhum in 1837. At the time of the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Settlement" title="Permanent Settlement">Permanent Settlement</a> of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Lord Cornwallis</a> in 1793, the <i>chaklas</i> were reduced in size, in order to make them more manageable, and districts were created. Six subdivisions were created in Bardhaman district – Bud Bud in 1846, Katwa, Raniganj, Jahanabad (later named Arambagh), Bardhaman Sadar in 1847 and Kalna in 1850. In 1906, Raniganj subdivision was converted to Asansol subdivision. The <i>parganas</i> were converted to <i>thanas</i> (police stations). At that time there were 22 <i>thanas</i> in Bardhaman district. Later, Jahanabad was transferred out of Bardhaman. Some minor changes went on taking place.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Durgapur subdivision was carved out of Asansol subdivision in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-adda_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adda-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Permanent Settlement ultimately led to the dismemberment of the Bardhaman estate. As the rajas often failed to pay the rent demands, some parts of the estate were auctioned off. However, there were bright spots even in the later period of the rule of Bardhaman zamindary till the abolition of zamindary system in 1954, after independence of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-districtadmin_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtadmin-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bardhaman district was bifurcated into two districts, <a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a> and Paschim Bardhaman, on 7 April 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-abp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rocky undulating topography with <a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">laterite</a> soil found in Paschim Bardhaman district is a sort of extension of the <a href="/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Chota Nagpur plateau">Chota Nagpur plateau</a>. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation. Most of the forests in the coal-bearing areas have been cleared but some areas in the eastern part of the district remained thickly forested till more recent times and some are still there. The eastern part of the district gradually slopes down to the rice plains of the agriculturally rich <a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg/300px-Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg/450px-Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg/600px-Paschim_Bardhaman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="1426" /></a><figcaption>Map of Paschim Bardhaman district</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district comprises two subdivisions: <a href="/wiki/Asansol_Sadar_subdivision" title="Asansol Sadar subdivision">Asansol Sadar subdivision</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_subdivision" title="Durgapur subdivision">Durgapur subdivision</a>. In Paschim Bardhaman district, there are 8 CD block under two subdivision. In Asansol Sadar subdivision, there are 4 CD block - <a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barabani_(community_development_block)" title="Barabani (community development block)">Barabani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(community_development_block)" title="Jamuria (community development block)">Jamuria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raniganj (community development block)">Raniganj</a>. In Durgapur subdivision, there are 4 CD block - <a href="/wiki/Andal_(community_development_block)" title="Andal (community development block)">Andal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar_(community_development_block)" title="Pandabeswar (community development block)">Pandabeswar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faridpur-Durgapur_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faridpur-Durgapur (community development block)">Faridpur-Durgapur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanksa_(community_development_block)" title="Kanksa (community development block)">Kanksa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blocdir_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blocdir-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a> is the district headquarters. There are 16 police stations, 8 development blocks, 2 municipal corporations, 62 <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a> in this district.<sup id="cite_ref-blocdir_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blocdir-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adminsetup_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adminsetup-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other than municipality areas, each subdivision contains community development blocks which, in turn, are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 66 urban units: 2 municipal corporations, 3 municipalities (which have subsequently been absorbed in Asansol Municipal Corporation) and 65 <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census towns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adminsetup_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adminsetup-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are two <a href="/wiki/Urban_agglomeration" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban agglomeration">urban agglomerations</a> (UA). </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>, Kulti, Bhanowara, Jamuria, Jemari, Raniganj, Amkula, Murgathaul, Raghunathchak and Ballavpur together form the Asansol UA.</li> <li>Durgapur UA consists of <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a>, Arrah, Bamunara, Amlajora, Kanksa, Panagarh, Mankar, Shibpur, Andal, Ukhra, Kajora, Pandabeswar, Ichhapur and Madhaiganj.</li></ul> <p><b>Asansol Sadar subdivision</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Sadar_subdivision" title="Asansol Sadar subdivision">Asansol Sadar subdivision</a> has 10 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 35 gram panchayats, 181 <a href="/wiki/Mouza" title="Mouza">mouzas</a>, 165 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 26 <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census towns</a>+1 (partly). The single municipal corporation is at <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>. The municipalities are at: <a href="/wiki/Raniganj" title="Raniganj">Raniganj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamuria" title="Jamuria">Jamuria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kulti" title="Kulti">Kulti</a>. The census towns are: <a href="/wiki/Chittaranjan" title="Chittaranjan">Chittaranjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rupnarayanpur" title="Rupnarayanpur">Hindustan Cables Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domohani" title="Domohani">Domohani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhanowara" title="Bhanowara">Bhanowara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Majiara" title="Majiara">Majiara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pangachhiya" title="Pangachhiya">Pangachhiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charanpur" title="Charanpur">Charanpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunustara" title="Kunustara">Kunustara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Topsi" title="Topsi">Topsi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nimsa" title="Nimsa">Nimsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinchuria" title="Chinchuria">Chinchuria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenda" title="Kenda">Kenda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parasia" title="Parasia">Parasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ratibati" title="Ratibati">Ratibati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chapui" title="Chapui">Chapui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jemari_(J.K._Nagar_Township)" title="Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)">Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banshra" title="Banshra">Banshra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belebathan" title="Belebathan">Belebathan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelad" title="Chelad">Chelad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murgathaul" title="Murgathaul">Murgathaul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amkula" title="Amkula">Amkula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baktarnagar" title="Baktarnagar">Baktarnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egara,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Egara, Paschim Bardhaman">Egara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sahebganj,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Sahebganj, Paschim Bardhaman">Sahebganj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raghunathchak" title="Raghunathchak">Raghunathchak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ballavpur" title="Ballavpur">Ballavpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kendra_Khottamdi" title="Kendra Khottamdi">Kendra Khottamdi</a> (partly). The subdivision has its headquarters at Asansol.