Ethora | |
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Village | |
  Ethora Location in West Bengal, India  Ethora Ethora (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°45′15″N 86°55′25″E / 23.7541°N 86.9235°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,547 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barabani |
| Website | bardhaman |
Ethora is a rural suburb of Asansol, located in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was a site of the first attempts at commercial coal extraction in the country. The area presently is a coal-mining area. It is in Raniganj Coalfield and lies in the Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields.