Asansol Metropolitan Area
Asansol Metropolitan Area | |
|---|---|
 Asansol cityscape Clockwise from top: Asansol Junction Railway Station, City Skyline, IISCO Steel Plant, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol Indoor Stadium, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Eastern Coalfields Limited, Prasar Bharati Doordarshan Kendra Asansol | |
| Nickname(s): "The City of Brotherhood", AMA | |
  Asansol Metropolitan Area | |
| Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°ECoordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Government | |
| • Type | Civic Administration |
| • Body | Asansol Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Kumar Jitendra Tewari —TMC |
| • Commissioner of Police | Laxmi Narayan Meena |
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,243,008 |
| Demonym(s) | Asansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolbashi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713 3xx |
| Telephone code | 0341 |
| Vehicle registration | WB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44 (WB 44A, WB 44B, WB 44C, WB 44D) |
| Sex ratio | 1.08[1] ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 84.82[1]% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol (MP — Babul Supriyo — BJP) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC
Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Tapas Banerjee —TMC Pandaveswar (MLA — Kumar Jitendra Tewari —TMC Raniganj (MLA — Runu Dutta —CPI(M) Jamuria (MLA — Jahanara Khan —CPI(M) Kulti (MLA —Ujjal Chatterjee —TMC Barabani (MLA —Bidhan Upadhyay —TMC |
| Website | asansolmunicipalcorporation |
Asansol Metropolitan Area or Asansol Urban Agglomeration is an Urban Agglomeration which is the 39th largest in India[2], 4th largest in East India and 2nd largest in West Bengal.[3]
The metropolitan area, constituted on the basis of 2011 census data, consists of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), 3 municipalities, some Panchayats and parts of Panchayats. The three municipalities are Raniganj, Kulti and Jamuria. According to the Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[4]
Demographic[edit]
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| Asansol Urban Agglomeration population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2001 | 1,067,369 | — | |
| 2011 | 1,243,008 | 16.5% | |
| Source: Census of India[5] | |||
Administrated[edit]
The 2011 Census of India was carried out well before the reorganisation of Asansol Municipal Corporation in 2015. Census data for the area, which is part of Asansol Municipal Corporation since 2015, is given below:[6]
| Name | Total Population |
|---|---|
| Asansol City | 1,156,387 |
| Outgrowth | 86,621 |
| Total | 1,243,008 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ "Million plus UA Cities – India" (PDF). Census. Census of India. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "Census India" (PDF). Census. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ↑ "The Kolkata Gazette" (PDF). Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ↑ "TABLE 7.2.11". mospi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ↑ "2011 Census - Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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