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of <a href="/wiki/Kulti" title="Kulti">Kulti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raniganj" title="Raniganj">Raniganj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamuria" title="Jamuria">Jamuria</a> were included within the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Asansol_Municipal_Corporation" title="Asansol Municipal Corporation">Asansol Municipal Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2015notification_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015notification-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Durgapur subdivision</b> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_subdivision" title="Durgapur subdivision">Durgapur subdivision</a> has 6 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 27 gram panchayats, 171 <a href="/wiki/Mouza" title="Mouza">mouzas</a>, 151 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation and 39 <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census towns</a>+1 (partly). The single municipal corporation is at <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a>. The census towns are: <a href="/wiki/Siduli" title="Siduli">Siduli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khandra" title="Khandra">Khandra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chak_Bankola" title="Chak Bankola">Chak Bankola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukhra" title="Ukhra">Ukhra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahira" title="Mahira">Mahira</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Khanda" title="Dakshin Khanda">Dakshin Khanda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parashkol" title="Parashkol">Parashkol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kajora" title="Kajora">Kajora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harishpur" title="Harishpur">Harishpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palashban" title="Palashban">Palashban</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dignala" title="Dignala">Dignala</a>, Andal (gram), <a href="/wiki/Andal,_Bardhaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Andal, Bardhaman">Ondal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baska,_Andal" title="Baska, Andal">Baska</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bilpahari" title="Bilpahari">Bilpahari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramnagar,_Pandaveswar" title="Ramnagar, Pandaveswar">Ramnagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalurband" title="Dalurband">Dalurband</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baidyanathpur,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Baidyanathpur, Paschim Bardhaman">Baidyanathpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahal,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Mahal, Paschim Bardhaman">Mahal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konardihi" title="Konardihi">Konardihi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nabgram" title="Nabgram">Nabgram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sankarpur,_Bardhaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankarpur, Bardhaman">Sankarpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haripur,_Bardhaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Haripur, Bardhaman">Haripur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chhora" title="Chhora">Chhora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahula" title="Bahula">Bahula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandarbani" title="Mandarbani">Mandarbani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banagram,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Banagram, Paschim Bardhaman">Banagram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirsha,_India" title="Sirsha, India">Sirsha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nabaghanapur" title="Nabaghanapur">Nabaghanapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarpi,_Bardhaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarpi, Bardhaman">Sarpi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichhapur,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Ichhapur, Paschim Bardhaman">Ichhapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arra,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Arra, Paschim Bardhaman">Arra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gopalpur,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Gopalpur, Paschim Bardhaman">Gopalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bamunara,_Paschim_Bardhaman" title="Bamunara, Paschim Bardhaman">Bamunara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amlajora" title="Amlajora">Amlajora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanksa" title="Kanksa">Kanksa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debipur,_India" title="Debipur, India">Debipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prayagpur" title="Prayagpur">Prayagpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kendra_Khottamdi" title="Kendra Khottamdi">Kendra Khottamdi</a> (part). The subdivision has its headquarters at Durgapur.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bardhaman_-_Revised_in_March_2008_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bardhaman_-_Revised_in_March_2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Urban-rural divide</b> </p><p>The urban-rural divide of the two administrative subdivisions are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-abp_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Subdivision</th> <th>Headquarters</th> <th><br />Area<br />km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>Population<br />(2011)</th> <th>Rural<br />Population %<br />(2011)</th> <th>Urban<br /> Population % <br />(2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Sadar_subdivision" title="Asansol Sadar subdivision">Asansol Sadar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></td> <td>831.89</td> <td>1,672,659</td> <td>16.67</td> <td>83.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_subdivision" title="Durgapur subdivision">Durgapur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></td> <td>771.28</td> <td>1,209,372</td> <td>20.78</td> <td>79.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Paschim Bardhaman district</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></td> <td>1,603.17</td> <td>2,882,031</td> <td>18.39</td> <td>81.61 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages">Villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhandadihi" title="Dhandadihi">Dhandadihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hetedoba" title="Hetedoba">Hetedoba</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a> data, Paschim Bardhaman district (after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2016), had a total population of 2,882,031. There were 1,497,479 (52%) males and 1,384,452 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 322,268. 2,351,954 (81.61%) lived in urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per the 2011 census data the total number of literates in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, was 2,015,056 (78.75% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 1,136,990 (85.44% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 806,010 (65.55% of the female population over 6 years). Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 628,568 (21.81%) and 161,946 (5.62%) of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Paschim Bardhaman district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:84.75%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">84.75%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:13.