Durgapur

Durgapur
Durgapur
Urban Agglomeration
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	Nickname: Ruhr of India
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	Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E / 23.550°N 87.317°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Established	Late 1950s
Founded by	Bidhan Chandra Roy (former Chief Minister of West Bengal)
Named after	Durgacharan Chattopadhyay
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Durgapur Municipal Corporation; Asansol Durgapur Development Authority;
• Mayor	Anindita Mukherjee
• Legislature	Members MP Kirti Azad (Bardhaman–Durgapur; TMC); MLA Pradip Mazumdar (Durgapur Purba; TMC); MLA Lakshman Chandra Ghorui (Durgapur Paschim; BJP);
• Executive	Officers IAS Sh. Ponnambalam S., DM, Paschim Bardhaman; IAS Smt. Aditi Chaudhary, Commissioner of Asansol Municipal Corporation & CEO, ADDA; IPS Sunil Kumar Choudhary, CP, Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate (in the rank of IG); IAS Ms. Nitu, ADM, Paschim Bardhaman; IAS Ms. Subashini E., ADM, Paschim Bardhaman; WBCS Sanjoy Paul, ADM; WBCS Aranya Banerjee, ADM; WBPS Mir Sahidul Ali, ADC; WBPS Subrata Deb, ADC; WBPS Pradip Mondal, ADC;
• Judiciary	Judges AIJS Shri Debaprasad Nath, District & Sessions Judge; WBJS Mohd. Aqil Saifi, ADSJ; AIJS Lokesh Pathak, ADSJ; WBJS Shri Prashant Chowdhary, ADSJ; WBJS Md. Rafique Alam, ADSJ;
Area
• Urban	154.20 km2 (59.54 sq mi)
• Metro	771.28 km2 (297.79 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in West Bengal
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2024)
• Rank	4th in West Bengal
• Urban	726,000
• Metro	1,209,372
Demonym(s)	Durgapurbashi, Durgapurians
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713201–713217
Telephone code	+91 0343
Vehicle registration	WB-39 / WB-40
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman–Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Durgapur Purba; Durgapur Paschim
Climate	Aw
Transit	Highway: NH-19; Grand Trunk Road; AH1; Railway: DGR; Airport: Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
City Development Authority	Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA)
Website	durgapurmunicipalcorporation.org

Durgapur (Bengali pronunciation: [durgapur]), is a major industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and is located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producing steel and manufacturing train wheels in India. Over the past few years, this city has also been developed as a hub for the IT industry in India. The city was planned by Bidhan Chandra Roy, Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk in 1955. Durgapur is the only city in eastern India to have an operational dry dock. Durgapur has been nicknamed the 'Steel Backbone of Industrial Bengal'.