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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Burnpur''' is a captive township of [[Steel Authority of India Limited|SAIL]], the area covered by [[IISCO Steel Plant]] and its surroundings in [[Asansol]] of [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is governed by [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033552/https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
In the densely forested area around the place where Burnpur now stands was a small [[Santhal people|Santal]] hamlet named Hirapur, in Shergarh pargana, in the zemindari of the [[Panchkot Raj|Raja of Panchkot]]. That was long before the arrival of the British in India, but it is difficult to specify how long back. Manick Chand Thakur, a descendant of [[Srinivasa Acarya|Srinivas Thakur]], a direct disciple of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]], came and settled in Hirapur. He built a temple of Madan Gopal, on a piece of land gifted by the Raja of Panchkot, sometime towards the end of the 18th century, or may be a little earlier. The temple is still there. In the early British era, Hirapur finds a place in the list of villages under Asansol police station and served by Asansol post office, in the village directory of Burdwan district compiled by the Post Master General of Bengal in 1884.<ref name=iisco>N.R.Srinivasan, History of the Indian Iron and Steel Company, 1983, pages 8, 60-61, 77, 86-87, 178-184.</ref> The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] main line from Nagpur to [[Asansol Junction railway station|Asansol]], on the [[Howrah-Delhi main line]], was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.<ref name=ser>{{cite web |url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=19 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date=1 April 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> A railway station, named Narsinghbandh came up on that line, near Hirapur.<ref name=iisco/>

The Indian Iron and Steel Company was incorporated on 11 March 1918. The iron works of IISCO was to be located at Hirapur and was subsequently named Hirapur Works. As the construction of the plant commenced, there was brisk activity at Hirapur and the adjoining jungle villages of Santa, Narsinghbandh, Napuria and Dharampur. As Burn & Company played an important role in the setting up of the entire project, the upcoming township was christened Burnpur. The name of the railway station, Narsinghbandh, was subsequently changed to [[Burnpur railway station|Burnpur]].<ref name=iisco/>

The Steel Corporation of Bengal was incorporated on 20 April 1937 with Burn & Co. as managing agents. SCOB established steel making facilities at Napuria, adjacent to the Hirapur Works of IISCO and the plant was named Napuria Works.<ref name=iisco/> In 1953, SCOB was amalgamated with IISCO. Napuria Works producing steel coalesced with Hirapur Works producing iron to form Burnpur Works of IISCO.<ref name=iisco/> IISCO went in for major extensions in the fifties. A new township at Chhotodighari was ready for occupation by 1959. Along with the development of the company’s township, several areas such as Subashpally, Santinagar, Puranahat, Rahmatnagar and Rambandh developed over the years filling up the space between the old villages of Hirapur and Narsinghbandh.<ref name=iisco/>

The Indian Standard Wagon Company, founded in 1918, shared the facilities in the company’s township at Burnpur. In 1976, Burn & Co. was amalgamated with the Indian Standard Wagon Company and renamed [[Burn Standard Company]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.burnstandard.com/history.html |title = Burn Standard | work= Historical perspective |publisher= BS | access-date = 10 March 2017 }}</ref> On 4 April 2018, the [[Government of India]] approved the liquidation of Burn Standard Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/cabinet-approves-closure-of-loss-making-burn-standard-company-ltd-118040401432_1.html|title=Cabinet approves closure of loss-making Burn Standard Company Ltd|agency=Press Trust of India|date=4 April 2018|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

===Asansol Municipal Corporation===
[[Asansol Municipal Corporation]] emerged as a municipal corporation in 1994 with the merger of Burnpur Notified Area Authority, some rural parts of Asansol community development block and some colliery areas within Asansol Municipality.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://asansolmunicipalcorporation.org/over_view.php | title = Asansol Municipal Corporation | work = About Asansol Municipal Corporation | publisher = AMC | access-date = 10 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312080951/http://asansolmunicipalcorporation.org/over_view.php | archive-date = 12 March 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Overview===
Burnpur is located at {{coord|23.6667|N|86.9333|E|}}. It has an average elevation of 75 metres (249 feet).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Burnpur.html | title = Burnpur, India Page | access-date = 2008-03-21 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Falling Rain Genomics | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070917085952/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Burnpur.html | archive-date = 17 September 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Asansol is composed of undulating [[laterite]] region. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] and the [[Ajay River|Ajay]]. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal, in the 18th century, led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>

===Police station===
Hirapur police station has jurisdiction over parts of [[Asansol]] municipal corporation. The area covered is 63.33 km<sup>2</sup> and the population covered is 200,000.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 18 February 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |archive-date = 29 July 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://asansoldurgapurpolice.in/# |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120122003743/http://asansoldurgapurpolice.in/ |url-status = dead |archive-date = 22 January 2012 |title = Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate |work = Find your police station |publisher = Asansol Durgapur Police |access-date = 18 February 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Burnpur bungalow.jpg|thumb|Legacy of a colonial past - A senior officer's bungalow]]

==Demographics==
The [[2011 Census of India]] was carried out well before the reorganisation of Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2015. The census data is available on ward basis for the pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation. [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] covers ward nos. 9, 18, 20, 34 to 50 of pre-2015 Asansol municipal corporation and certain gram panchayats of [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] CD Block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation broadly cover the Burnpur area.