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">13.32%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkkhaki; width:0.51%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.51%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_West_Bengal" title="Christianity in West Bengal">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:0.44%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.44%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other <small>(tribal religion)</small></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:maroon; width:0.44%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.44%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.54%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.54%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><i>Religion in present-day Paschim Bardhaman District (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Religion </th> <th>Population (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-1941religion_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1941religion-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 74">: 74 </span></sup> </th> <th>Percentage (1941) </th> <th>Population (2011) </th> <th>Percentage (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </td> <td>471,334 </td> <td>77.82% </td> <td>2,442,414 </td> <td>84.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tribal religion<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>66,857 </td> <td>11.04% </td> <td>12,572 </td> <td>0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>59,089 </td> <td>9.76% </td> <td>384,027 </td> <td>13.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_West_Bengal" title="Christianity in West Bengal">Christianity</a> </td> <td>3,027 </td> <td>0.50% </td> <td>12,636 </td> <td>0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others <sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>5,382 </td> <td>0.88% </td> <td>30,382 </td> <td>1.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total Population</b> </td> <td><b>605,689</b> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%</b> </td> <td><b>2,882,031</b> </td> <td><b>100%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the 2011 census Hindus were the majority with 2,442,414 (84.75%) in Paschim Bardhaman district. Muslims numbered 384,027 (13.32%), Sikhs were 14,754 (0.51%), almost entirely in urban areas such as Asansol and Durgapur. Christians numbered 12,636 (0.44%) of the population. Other religions (including indigenous religions such as Sarna) numbered 42,954 (1.49%) of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 537.04044417589px; border-left-color:darkturquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkturquoise"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkturquoise"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 199.34765443401px; border-left-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 72.27095777367px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:49.163344763785px 87.080224687567px 0 0; border-top-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orchid"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of Paschim Bardhaman district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Lang_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lang-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> (58.18%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (26.78%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (7.64%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkturquoise; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> (4.47%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others (2.93%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>According to the 2011 census, 58.18% of the population in what is now Paschim Bardhaman district spoke <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, 26.78% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, 7.64% <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and 4.47% <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-Lang_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lang-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coal_mining">Coal mining</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coal mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coal mining in India first started in the <a href="/wiki/Raniganj_Coalfield" title="Raniganj Coalfield">Raniganj Coalfield</a>. In 1774, John Sumner and <a href="/wiki/Suetonius_Grant_Heatly" title="Suetonius Grant Heatly">Suetonius Grant Heatly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British East India Company</a> found coal near <a href="/wiki/Ethora" title="Ethora">Ethora</a>, presently in <a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a> CD Block.<sup id="cite_ref-akkori_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-akkori-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, the Government of India took over the management of all non-coking coal mines in the country and in 1975 <a href="/wiki/Coal_India" title="Coal India">Coal India</a> was formed to manage the coking and non-coking coal mines.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eastern Coalfields has been producing around 30 million tonnes per annum from its open cast mines, it has been modernising its underground mines to produce around 10 million tonnes per annum from its underground mines.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Narayankuri ghat, on the <a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a>, was used by Carr Tagore & Company for transporting coal to Kolkata by boat in the middle of the nineteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Varying levels of water in the Damodar posed problems for transportation. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, <a href="/wiki/East_Indian_Railway_Company" title="East Indian Railway Company">East Indian Railway</a> laid lines up to Raniganj in 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It captured the entire coal transport business. The line was extended to Asansol in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Howrah-Delhi main line via Asansol and Patna of <a href="/wiki/East_Indian_Railway_Company" title="East Indian Railway Company">East Indian Railway</a> was made operable in 1871 and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Chord" title="Grand Chord">Grand Chord</a> from Sitarampur to Mughalsarai was completed in 1901, shortening the travel distance between Howrah and Delhi. <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Nagpur_Railway" title="Bengal Nagpur Railway">Bengal Nagpur Railway</a> linked its operations in the Nagpur-Chandil sector to Asansol in 1887. With all these links Asansol emerged as a major railway junction.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asansol has an electric loco shed and an EMU shed. There is a diesel loco shed at Andal and Andal also has a large goods yard, apart from those at Sitrampur and Barakar. Asansol Division of Eastern Railway handles around 1,300 wagons of coal every day.<sup id="cite_ref-transport_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-transport-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/IISCO_Steel_Plant" title="IISCO Steel Plant">IISCO Steel Plant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited" title="Steel Authority of India Limited">Steel Authority of India Limited</a> at <a href="/wiki/Burnpur" title="Burnpur">Burnpur</a> has a crude steel production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per year.<sup id="cite_ref-iisco_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iisco-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant was implemented with an investment of over Rs 16,000 crore<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2015, the investment for modernisation was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Established in 1918, the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) was amalgamated with SAIL in 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant.<sup id="cite_ref-iisco_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iisco-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chittaranjan_Locomotive_Works" title="Chittaranjan Locomotive Works">Chittaranjan Locomotive Works</a> is one of the largest electric locomotive manufacturers in the world. Established in 1950, it produced steam locomotives up to 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ballavpur Paper Mnfg. Ltd. (earlier Bengal Paper Mill) at <a href="/wiki/Ballavpur" title="Ballavpur">Ballavpur</a> started production in 2009 after revamp.