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Encyclopedia > Bardhaman District

Bardhaman is a district in West Bengal. The main town is Bardhaman. Bardhaman (also Barddhaman) is a district town in West Bengal. ...


Bardhaman District has an area of 7024 km², and a population of 6,895,514 (2001 census). It is bounded on the north by Birbhum and Murshidabad districts, on the east by Nadia District, on the southeast by Hooghly District, on the southwest by Bankura and Puruliya districts, and on the northwest by Jharkhand state. The district has six sub-divisions, Asansol Sadar (North), Sadar (South), Durgapur, Kalna, and Katwa. It was amongst the first districts to have a 100% literacy rate. Birbhum is district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Murshidabad is a district of the state of West Bengal, India. ... A district of West Bengal in the north east of the Republic of India. ... Hooghly is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. ... Bankura is a historical district of West Bengal, India. ... Jharkhand (झारखंड in Devanagari) is a state in eastern India. ... Asansol is an important industrial city in the state of West Bengal, India and the third largest city in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Howrah. ... Durgapur is an industrial township in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Katwa is a town in the district of Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. ...


Bardhaman is the most resourceful district in West Bengal both industrially and agriculturally. The eastern part is enriched by the alluvial soil of river Bhaghirathi (minor stream of river Ganga), and is one of most productive agricultural regions in West Bengal. The western part of the district, chiefly Asansol, is rich in coal and other mineral resources. This part is highly industrialised and contains various factories based on iron and steel processing, as well as many many cement factories. Durgapur, Burnpur, and Kulti are in the western part of the district. It also contains power plants at Durgapur and Dishergarh. The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) is a major river in northern India. ... Asansol is an important industrial city in the state of West Bengal, India and the third largest city in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Howrah. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... sabki maaa ki chooot !! In the general sense, a cement is any material with adhesive properties. ...


External link

Bardhaman District official web site



Districts of West Bengal
Bankura | Bardhaman | Birbhum | Cooch Behar | Darjeeling | North Dinajpur | South Dinajpur | Hooghly | Howrah | Jalpaiguri | Kolkata | Malda | Midnapore East | Midnapore West | Murshidabad | Nadia | North 24 Parganas | South 24 Parganas | Purulia


 
 

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