Durgapur subdivision
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Durgapur subdivision দুর্গাপুর মহকুমা |
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Durgapur Steel Plant
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 Durgapur subdivision
 Durgapur subdivision
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| Coordinates: 23°29′N 87°19′E / 23.48°N 87.32°ECoordinates: 23°29′N 87°19′E / 23.48°N 87.32°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Headquarters | Durgapur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 771.28 km2 (297.79 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,209,372 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | ISO 3166-2:IN |
| Website | http://bardhaman.gov.in/ |
Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the western part of Durgapur subdivision. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation of the western part of the subdivision. Most of the forests in the western part of the subdivision have been cleared but the eastern part remained thickly forested till more recent times and some are still there. Ramnabagan Wildlife Sanctuary is spread over a part of the forest. The eastern part of the subdivision gradually slopes down to the rice plains of Bengal.
Paschim Bardhaman district is divided into the following two administrative subdivisions:
Note:Before bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district Galsi I was in Durgapur subdivision, but after bifurcation it is in Bardhman Sadar North subdivision.
Durgapur subdivision has 6 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 27 gram panchayats, 171 mouzas, 151 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation and 38 census towns+1 (partly). The single municipal corporation is at Durgapur. The census towns are: Siduli, Khandra, Chak Bankola, Ukhra, Mahira, Dakshin Khanda, Parashkol, Kajora, Harishpur, Palashban, Dignala, Andal (gram), Ondal, Baska, Bilpahari, Ramnagar, Dalurband, Baidyanathpur, Mahal, Konardihi, Nabgram, Sankarpur, Haripur, Chhora, Bahula, Mandarbani, Banagram, Sirsha, Nabaghanapur, Sarpi, Ichhapur, Arra, Gopalpur, Bamunara, Amlajora, Kanksa, Debipur, Prayagpur and Kendra Khottamdi (part). The subdivision has its headquarters at Durgapur.
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