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'''Charanpur''' is a village in the [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] of West Bengal, India, about {{convert|9|km}} from the industrial town of [[Asansol]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Charanpur is classified as an Out Growth (OG) Urban Unit. It has an area of {{convert|2.63|km2}}.
In 2001 the population was 3,301, of which 1,688 were male and 1,613 female.{{sfn|Population, Density & General Sex Ratio: Bardhaman}}
For postal delivery, Charanpur is a sub-office of the [[Jamuria]] Taluk.{{sfn|Charanpur S.O Post Office}}
For other administrative purposes, it is within the [[Barabani (community development block)|Barabani community development block]].{{sfn|Charanpur (og): indiagrowing}}

[[Pangachhiya]], [[Majiara]], [[Bhanowara]], [[Domohani]], Charanpur (OG), [[Ratibati]] and [[Chelad]] form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern sides of [[Asansol]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf |title= Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Barddhaman |work = Map of Barabani CD Block, page 167 and Map of Raniganj CD Block, page 215| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 31 August 2018}}</ref>

===Urbanisation===
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 4 September 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2015, the municipal areas of [[Kulti]], [[Raniganj]] and [[Jamuria]] were included within the jurisdiction of [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=2015notification>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf | title = The Kolkata Gazette | work = Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015 | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 4 September 2018 | 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>Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) [[Census Town]]s.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

==Asansol Urban Agglomeration==
As per the 2011 census, the [[urban agglomeration]] (UA) centred upon Asansol had a population of 1,243,414. In addition to the erstwhile municipalities of [[Kulti]], [[Jamuria]], and [[Raniganj]] subsequently incorporated into the [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]], the agglomeration included the [[census towns]] of [[Amkula]], [[Baktarnagar]], [[Ballavpur]], [[Bhanowara]], [[Domohani]], [[Egara, Paschim Bardhaman|Egara]], [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)]], [[Majiara]], [[Murgathaul]], [[Raghunathchak]], [[Sahebganj, Paschim Bardhaman|Sahebganj]] and [[Topsi]], and also Charanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above| work= Provisional Population Total, Census of India 2011| publisher = Government of India |access-date = 27 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=2015notification/>

==Coal mining==
Formerly Charanpur was a coal mining location.{{sfn|Chakrabarti|1989|p=127}}
It lay in the [[Raniganj]] coal field.{{sfn|O'Malley|1909|p=143}}
There were two seams. The Koithee coal seam was {{convert|45|m}} above the Poniati seam. An oblique fault cut across the two seams.{{sfn|Singh|2005|p=125}}
In 1865 [[Apcar and Company]] was working a seam of coal {{convert|13|ft}} deep near Charanpur.{{sfn|Geological Survey|1865|p=104}}
It held {{convert|12|ft}} of fair coal.{{sfn|Hunter|1875|p=112}}
In 1891 the Apcar's Charampur colliery was the first on the district to be lit by electric light.{{sfn|Notes: The Electrician 1891}}
The Civil Engineering College at [[Sibpur]] began providing regular course of instruction in mining at the colliery in 1906.{{sfn|O'Malley|1909|p=143}}

==References==
'''Citations'''
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'''Sources'''
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*{{cite book|last=Chakrabarti|first=Prabhas Kumar|title=Coal Industry in West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=714a_MFO4ksC&pg=PA127|access-date=2013-11-07
|date=1989-01-01|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-85119-61-8}}
*{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Charanpur (og): indiagrowing}}|url=http://www.indiagrowing.com/West_Bengal/Bardhaman/Barabani/Charanpur_(og)
|title=Charanpur (og)|work=indiagrowing|access-date=2013-11-07}}
*{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Charanpur S.O Post Office}}|url=http://in.wowsome.com/pincode/charanpur-post-office-pincode-713330/147495/|title=Charanpur S.O Post Office|work=wowsome|access-date=2013-11-07|archive-url=https://archive.is/20131107183200/http://in.wowsome.com/pincode/charanpur-post-office-pincode-713330/147495/#|archive-date=7 November 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
*{{cite book|author=Geological Survey|title=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVBSQ3XkBesC&pg=PA104|access-date=2013-11-05
|year=1865|publisher=Governor-General of India.}}
*{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=William Wilson|title=A statistical account of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA112|access-date=2013-11-07
|year=1875}}
*{{cite book|ref={{harvid|Notes: The Electrician 1891}}
|chapter=Notes|title=The Electrician|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fYNNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA473|access-date=2013-11-07
|year=1891|publisher=James Gray}}
*{{cite book|last=O'Malley|first=L.S.S.|title=Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ3xRWL-S60C&pg=PA143|access-date=2013-11-07
|year=1909|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|id=GGKEY:S00XLXU62J6}}
*{{cite web|ref={{harvid|Population, Density & General Sex Ratio: Bardhaman}}|url=http://bardhaman.nic.in/census/popdensity.html
|title=Population, Density & General Sex Ratio|publisher=Bardhaman District|access-date=2013-11-08}}
*{{cite book|last=Singh|first=R. D.|title=Principles and Practices of Modern Coal Mining|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZZkXRLlJZgC&pg=PA125|access-date=2013-11-07
|year=2005|publisher=New Age International|isbn=978-81-224-0974-1}}
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