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Charanpur is a village in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, about Template:Convert from the industrial town of Asansol.
Geography
Location
Charanpur is classified as an Out Growth (OG) Urban Unit. It has an area of Template:Convert. In 2001 the population was 3,301, of which 1,688 were male and 1,613 female.Template:Sfn For postal delivery, Charanpur is a sub-office of the Jamuria Taluk.Template:Sfn For other administrative purposes, it is within the Barabani community development block.Template:Sfn
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.[1]
Urbanisation
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.[2] In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[3]Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
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, Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Majiara, Murgathaul, Raghunathchak, Sahebganj and Topsi, and also Charanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria.[4][3]
Coal mining
Formerly Charanpur was a coal mining location.Template:Sfn It lay in the Raniganj coal field.Template:Sfn There were two seams. The Koithee coal seam was Template:Convert above the Poniati seam. An oblique fault cut across the two seams.Template:Sfn In 1865 Apcar and Company was working a seam of coal Template:Convert deep near Charanpur.Template:Sfn It held Template:Convert of fair coal.Template:Sfn In 1891 the Apcar's Charampur colliery was the first on the district to be lit by electric light.Template:Sfn The Civil Engineering College at Sibpur began providing regular course of instruction in mining at the colliery in 1906.Template:Sfn
References
Citations
- ↑ Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Barddhaman. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ↑ District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Kolkata Gazette. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above. Government of India. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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