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Asansol

Asansol
আসানসোল
Metropolitan City / Urban Agglomeration
Asansol cityscape Clockwise from top: Asansol Railway Station, IISCO Steel Plant, TV Tower, Galaxy Mall, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol Indoor Stadium, Rabindra Bhavan, Eastern Coalfields Limited.
Asansol cityscape Clockwise from top: Asansol Railway Station, IISCO Steel Plant, TV Tower, Galaxy Mall, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol Indoor Stadium, Rabindra Bhavan, Eastern Coalfields Limited.
Nickname(s): "The City of Brotherhood"
Asansolআসানসোল is located in West Bengal
Asansolআসানসোল
Asansol
আসানসোল
Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E / 23.68; 86.99Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E / 23.68; 86.99
Country India
State West Bengal
District Burdwan
Government
 • Type Civic Administration
 • Body Asansol Municipal Corporation
 • Mayor Kumar Jitendra Tewari —TMC
 • Commissioner of Police Laxmi Narayan Meena
Area
 • Metropolitan City / Urban Agglomeration 326.48 km2 (126.05 sq mi)
Elevation 97 m (318 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Metropolitan City / Urban Agglomeration 11,56,387
 • Density 3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi)
 • Urban 12,43,008
Demonym(s) Asansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolbashi
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 713 3xx
Telephone code 0341
Vehicle registration WB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44 (WB 44A, WB 44B, WB 44C, WB 44D)
Sex ratio 1.08/
Literacy 84.82%
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol (MP — Babul Supriyo — BJP)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC

Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Tapas Banerjee —TMC

Pandaveswar (MLA — Kumar Jitendra Tewari —TMC

Raniganj (MLA — Runu Dutta —CPI(M)

Jamuria (MLA  — Jahanara Khan —CPI(M)

Kulti (MLA —Ujjal Chatterjee —TMC

Barabani (MLA —Bidhan Upadhyay —TMC
Website asansolmunicipalcorporation.org

Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC

Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Tapas Banerjee —TMC

Pandaveswar (MLA — Kumar Jitendra Tewari —TMC

Raniganj (MLA — Runu Dutta —CPI(M)

Jamuria (MLA  — Jahanara Khan —CPI(M)

Kulti (MLA —Ujjal Chatterjee —TMC

Asansol is in Bardhaman District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest city in West Bengal after Kolkata and the 39th largest urban agglomeration in India. 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.

Asansol is classed as a Y-category city for calculation of HRA (House Rent Allowance) for public servants, making it a Tier-II city.

Asansol is a cosmopolitan city located in Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the lower Chota Nagpur Plateau, which occupies most of Jharkhand, between the Damodar and Ajay rivers. Another river, the Barakar, joins the Damodar near Dishergarh. A small rivulet, Nunia, flows past Asansol.


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