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In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dilip Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Barabani assembly seat defeating Manik Upadhyay of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
Burnpur is a captive township of SAIL, the area covered by IISCO Steel Plant and its surroundings in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district, in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state of West Bengal, India.
Before delimitation, Asansol Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [8] Kulti (assembly constituency no. 257), Barabani (assembly constituency no. 258), Hirapur (assembly constituency no. 259), Asansol (assembly constituency no. 260), Raniganj (assembly constituency no. 261), Jamuria (assembly constituency no. 262) and Ukhra (SC) (assembly constituency no. 263)
The Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line, passes through this CD Block and there is a station at Raniganj. [31] Raniganj CD Block has 12 originating/ terminating bus routes. [19] NH 19 (old number NH 2) and NH 14 (old number NH 60) cross at Raniganj. [32]
In 2003-04 net cropped area in Barabani CD Block was 9,544 hectares and the area in which more than one crop was grown was 838 hectares. [22] In 2013-14, Barabani CD Block produced 8,874 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop, from 3,446 hectares and 768 tonnes of potatoes from 24 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 280 Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Ward nos. 38-39, 56-57, 75, 77-87, 94-98, 106 of Asansol Municipal Corporation and Amrasota, Egara, Ballavpur, Jemari and Tirat gram panchayats of Raniganj CD Block. [1] Asansol Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha ...
In 1971 and 1969, Bamapada Mukherjee of CPI (M) won the seat. In 1967, Shibdas Ghatak of Congress won the seat. In 1962, Dr. Gopika Ranjan Mitra of Congress won the seat. In 1957, Taher Hossain (Independent) won the seat. Prior to that the Burnpur area was part of Asansol assembly constituency. [3]
Burnpur railway station is a railway station at Burnpur in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal. Its code is BURN. It serves Burnpur township, a neighborhood in Asansol. The station consists of three platforms. The platforms are sheltered. There are sanitation services available, both payable and non-paying.