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amongst the other industries at Asansol are: <a href="/wiki/Burn_Standard_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Burn Standard Company">Burn Standard</a> (earlier Indian Standard Wagon), Sen Raleigh cycle factory (not a productive unit any more), Hindustan Pilkington glass factory (not a productive unit any more), Dhakeswari Cotton Mills (not a productive unit any more), Kulti Works of SAIL Growth Division and Hindustan Cables at <a href="/wiki/Rupnarayanpur" title="Rupnarayanpur">Rupnarayanpur</a> (not a productive unit any more).<sup id="cite_ref-msme_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msme-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-disttindustry_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disttindustry-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Steel_Plant" title="Durgapur Steel Plant">Durgapur Steel Plant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Steel_Authority_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Steel Authority of India">Steel Authority of India</a>, set up in the fifties, has a rated capacity of 2.2 million tonnes of crude steel, after expansion and modernisation. The plant is consistently performing at beyond its rated capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Barrage" title="Durgapur Barrage">Durgapur Barrage</a> was built by <a href="/wiki/Damodar_Valley_Corporation" title="Damodar Valley Corporation">Damodar Valley Corporation</a> in 1955 and handed over, along with the canal network, to the Government of West Bengal in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amongst the other industrial units at Durgpur are: Alloy Steels Plant of SAIL, Durgapur Projects Limited, Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (not a productive unit any more), Alstom Power Boilers Ltd. (earlier known as ACC-Vickers Babcock and later as ACC-Babcock), Philips Carbon Black Limited, Sankey Wheels (a unit of GKW), Birla Cement (earlier Durgapur Cement Ltd.), Graphite India Limited, Durgapur Chemicals, Bharat Ophathalmic Glass Limited (not a productive unit any more) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation (not a productive unit any more).<sup id="cite_ref-adda_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adda-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-disttindustry_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disttindustry-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 2001 and 2007 Durgapur saw the setting up of around a dozen middle to large scale industrial investment in iron and steel manufacturing sector. The prominent investors are MB Group, <a href="/wiki/Jai_Balaji_group" title="Jai Balaji group">Jai Balaji group</a>, SPS group, Adhunik Group of Industries, Neo Metallic, Stolberg India, Super Smelters Ltd, <a href="/wiki/Shyam_Steel" title="Shyam Steel">Shyam Steel</a> and <a href="/wiki/UltraTech_Cement" title="UltraTech Cement">UltraTech Cement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adda_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adda-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amongst the industrial areas in the district are: Durgapur Industrial Area, Industrial Complex at Rajbandh, Industrial Estate at Kalyanpur, Asansol, Raniganj Industrial Estate, Panagarh Industrial Park, Aluminium and Non-Ferrous Metal Park and Salanpur Industrial Park.<sup id="cite_ref-msme_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msme-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>IT industry in the area is slowly picking up with the small IT hubs scattered around Durgapur and Asansol. </p><p>Along with this the area is running a parallel economy in illegal mining of coal and sand. Various groups of scrupulous individuals are digging mine shafts and extracting coals illegally which are sold to the small scale industries at less than government rates. The <a href="/wiki/Sand_theft" title="Sand theft">illegal sand mining</a> at Damodar river has damaged the natural flow of the river, caused due to rise in demand for construction of houses and factories recently </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The district has a number of colleges imparting education in engineering, management, medicines, law, science and other technological and general courses. There is only one university in the district namely <a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_University" title="Kazi Nazrul University">Kazi Nazrul University</a>. Some of the well known institutes are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Girls%27_College" title="Asansol Girls' College">Asansol Girls' College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Engineering_College" title="Asansol Engineering College">Asansol Engineering College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Bhalotia_College,_Asansol" class="mw-redirect" title="Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol">Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidhan_Chandra_College,_Asansol" title="Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol">Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshbandhu_Mahavidyalaya" title="Deshbandhu Mahavidyalaya">Deshbandhu Mahavidyalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_College_of_Engineering_%26_Technology" title="Bengal College of Engineering & Technology">Bengal College of Engineering & Technology</a> <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Homoeopathic_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Bengal Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital">Bengal Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital</a> <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Mechanical_Engineering_Research_Institute" title="Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute">Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute</a> <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._B.C._Roy_Engineering_College,_Durgapur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur">Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur</a></li> <li>Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Science, Durgapur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Government_College" title="Durgapur Government College">Durgapur Government College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Institute_of_Legal_Studies" title="Durgapur Institute of Legal Studies">Durgapur Institute of Legal Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Women%27s_College" title="Durgapur Women's College">Durgapur Women's College</a></li> <li>Gupta College of Technological Sciences, Asansol</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IQ_City_Medical_College" title="IQ City Medical College">IQ City Medical College</a> <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Navodaya_Vidyalaya,_Durgapur" title="Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Durgapur">Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_University" title="Kazi Nazrul University">Kazi Nazrul University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_Mahavidyalaya" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam Mahavidyalaya">Kazi Nazrul Islam Mahavidyalaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Churulia" title="Churulia">Churulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_College_Durgapur" title="Law College Durgapur">Law College Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Madhusudan_Memorial_College" title="Michael Madhusudan Memorial College">Michael Madhusudan Memorial College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Durgapur" title="National Institute of Technology, Durgapur">National Institute of Technology, Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Power_Training_Institute" title="National Power Training Institute">National Power Training Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Ramkrishna_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_and_Sanaka_Hospital" title="Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital">Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Xavier%27s_College,_Asansol" title="St. Xavier's College, Asansol">St. Xavier's College, Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triveni_Devi_Bhalotia_College" title="Triveni Devi Bhalotia College">Triveni Devi Bhalotia College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._S._Ahluwalia" title="S. S. Ahluwalia">S. S. Ahluwalia</a>, notable politician of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party_(BJP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)">Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Ashokananda" title="Swami Ashokananda">Swami Ashokananda</a>, monk of the Ramakrishna Math, in charge of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco from 1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Atwal" title="Arjun Atwal">Arjun Atwal</a>, Indian professional golfer, the first player born in India to become a member of, and later win a tournament on the U.S.