Asansol
| Asansol আসানসোল |
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| 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.
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| Nickname(s): "The City of Brotherhood" | |
 Asansol
আসানসোল |
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| Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°ECoordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E | |
| 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 |
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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