Kharagpur

This article is about the city in West Bengal, India. For other uses, see Kharagpur (disambiguation).

Kharagpur
City
Inside Vidyasagar Industrial Park at Kharagpur
Vinod Gupta School of Management
Keshiary Road Railway over bridge
Tata Hitachi Kharagpur
Kharagpur Junction railway station, fourth longest platform in the world, divisional headquarters of South-eastern zone of Indian railways
Kharagpur is located in West Bengal
Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Location in West Bengal
Kharagpur is located in India
Kharagpur
Kharagpur
Location in India
Coordinates: 22°19′49″N 87°19′25″E / 22.330239°N 87.323653°E / 22.330239; 87.323653
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
DivisionMedinipur
SubdivisionKharagpur
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Named forKharga Malla
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Body
  • Kharagpur Municipality
  • Midnapore Kharagpur Development Authority
 • MLAHiran Chatterjee[2] (BJP)
 • ChairmanKalyani Ghosh[3] (TMC)
 • MPJune Malia[4] (TMC)
 • District MagistrateKhursheed Ali Qadri, IAS
Area
 • Total
127 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation
61 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2011)[5]
 • Total
299,683[1]
 • Rank5th in West Bengal
221st in India
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
721301 - 721305
Telephone code03222
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB-36-xxxx
Lok Sabha constituencyMedinipur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKharagpur Sadar
Websitekharagpurmunicipality.org

Kharagpur (Bengali: [kʰɔɽɔɡɔpuɾ] ⓘ; Hindi: [kʰəɽəɡpʊɾ]) is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district.[6] It is located 120 km west of Kolkata. Kharagpur holds the oldest and biggest Indian Institute of Technology namely IIT Kharagpur. It has one of the largest railway workshops in India. Kharagpur Junction contains the fourth longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m)[7] and is the headquarter of the Kharagpur Division of the South Eastern Railways.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "West Bengal Municipal Election Result: খড়্গপুরে জয়ী হিরণ, তবে পুরসভায় পদ্মের মান বাঁচল না, ফের জ্বলল তৃণমূলের প্রদীপ" (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "রেলশহরের কল্যাণে কল্যাণী, তিন মাস পরে কাটল জট, প্রথম মহিলা পুরপ্রধান". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ^ "২৭ হাজারেরও বেশি ভোটে জয়ী মেদিনীপুরের তৃণমূলের কংগ্রেসের প্রার্থী জুন মালিয়া". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). ABP Ananda. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ "West Bengal (India): Districts, Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts".
  6. ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). Census of India. Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  7. ^ Singh, Mahendra (1 October 2013). "Gorakhpur set to have longest railway platform in world". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.