-based <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhisek_Banerjee" title="Abhisek Banerjee">Abhisek Banerjee</a>, former Indian domestic cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Banerjee" title="Meenakshi Banerjee">Meenakshi Banerjee</a>, Indian cyanobacteriologist and presently works as the head of the Center for Applied Algal Research at Rice University in Houston, Texas</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayas_Ray_Barman" title="Prayas Ray Barman">Prayas Ray Barman</a>, cricketer and youngest player to debut in the IPL</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timir_Biswas" title="Timir Biswas">Timir Biswas</a>, Indian playback singer of Bengali and Hindi films, lead singer of the band Fakira</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandip_Burman" title="Sandip Burman">Sandip Burman</a>, Tabla Player and Musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudip_Chattopadhyay" title="Sudip Chattopadhyay">Sudip Chattopadhyay</a>, Indian developmental biologist and biotechnologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rana_Chowdhary" title="Rana Chowdhary">Rana Chowdhary</a>, Indian cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munmun_Dutta" title="Munmun Dutta">Munmun Dutta</a>, Indian actress and model, best known for her portrayal of <a href="/wiki/Babita_Iyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Babita Iyer">Babita Iyer</a> in the Hindi sitcom <a href="/wiki/Taarak_Mehta_Ka_Ooltah_Chashmah" title="Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah">Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Krishna_Gupta" title="Alok Krishna Gupta">Alok Krishna Gupta</a>, Indian mineralogist, petrologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a>, Bengali poet, writer, musician, popularly known as Bidrohi kabi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aloke_Paul" title="Aloke Paul">Aloke Paul</a>, Indian materials scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Roberts_(politician)" title="Malcolm Roberts (politician)">Malcolm Roberts</a>, Australian politician for <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">Pauline Hanson's One Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mika_Singh" title="Mika Singh">Mika Singh</a>, Indian singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivek_Singh_(chef)" title="Vivek Singh (chef)">Vivek Singh</a>, Indian British celebrity chef and restaurateur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikash_Sinha" title="Bikash Sinha">Bikash Sinha</a>, Indian physicist, chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur in June 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharmila_Tagore" title="Sharmila Tagore">Sharmila Tagore</a>, Indian film actress</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacred_Heart_Church,_Asansol_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sacred Heart Church in Asansol"><img alt="Sacred Heart Church in Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg/100px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg/150px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg/200px-Sacred_Heart_Church%2C_Asansol_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sacred Heart Church in Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple,_Maithan_77.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalyaneshwari Temple in Asansol"><img alt="Kalyaneshwari Temple in Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg/60px-Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg/90px-Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg/120px-Mother_Kalyaneshwari_Temple%2C_Maithan_77.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kalyaneshwari Temple in Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghagar_Buri_Temple,_Asansol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ghaghar Burhi Chandi Temple in Asansol"><img alt="Ghaghar Burhi Chandi Temple in Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg/100px-Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg/150px-Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg/200px-Ghagar_Buri_Temple%2C_Asansol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ghaghar_Burhi" title="Ghaghar Burhi">Ghaghar Burhi Chandi Temple</a> in Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JTM,_Brunpur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jagannath Temple in Burnpur, Asansol."><img alt="Jagannath Temple in Burnpur, Asansol." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/JTM%2C_Brunpur.jpg/100px-JTM%2C_Brunpur.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vivekananda_Institute_or_Durand_Institute%2C_Asansol-_01.jpg/150px-Vivekananda_Institute_or_Durand_Institute%2C_Asansol-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vivekananda_Institute_or_Durand_Institute%2C_Asansol-_01.jpg/200px-Vivekananda_Institute_or_Durand_Institute%2C_Asansol-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vivekananda Institute (Durand Institute), Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rabindra_Bhawan,_Asansol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rabindra Bhawan in Asansol"><img alt="Rabindra Bhawan in Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg/100px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg/150px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg/200px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Asansol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rabindra Bhawan in Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Burnpur Nehru Park in Riverside, Asansol"><img alt="Burnpur Nehru Park in Riverside, Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg/100px-Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg/150px-Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg/200px-Burnpur_Nehru_Park_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Burnpur Nehru Park in Riverside, Asansol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maithon_Dam.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maithon Dam"><img alt="Maithon Dam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maithon_Dam.jpg/100px-Maithon_Dam.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maithon_Dam.jpg/150px-Maithon_Dam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Maithon_Dam.jpg/200px-Maithon_Dam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4731" data-file-height="3070" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Maithon Dam</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 135px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px; height: 110px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam,_Asansol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Kazi Nazrul Islam in Asansol"><img alt="Statue of Kazi Nazrul Islam in Asansol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg/60px-Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg/90px-Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg/120px-Statue_of_Kazi_Nazrul_Islam%2C_Asansol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3864" data-file-height="5152" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of <a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a> in <a 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href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ad-Dharmi" title="Ad-Dharmi">Ad-Dharmis</a>, or not stated</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paschim_Bardhaman_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community development<br />blocks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Sadar_subdivision" title="Asansol Sadar subdivision">Asansol Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barabani_(community_development_block)" title="Barabani (community development block)">Barabani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(community_development_block)" title="Jamuria (community development block)">Jamuria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raniganj (community development block)">Raniganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_subdivision" title="Durgapur subdivision">Durgapur subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andal_(community_development_block)" title="Andal (community development