As per the [[2011 Census of India]] the wards of pre-2015 Asansol Municipal Corporation in Asansol South (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had a total population of 238,631, of which 123,160 (52%) were males and 114,471 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 24,265. The total number of literates was 176,460 (82.32% of the population over 6 years).
<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census - Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 10 March 2017 }}</ref>

==Education==
IISCO Steel Plant runs Burnpur Boys’ High School, Burnpur Girls’ High School and Chhotodighari Vidyapeeth.<ref name=facilities>{{cite web | url = https://www.sail.co.in/iisco-steel-plant/facilities | title = Steel Authority of India | work = IISCO Steel Plant Facilities | publisher = SAIL | access-date = 6 March 2017 | archive-date = 11 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170711054914/https://sail.co.in/iisco-steel-plant/facilities | url-status = dead }}</ref> Amongst the other schools are: Bari Vidyalaya High School<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getpincode.info/bari-vidyalaya-high-school-wagon-colony-burnpur-pin-713325|title=Pincode of Bari Vidyalaya High School Wagon Colony Burnpur Pin 713325_|website=www.getpincode.info|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>

Burnpur Riverside School,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://brsburnpur.com/ | title = Burnpur Riverside School | publisher = BRS | access-date = 6 March 2017}}</ref> Manik Chand Thakur Institution at Hirapur,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://schoolspedia.com/website/hirapur-manik-chand-thakur-institution-burdwan | title = Hirapur Manik Chand Thakur Institution | publisher = schoolspedia | access-date = 6 March 2017}}</ref> [[Subhaspally Bidyaniketan]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://studychacha.com/discuss/114485-subhashpalli-vidyaniketan.html | title = Subhaspally Vidyaniketan | publisher = studyvhacha | access-date = 6 March 2017}}</ref> Shantinagar Vidyamandir,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://educationclub.in/shantinagar-vidyamandir-5195 | title = Shantinagar Vidyamandir | publisher = Education Club | access-date = 6 March 2017}}</ref>

[[Image:Bharati Bhaban.jpg|thumb|Rich cultural tradition at Bharati Bhaban, Burnpur]]

==Culture==
From the early years, the social and cultural life at Burnpur evolved around the club, a typical English institution. Burnpur Club was started in 1920. It was earlier named Hirapur Officers Club, and then known as Senior Club for many years. The club building was inaugurated by [[Rajendra Nath Mookerjee|Sir Rajen Mookerjee]]. Crescent Club was popular in the earlier days, but closed down later. Bharati Bhaban was also started in 1920, initially known as Hirapur Indian Association, then as Burnpur Indian Association and finally as Bharati Bhaban in 1948. Almost anybody who has made a mark in the Bengali cultural arena has performed at Bharati Bhaban. Stalwarts such as [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], [[Allauddin Khan]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Bhimsen Joshi]] and [[M.S. Subbulakshmi]] have performed at Bharati Bhaban.<ref name=iisco/>

==Healthcare==
There is the 500-bed Burnpur Hospital of [[IISCO Steel Plant]].<ref name=facilities/>

==Social welfare==
IISCO Steel Plant’s initiatives, under its corporate social responsibility programme have altered the scenario in the surrounding areas such as Haramdihi, Naksaradata, Gutgutpara, Dhoyrapara, Kakardanga, Purshottampur and Bhallukjor. The plant has adopted the inmates of [[Leonard Cheshire Disability|Cheshire Home]], a centre for differently-abled persons. Two well-known social welfare organisations of the spouses of IISCO Steel Plant employees are Women’s Voluntary Services and Burnpur Mahila Samaj.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sail.co.in/iisco-steel-plant/community | title = Steel Authority of India | work = IISCO Steel Plant - Community | publisher = SAIL | access-date = 6 March 2017}}</ref>

==Sports==
Burnpur Stadium is the centre of extensive sporting activities. Amongst the other centres are: [[Burnpur Cricket Club Ground]], ISP Sports House and ISP Boxing Centre.<ref name=facilities/>

==See also==
* [[Nehru Park, Burnpur]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Asansol}}

{{Paschim Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Asansol]]
[[Category:Company towns in India]]

Burnpur - Revision history

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