Durgapur subdivision


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

Overview

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. The eastern part of the subdivision gradually slopes down to the rice plains of Bengal.

Subdivisions

Paschim Bardhaman district is divided into the following two administrative subdivisions:
SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
Rural
Population %
Urban
Population %
Asansol SadarAsansol831.891,672,65916.6783.33
DurgapurDurgapur771.281,209,37220.7879.22
Paschim Bardhaman districtAsansol1,603.172,882,03118.3981.61

Note:Before bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district Galsi I was in Durgapur subdivision, but after bifurcation it is in Bardhman Sadar North subdivision.
In the maps placed below, all places marked and linked in the full screen maps.

Administrative units

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. 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, 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. The subdivision has its headquarters at Durgapur.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India data Durgapur subdivision, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, had a total population of 1,209,372. There were 628,883 males and 580,489 females. Population below 6 years was 130,117.
As per the 2011 census data the total number of literates in Durgapur subdivision, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, was 867,905 out of which males numbered 487,056 and females numbered 337,153.
In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 1,090,229 and formed 90.15% of the population in Durgapur subdivision. Muslims numbered 100,802 and formed 8.34% of the population. Christians numbered 3,158 and formed 0.26% of the population. Others numbered 15,183 and formed 1.26% of the population.

Police stations

Police stations in Durgapur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police stationArea covered
km2		Municipal townCD Block
Andal106-Andal
Pandabeswar161-Pandabeswar
Durgapur80-Andal
Faridpur106.56-Faridpur Durgapur
New Township23DurgapurFaridpur Durgapur
Kanksa280-Kanksa
Coke Oven49Durgapur-

Blocks

Community development blocks in Durgapur subdivision are:
CD BlockHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
SC %ST %Hindus %Muslims %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
AndalAndal84.87186,91528.104.0890.528.6977.2512+2
PandabeswarPandabeswar97.80161,89130.386.6886.3612.5973.0111+3
Faridpur DurgapurLaudoha155.97115.92431.616.9685.3313.8974.146
KanksaKanksa279.44178,12534.9910.2491.616.8276.347

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 36 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:

Coal mining

open cast project of Eastern Coalfields produced 6.4 million tonnes of coal in 2015-16. Eastern Coalfields has been producing around 30 million tonnes per annum from its open cast mines, it has been modernising its underground mines to produce around 10 million tonnes per annum from its underground mines. A major effort was on at its Jhanjra mines to produce 3 – 3.5 million tonnes per annum.

Industry

of Steel Authority of India, set up in the fifties, has a rated capacity of 2.2 million tonnes of crude steel, after expansion and modernisation. The plant is consistently performing at beyond its rated capacity.

Education

Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, with data for the year 2013-14:
Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.
The following institutions are located in Durgapur subdivision:
The table below presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017, with data for the year 2013-14.

Medical facilities

Durgapur subdivision has a subdivisional hospital at Durgapur. It has block primary health centres at Khandra, Laudoha and Panagarh, and primary health centres at Andal, Pandabeswar, Kantaberia, Molandighi, Shyambazar, Shibpur and Silampur.SAIL has a 640-bed hospital with modern facilities at Durgapur. Other hospitals in Durgapur include DPL Hospital at DPL Colony, Durgapur, DTPS Hospital at Durgapur, ESI Hospital at Bidhannagar, Durgapur, IQ City Narayan Hrudalaya Hospital at Durgapur, Lion's Club Hospital at Benachity, Durgapur, The Mission Hospital at Bidhannagar, Durgapur, Vivekananda Hospital at Bidhannagar, Durgapur and ECL's Bankola Area Hospital at Ukhra, ECL's Regional Hospital at Bahula, Mandarbani Hospital at Panthnagar.
Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical college with 300-bedded multi-speciality health care venture, started in 2017 at Rajbandh. The hospital was established in 2012.
Further medical facilities in Durgapur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals:
Rural Hospitals:
Block Primary Health Centres:
Primary Health Centres :
and Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Durgapur subdivision were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituencyVidhan Sabha constituencyReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
AsansolRaniganj-Raniganj municipality of Asansol subdivision and Andal CD Block
Pandaveswar-Pandabeswar and Faridpur Durgapur CD Blocks
All other constituencies in Asansol subdivision
Bardhaman-DurgapurDurgapur Paschim-Ward nos. 11 – 22 and 29 – 43 of Durgapur municipal corporation
Durgapur Purba-Ward nos. 1 – 10, 23 – 28 of Durgapur municipal corporation and Amlajora, Gopalpur and Molandighi gram panchayats of Kanksa CD Block
GalsiReserved for SCGalsi I CD Block, Galsi and Kurkuba gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block outside Durgapur subdivision and Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats of Kanksa CD Block
All other Vidhan Sabha segments outside Durgapur subdivision