Asansol
Asansol | |
|---|---|
Asansol Junction railway station, IISCO Steel Plant, Asansol Engineering College, Burnpur Nehru Park, Gandhi More street | |
| Nicknames: "The City of Brotherhood" and "The Land of Black Diamonds" | |
Asansol Location in West Bengal, India Asansol Asansol (India) Asansol Asansol (Asia) | |
| Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Established | 1885 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Asansol Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Bidhan Upadhyay |
| • Deputy Mayor |
|
| • Police Commissioner | Sunil kumar Choudhury, IPS |
| Area | |
| 326 km2 (126 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,615 km2 (624 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd in West Bengal |
| Elevation | 111 m (364 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| 1,243,414 | |
| • Rank | 2nd in West Bengal |
| • Density | 3,810/km2 (9,880/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Asansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolvasi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 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 — Shatrughan Sinha — TMC) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Asansol 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) |
| Police | Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
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. 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.