Durgapur
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Clockwise from top: Downtown Durgapur,
Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Township entrance at Gandhi More,
Durgapur Barrage, Shiv Shakti Dham Temple, Garden inside
NIT Durgapur Campus
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Nickname:
Ruhr of India
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Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E / 23.55°N 87.32°E / 23.55; 87.32 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Established | Late 1950s |
Founded by | Bidhan Chandra Roy (former chief minister of West Bengal) |
Named for | Durgadas Chattopadhyay |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
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• Mayor | Anindita Mukherjee |
• Commissioner of Police (CP) | Sukesh Kumar Jain, IPS (Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate) |
Area | |
• Metropolis | 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 771.28 km2 (297.79 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd in West Bengal |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Population
(2011)
[3]
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• Metropolis | 581,409 |
• Rank | 4th in West Bengal |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
• Urban | 566,937 |
• Metro | 1,209,372 |
Demonym(s) | Durgapurbashi, Durgapurians |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali[5][6] |
• Additional official | English[5] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN |
713201- 713217 for City Area
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Telephone code | +91 0343 |
Vehicle registration | WB-39 / WB-40 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur (MP - S.S. Ahluwalia - BJP) |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Durgapur Purba (MLA - Pradip Mazumdar - TMC), Durgapur Paschim (MLA - LAKSHMAN CHANDRA GHORUI -BJP) |
Climate | Aw |
Website | durgapurmunicipalcorporation |
Durgapur
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Clockwise from top: Downtown Durgapur,
Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur Steel Township entrance at Gandhi More,
Durgapur Barrage, Shiv Shakti Dham Temple, Garden inside
NIT Durgapur Campus
|
|
Nickname:
Ruhr of India
|
|
Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E / 23.55°N 87.32°E / 23.55; 87.32 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Established | Late 1950s |
Founded by | Bidhan Chandra Roy (former chief minister of West Bengal) |
Named for | Durgadas Chattopadhyay |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body |
|
• Mayor | Anindita Mukherjee |
• Commissioner of Police (CP) | Sukesh Kumar Jain, IPS (Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate) |
Area | |
• Metropolis | 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 771.28 km2 (297.79 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd in West Bengal |
Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
Population
(2011)
[3]
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|
• Metropolis | 581,409 |
• Rank | 4th in West Bengal |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi) |
• Urban | 566,937 |
• Metro | 1,209,372 |
Demonym(s) | Durgapurbashi, Durgapurians |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali[5][6] |
• Additional official | English[5] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN |
713201- 713217 for City Area
|
Telephone code | +91 0343 |
Vehicle registration | WB-39 / WB-40 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur (MP - S.S. Ahluwalia - BJP) |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Durgapur Purba (MLA - Pradip Mazumdar - TMC), Durgapur Paschim (MLA - LAKSHMAN CHANDRA GHORUI -BJP) |
Climate | Aw |
Website | durgapurmunicipalcorporation |