block)">Andal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridpur_Durgapur" title="Faridpur Durgapur">Faridpur Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanksa_(community_development_block)" title="Kanksa (community development block)">Kanksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar_(community_development_block)" title="Pandabeswar (community development block)">Pandabeswar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coal mining operational area</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankola_Area" title="Bankola Area">Bankola Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajora_Area" title="Kajora Area">Kajora Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenda_Area" title="Kenda Area">Kenda Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunustoria_Area" title="Kunustoria Area">Kunustoria Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandaveswar_Area" title="Pandaveswar Area">Pandaveswar Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salanpur_Area" title="Salanpur Area">Salanpur Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satgram_Area" title="Satgram Area">Satgram Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sodepur_Area" title="Sodepur Area">Sodepur Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sripur_Area" title="Sripur Area">Sripur Area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_19_(India)" title="National Highway 19 (India)">NH 19</a> (old numbering NH 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagarh%E2%80%93Morgram_Highway" title="Panagarh–Morgram Highway">Panagarh–Morgram Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Road" title="Grand Trunk Road">Grand Trunk Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_14_(India)" title="National Highway 14 (India)">NH 14</a> (old numbering NH 60)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Delhi_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah–Delhi main line">Howrah–Delhi main line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Chord" title="Grand Chord">Grand Chord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman%E2%80%93Asansol_section" title="Bardhaman–Asansol section">Bardhaman–Asansol section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol%E2%80%93Gaya_section" title="Asansol–Gaya section">Asansol–Gaya section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indian_Railway_Company" title="East Indian Railway Company">East Indian Railway Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Railway_zone" title="Eastern Railway zone">Eastern Railway zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol%E2%80%93Tatanagar%E2%80%93Kharagpur_line" title="Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line">Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Railway stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andal_Junction_railway_station" title="Andal Junction railway station">Andal Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Junction_railway_station" title="Asansol Junction railway station">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barachak_railway_station" title="Barachak railway station">Barachak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_railway_station" title="Damodar railway station">Damodar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_railway_station" title="Durgapur railway station">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raniganj_railway_station" title="Raniganj railway station">Raniganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitarampur_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitarampur railway station">Sitarampur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutes of higher learning</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aryabhatta_Institute_of_Engineering_%26_Management_Durgapur" title="Aryabhatta Institute of Engineering & Management Durgapur">Aryabhatta Institute of Engineering & Management Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Engineering_College" title="Asansol Engineering College">Asansol Engineering College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_College_of_Engineering_%26_Technology" title="Bengal College of Engineering & Technology">Bengal College of Engineering & Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Homoeopathic_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Bengal Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital"> Bengal Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Mechanical_Engineering_Research_Institute" title="Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute"> Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._B.C._Roy_Engineering_College,_Durgapur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur">Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Institute_of_Advanced_Technology_and_Management" title="Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management">Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gouri_Devi_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_and_Hospital" title="Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital">Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IQ_City_Medical_College" title="IQ City Medical College">IQ City Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_University" title="Kazi Nazrul University">Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Durgapur" title="National Institute of Technology, Durgapur">National Institute of Technology, Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Power_Training_Institute" title="National Power Training Institute">National Power Training Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Ramkrishna_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_and_Sanaka_Hospital" title="Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital">Shri Ramkrishna Institute of Medical Sciences and Sanaka Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanaka_Education_Trusts_Group_of_Institutions" title="Sanaka Education Trusts Group of Institutions">Sanaka Education Trusts Group of Institutions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hindu</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghaghar_Burhi" title="Ghaghar Burhi">Ghaghar Burhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyaneshwari_Temple" title="Kalyaneshwari Temple">Kalyaneshwari Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Asansol" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol">Diocese of Asansol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lok Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman%E2%80%93Durgapur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bardhaman–Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Durgapur – now defunct</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kulti_Assembly_constituency" title="Kulti Assembly constituency">Kulti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabani_Assembly_constituency" title="Barabani Assembly constituency">Barabani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Uttar_Assembly_constituency" title="Asansol Uttar Assembly constituency">Asansol Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol_Dakshin_Assembly_constituency" title="Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency">Asansol Dakshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raniganj,_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency" title="Raniganj, West Bengal Assembly constituency">Raniganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuria_Assembly_constituency" title="Jamuria Assembly constituency">Jamuria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar_Assembly_constituency" title="Pandabeswar Assembly constituency">Pandabeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Purba" class="mw-redirect" title="Durgapur Purba">Durgapur Purba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Paschim" class="mw-redirect" title="Durgapur Paschim">Durgapur Paschim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hirapur_Assembly_constituency" title="Hirapur Assembly constituency">Hirapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanksa_Assembly_constituency" title="Kanksa Assembly constituency">Kanksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukhra_Assembly_constituency" title="Ukhra Assembly constituency">Ukhra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Paschim_Bardhaman_District" title="Template:Paschim Bardhaman District">Cities, towns and locations in Paschim Bardhaman district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Villages_in_Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Category:Villages in Paschim Bardhaman district">Villages in Paschim Bardhaman district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Damodar_Valley" title="Template:Damodar Valley">Damodar Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">State of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_union_territory_capitals_in_India" title="List of state and union territory capitals in India">Capital</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols" title="List of Indian state symbols">State symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_emblems" title="List of Indian state emblems">Emblem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_West_Bengal" title="Emblem of West Bengal">Emblem of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_anthems" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian state anthems">Anthem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Banglar_Mati_Banglar_Jol" title="Banglar Mati Banglar Jol">Banglar Mati Banglar Jol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fishing_cat" title="Fishing cat">Fishing cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-throated_kingfisher" title="White-throated kingfisher">White-throated kingfisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis" title="Nyctanthes arbor-tristis">Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Devil's tree (Saptaparni)</a></li> <li>Fish: <a href="/wiki/Ilish" title="Ilish">Ilish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bengal" title="History of Bengal">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shashanka" title="Shashanka">Shashanka</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum_kingdom" title="Mallabhum kingdom">Mallabhum kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_State" title="Cooch Behar State">Cooch Behar State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Bengal_famine_of_1770" title="Great Bengal famine of 1770">Great Bengal famine of 1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion of 1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Bardhaman Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_Raj" title="Nadia Raj">Nadia Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_Raj" title="Jhargram Raj">Jhargram Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovabazar_Raj" title="Sovabazar Raj">Sovabazar Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence" title="Revolutionary movement for Indian independence">Revolutionary movement for Indian independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushilan_Samiti" title="Anushilan Samiti">Anushilan Samiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugantar" title="Jugantar">Jugantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal famine of 1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Action_Day" title="Direct Action Day">Direct Action Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement_(Manbhum)" title="Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)">Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalite%E2%80%93Maoist_insurgency" title="Naxalite–Maoist insurgency">Naxalite–Maoist insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_Bengal" title="Maritime history of Bengal">Maritime history of Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_West_Bengal" title="Geography of West Bengal">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Basin" title="Bengal Basin">Bengal Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_hill_region" title="Darjeeling Himalayan hill region">Darjeeling Himalayan hill region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bengal_plains" title="North Bengal plains">North Bengal plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rarh_region" title="Rarh region">Rarh region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vajjabhumi" title="Vajjabhumi">Western plateau and high lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_West_Bengal" title="Climate of West Bengal">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandakphu" title="Sandakphu">Sandakphu (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_West_Bengal" title="List of protected areas of West Bengal">Protected areas of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rivers_of_West_Bengal" title="Category:Rivers of West Bengal">Rivers of West Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teesta_River" title="Teesta River">Teesta River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">Khoai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Hill,_Darjeeling" title="Tiger Hill, Darjeeling">Tiger Hill, Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Corridor" title="Siliguri Corridor">Siliguri Corridor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_West_Bengal" title="Government of West Bengal">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_West_Bengal" title="List of chief ministers of West Bengal">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_West_Bengal" title="List of governors of West Bengal">Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission" title="West Bengal Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_West_Bengal" title="Category:Political parties in West Bengal">Political parties</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee">Indian National Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party,_West_Bengal" title="Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal">Bharatiya Janata Party</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Lok_Sabha_constituencies_of_West_Bengal" title="Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly">Assembly constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CID_West_Bengal" title="CID West Bengal">CID West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">Rights groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matua_Mahasangha" title="Matua Mahasangha">Matua Mahasangha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangla_Pokkho" title="Bangla Pokkho">Bangla Pokkho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_West_Bengal" title="Administrative divisions of West Bengal">Divisions</a> and <br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_West_Bengal" title="List of districts of West Bengal">districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_division" title="Burdwan division">Burdwan division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paschim Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Bardhaman_district" title="Purba Bardhaman district">Purba Bardhaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_division" title="Jalpaiguri division">Jalpaiguri division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_district" title="Alipurduar district">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_district" title="Cooch Behar district">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_district" title="Darjeeling district">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_district" title="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_district" title="Kalimpong district">Kalimpong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Malda_division" title="Malda division">Malda division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_district" title="Berhampore district">Berhampore</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Dinajpur_district" title="Dakshin Dinajpur district">Dakshin Dinajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_district" title="Jangipur district">Jangipur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Dinajpur_district" title="Uttar Dinajpur district">Uttar Dinajpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medinipur_division" title="Medinipur division">Medinipur division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_district,_West_Bengal" title="Bishnupur district, West Bengal">Bishnupur</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_district" title="Jhargram district">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">Paschim Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur_district" title="Purba Medinipur district">Purba Medinipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_division" title="Presidency division">Presidency division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_district" title="Basirhat district">Basirhat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_district" title="Howrah district">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_district" title="Ichamati district">Ichamati</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_district" title="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadia_district" title="Nadia