Asansol

Asansol
Metropolis
Asansol Junction railway station, IISCO Steel Plant, Asansol Engineering College, Burnpur Nehru Park, Gandhi More street
Nickname(s): 
"The City of Brotherhood"[1] and
"The Land of Black Diamonds" [2]
Asansol is located in West Bengal
Asansol
Asansol
Location in West Bengal, India
Asansol is located in India
Asansol
Asansol
Asansol (India)
Asansol is located in Asia
Asansol
Asansol
Asansol (Asia)
Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E / 23.68; 86.99
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyAsansol Municipal Corporation
 • MayorBidhan Upadhyay
 • Deputy Mayor
  • Abhijeet Ghatak
  • Wasim Ul Haque
 • Police CommissionerSukesh Kumar Jain, IPS
Area
[6][7]
 • Metropolis
326 km2 (126 sq mi)
 • Metro
[8]
1,615 km2 (624 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd in West Bengal
Elevation
111 m (364 ft)
Population
 (2011)[6][7]
 • Metropolis
1,243,414 [3][4][5]
 • Rank2nd in West Bengal
 • Metro
[8]
3,000,000
DemonymAsansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolbashi
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[9][10]
 • Additional officialEnglish[10]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
713 3xx
Telephone code0341
Vehicle registrationWB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44 (WB 44A, WB 44B, WB 44C, WB 44D)
Sex ratio1.08[11] ♂/♀
Literacy84.82[11]
Lok Sabha constituencyAsansol (MP — Shatrughan Sinha  — TMC)
Vidhan Sabha constituenciesAsansol Uttar (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC)

Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Agnimitra Paul —BJP)

Pandaveswar (MLA — Narendranath Chakraborty —TMC)

Raniganj (MLA — Tapas Banerjee —TMC)

Jamuria (MLA  — Hareram Singh —TMC)

Kulti (MLA —Ajay Kumar Poddar —BJP)

Barabani (MLA —Bidhan Upadhyay —TMC)
PoliceAsansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate
Websitepaschimbardhaman.gov.in
Map

Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in West Bengal. It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district. According to a 2010 report released by the International Institute for Environment and Development, a UK-based policy research non-governmental body, Asansol was ranked 11th among Indian cities and 42nd in the world in its list of 100 fastest-growing cities.[12] Asansol is classed as a Y-category city for calculation of HRA (House Rent Allowance) for public servants (rate 16%) making it a "Tier-II" city.

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