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Country
  
India

District
  
Bardhaman

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
West Bengal

Headquarters
  
Asansol

Vehicle registration
  
WB

Asansol subdivision

Asansol subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Overview

Asansol subdivision is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is a rocky undulating area with laterite soil, with the Ajay on the north, the Damodar on the south and the Barakar on the west. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Subdivisions

Bardhaman district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Asansol subdivision has a density of population of 2,011 per km2. 21.67% 0f the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Administrative units

Asansol subdivision has 10 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 35 gram panchayats, 181 mouzas, 165 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 26 census towns+1 (partly). The single municipal corporation is at Asansol. The municipalities are at: Raniganj, Jamuria and Kulti. The census towns are: Chittaranjan, Hindustan Cables Town, Domohani, Bhanowara, Majiara, Panchgachhia, Charanpur, Kunustara, Topsi, Nimsa, Chinchuria, Kenda, Parasia, Ratibati, Chapui, Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township), Banshra, Belebathan, Chelad, Murgathaul, Amkula, Baktarnagar, Egara, Sahebganj, Raghunathchak, Ballavpur and Kendra Khottamdi (partly). The subdivision has its headquarters at Asansol.

Police stations

Police stations in Asansol subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

Blocks

Community development blocks in Asansol subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 35 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:

  • Barabani block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Baraboni, Itapara, Nuni, Panuria, Domohani, Jamgram, Panchgechhia and Punchrah.
  • Jamuria block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Bahadurpur, Dobrana, Madantor, Tapsi, Chinchuria, Hijalgara, Parasia, Churulia, Kenda and Shyamla.
  • Raniganj block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Amrasota, Egra, Ratibati, Ballavpur, Jemeri and Tirat.
  • Salanpur block consists of eleven gram panchayats, viz. Achhra, Dendua, Fulberia Bolkunda, Alladi, Ethora, Rupnarayanpur, Basudevpur Jemari, Jitpur–Uttarrampur, Salanpur, Kalya and Samdi.

    • Electoral constituencies

    Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Asansol subdivision were as follows:

    References

    Asansol subdivision Wikipedia
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