district">Nadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_district" title="Ranaghat district">Ranaghat</a> (declared)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_24_Parganas" title="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_district" title="Sundarbans district">Sundarbans</a> (declared)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_and_towns_in_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities and towns in West Bengal">Cities and<br /> towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipore" title="Alipore">Alipore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore" title="Berhampore">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat" title="Balurghat">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli-Chuchura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malda,_West_Bengal" title="Malda, West Bengal">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore" title="Midnapore">Midnapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Siuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Bengal_by_population" title="List of cities in West Bengal by population">List of cities in West Bengal by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Bengal_cities_and_towns_by_district_templates" title="Category:West Bengal cities and towns by district templates">Cities and towns by district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_West_Bengal" title="Culture of West Bengal">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendars" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali calendars">Bengali calendars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalchitra" title="Chalchitra">Chalchitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_of_West_Bengal" title="Arts of West Bengal">Arts of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadu_(festival)" title="Bhadu (festival)">Bhadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_dance" title="Chhau dance">Chhau dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Cuisine" title="West Bengal Cuisine">Cuisine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cuisine" title="Bengali cuisine">Bengali</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Nritya_Natya" title="Rabindra Nritya Natya">Rabindra Nritya Natya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dol_Purnima" title="Dol Purnima">Dol Purnima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Kolkata" title="Prostitution in Kolkata">Prostitution in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh" title="Pohela Boishakh">Pohela Boishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhai_Dooj" title="Bhai Dooj">Bhai Dooj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra" title="Ratha Yatra">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Bengal" title="Architecture of Bengal">Architecture of Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_temple_architecture" title="Bengal temple architecture">Bengal temples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_literature" title="Bengali literature">Bengali literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan Ganguly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor_Shonku" title="Professor Shonku">Professor Shonku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarini_Khuro" title="Tarini Khuro">Tarini Khuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakababu" title="Kakababu">Kakababu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiriti_Roy" title="Kiriti Roy">Kiriti Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pather_Panchali_(novel)" title="Pather Panchali (novel)">Pather Panchali (novel)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cinema,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali cinema, India">Bengali cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatra_(theatre)" title="Jatra (theatre)">Jatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_in_Bengali_culture" title="Ghosts in Bengali culture">Ghosts in Bengali culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">GI products</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluchari_sari" title="Baluchari sari">Baluchari sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasgulla" title="Rasgulla">Banglar Rosogolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">Banglar Muslin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_horse" title="Bankura horse">Bankura horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattachitra" title="Pattachitra">Bengal Patachitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_mask" title="Chhau mask">Chhau mask</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_tea" title="Darjeeling tea">Darjeeling tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_Sari" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhaniakhali Sari">Dhaniakhali Sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhokra" title="Dhokra">Dhokra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fazli_(mango)" title="Fazli (mango)">Fazli (mango)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garad_Saree" class="mw-redirect" title="Garad Saree">Garad Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobindobhog" class="mw-redirect" title="Gobindobhog">Gobindobhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himsagar" title="Himsagar">Himsagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagarer_Moa" title="Jaynagarer Moa">Jaynagarer Moa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurkathi" title="Madurkathi">Madurkathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasa_chali" title="Manasa chali">Manasa chali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihidana" title="Mihidana">Mihidana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiniketan_Leather_Goods" title="Santiniketan Leather Goods">Santiniketan Leather Goods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipuri_sari" title="Shantipuri sari">Shantipuri sari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitabhog" title="Sitabhog">Sitabhog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarban_Honey" title="Sundarban Honey">Sundarban Honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangail_Saree_(West_Bengal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tangail Saree (West Bengal)">Tangail Saree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulaipanji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulaipanji">Tulaipanji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Bihari people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_West_Bengal" title="Economy of West Bengal">Economy of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Gorkha" title="Indian Gorkha">Gurkha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">Adivasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_people" title="Rajbanshi people">Rajbanshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_communities_in_Kolkata" title="Ethnic communities in Kolkata">Ethnic communities in Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrimination_against_Bengalis_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Discrimination against Bengalis in India">Discrimination against Bengalis in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_West_Bengal" title="List of people from West Bengal">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumar_Gain" title="Anil Kumar Gain">Anil Kumar Gain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose" title="Subhas Chandra Bose">Subhas Chandra Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamini_Roy" title="Jamini Roy">Jamini Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidhan_Chandra_Roy" title="Bidhan Chandra Roy">Bidhan Chandra Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyoti_Basu" title="Jyoti Basu">Jyoti Basu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose" title="Jagadish Chandra Bose">Jagadish Chandra Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghnad_Saha" title="Meghnad Saha">Meghnad Saha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankim_Chandra_Chatterjee" title="Bankim Chandra Chatterjee">Bankim Chandra Chatterjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarat_Chandra_Bose" title="Sarat Chandra Bose">Sarat Chandra Bose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnanadanandini_Devi" title="Jnanadanandini Devi">Jnanadanandini Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abanindranath_Tagore" title="Abanindranath Tagore">Abanindranath Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyendranath_Tagore" 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