Country India State West Bengal | District Purulia | |
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Map of Raghunathpur, Purulia
Raghunathpur is headquarters of Raghunathpur subdivision in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. It is on the Purulia – Barakar road.
Contents
- Map of Raghunathpur Purulia
- Geography
- Police stations
- CD Block HQ
- Demographics
- Economy
- Administration
- Education
- Joychandi Pahar
- References
Geography
Raghunathpur is located at 23.55°N 86.67°E / 23.55; 86.67. It has an average elevation of 155 m (509 ft). The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.
Police stations
Raghunathpur police station has jurisdiction over Raghunathpur municipality and parts of Raghunathpur I CD Blocks. The area covered is 337 km2 and the population covered is 197,430.
Raghunathpur Women police station. It will cover all the police stations areas of Raghunathpur subdivision.
CD Block HQ
The headquarters of Raghunathpur I CD Block are located at Raghunathpur.
Demographics
Raghunathpur total area covered 12.95 km2, and at present 13 nos of Ward. Raghunathpur had a total population of 25,932 in 2011. Out of this 11,326 were males and 10,486 were females. 2,640 persons were below the age of 6 years. 13,317 persons were literate.
Economy
Damodar Valley Corporation has planned for a power plant at Raghunathpur as a proposed greenfield plant in the 11th plan. The first stage would be 2 X 600 MW.
Representatives of the Jai Balaji group visited the Raghunathpur on 11 January 2007 to see the sites for their proposed steel, cement and power plants.
A steel plant of 5 million tons capacity along with a cement plant with capacity of 3000,000 tons will be set up at block one in Raghunathpur. The Jai Balaji group will be setting up these projects worth Rs 16,000 crore with a captive power plant on 3,800 acres (15 km2) of land. Adhunik group will set up an 1,100,000 ton capacity steel plant along with a 1000,000 ton cement plant. The project covering an area of nearly 2,400 acres (9.7 km2) will also comprise a captive power plant involving an investment of Rs 6400 crore.The state cabinet approved the industrial projects on 22 August 2007.
The state government has acquired 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) of land against the requirement of 3,300 acres (13 km2). The land acquired was handed over to Jai Balaji group in October 2009. The state government was acquiring the balance portion of the land, In the first phase the Jai Balaji group will begin with coal mining at Asansol and sponge iron production at Raghunathpur. The company expects to start production in 2011. Jai Balaji Industries Limited (JBIL), the flagship company of Jai Balaji group, has raised Rs 198.50 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) of shares.
Administration
Raghunathpur is an intermediate panchayat in Purulia district, with Arrah, Babugram, Bero, Choprahari, Khajura, Nutandi, Sanka, Barrah, Cheliama, Jotadih, Mangaldah-Mautore, Nildih, and Nutandih village panchayats under it.
Education
Joychandi Pahar
Joychandi Pahar, 3 km from Raghunathpur, is a popular tourist centre and major attraction for rock climbing. Joychandi Pahar railway station is on the Asansol-Adra section of South Eastern Railway. The film Hirak Rajar Deshe was mostly shot in this mountain area.