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Salanpur (community Development Block)
Salanpur is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Rupnarainpur, a gram panchayat in Salanpur CD Block, is located at . Salanpur CD Block is bounded by Jamtara block, Jamtara and Nala block, Nala CD Blocks, in Jamtara district of Jharkhand, on the north, Barabani (community development block), Barabani CD Block on the east, Asansol (municipal corporation) and after that Neturia (community development block), Neturia CD Block, in Purulia district, on the south and Nirsa (community development block), Nirsa and Baliapur (community development block), Baliapur CD Blocks, in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, on the west. Salanpur CD Block has an area of . It has 1 Panchayat Samiti (Block), panchayat samity, 11 gram panchayats, 96 gram sansads (village councils), 74 mouzas and 69 inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Barabani (community Development Block)
Barabani is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Barabani CD Block is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is a rocky area with laterite soil, with the Ajay on the north, the Damodar on the south and the Barakar on the west. Once heavily wooded, the discovery of coal in the eighteenth century led to industrialisation and the clear-cutting of most of the forests. Barabani CD Block is bounded by Nala CD Block, in Jamtara district of Jharkhand, on the north, Jamuria and Raniganj CD Blocks on the east, Asansol (municipal corporation) and after that Santuri CD Block, in Purulia district, and Saltora CD Block, in Bankura district, on the south and Salanpur CD Block on the west. Barabani CD Block has an area of 156.35 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 8 gram panchay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethora
Ethora is a rural suburb of Asansol, located in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was a site of the first attempts at commercial coal extraction in the country. The area presently is a coal-mining area. It is in Raniganj Coalfield and lies in the Salanpur Area of Eastern Coalfields. History In 1774, two employees of the East India Company, Suetonius Grant Heatly and John Sumner, proposed to establish six mines in an area which they defined as A site at Ethora was among the six selected and was probably the first to operate. According to the anthropologist Morton Klass, by 1963 it "had become a sleepy village of mud houses scattered among the ruins of once much grander buildings." However, until the independence of India from British rule in 1947 it had been of local significance as it was home to a zamindar successor to the Maharajah of Kasipur and to both religious centres and schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchayat Samiti
Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat of panchayats". The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as : * District level * Intermediate level * Base level The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district council). The name varies across states: ''mandal parishad'' in Andhra Pradesh, ''taluka panchayat'' in Gujarat, and ''mandal panchayat or taluk panchayat'' in Karnataka, ''block panchayat'' in Kerala, ''panchayat union'' in Tamilnadu, ''janpad panchayat'' in Madhya Pradesh, ''anchalik panchayat'' in Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupnarayanpur
Rupnarayanpur, Rupnarainpur or Hindustan Cables Township, is a census town in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Civic administration CD block HQ The headquarters of Salanpur CD block are located at Rupnarayanpur. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India Hindustan Cables Township had a total population of 22,599 of which 11,555 (51%) were males and 11,044 (49%) were females. Population in the age group 0–6 years was 1,863. The total number of literates in Hindutan Cables Township was 18,177 (87.66% of the population over 6 years). Languages As per 2011 Census of India Rupnarayanpur (census village) had a total population of 2,242 of which 1,156 (52%) were males and 1,086 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 179. The total number of literates in Rupnarayanpur was 1,791 (86.82% of the population over 6 years). India census, Hindusthan Cables Town had a popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salanpur
Salanpur is a village, in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Urbanisation As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation. Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...s.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map). Civic administration Police station Salanpur police station has jurisdiction over a part of Salanpur CD block. The area covered is 52.09 km2 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittaranjan
Chittaranjan is a census town in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. The Chittaranjan Locomotive Works are situated there. The town of Chittaranjan was featured in the final episode of BBC's '' The Great Indian Railway Journeys'', which aired on 10 April 2018. The episode highlighted the management of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) and the significance of this town. History Before the town's development, the area was heavily forested. The discovery of coal led to its industrialization, which resulted in clearing most of the forests. Geography Chittaranjan is located at . It has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet). As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation. Asansol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouza
In Bangladesh, Pakistan and parts of India, a mouza or mauza (also mouja) is a type of administrative district, corresponding to a specific land area within which there may be one or more settlements. Before the 20th century, the term referred to a revenue collection unit just underneath a ''pargana'' or revenue district. The mauza system in the Indian Subcontinent is similar to the manorial system in Europe. The head of a mauza is styled as Mustajir, Pradhan or Mulraiyat, equivalent to Lord of the Manor in the manorial system. As populations increased and villages became more common and developed, the concept of the mouza declined in importance. Today it has become mostly synonymous with the ''gram'' or village. Most voter lists, for example, now use the names of villages rather than mouzas. In contemporary Pakistan, a mouza is defined as "a territorial unit with a separate name, definite boundaries, and area precisely measured and divided into plots/ khasras/survey numbers." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchayat Samiti (Block)
Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government (Panchayati raj (India), panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or Blocks of India, block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat of panchayats". The Amendment of the Constitution of India, 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as : * District level * Intermediate level * Base level The panchayat samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat, gram panchayat (village council) and the District Councils of India, zila parishad (district council). The name varies across states: ''mandal parishad'' in Andhra Pradesh, ''taluka panchayat'' in Gujarat, and ''mandal panchayat or taluk panchayat'' in Karnataka, ''block panchayat'' in Local government in Kerala, Kerala, ''panchayat union'' in Tamil Nadu, Tamilnadu, ''janpad panchayat'' in Madhya Pradesh, ''anchalik panchayat'' in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baliapur (community Development Block)
Baliapur is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India. Overview Dhanbad district forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, but it is more of an Highland, upland than a plateau. The district has two broad physical divisions – the southern part is a coal mining area with mining and industrial towns, and the northern part has villages scattered around hills. The landscape of the southern part is undulating and monotonous, with some scars of subsidence caused by underground mining. One of the many Spur (topography), spurs of Shikharji, Parashnath Hills (1,365.50 m), in neighbouring Giridih district, passes through the Topchanchi (community development block), Topchanchi and Tundi (community development block), Tundi areas of the district. The spur attains a height of 457.29 m but there is no peak as such. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
