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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. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation. [1]
According to the 2011 Census of India Barabani had a total population of 2,330 of which 1,233 (53%) were males and 1,097 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 303. The total number of literate persons in Barabani was 1,204 (59.40% of the population over 6 years). [5]
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9] 1989 bye election: Manik Upadhyay: Indian National Congress [10] 1991: S.R.Das: Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11] 1996: Manik Upadhyay: Indian National Congress [12] 2001: All India Trinamool Congress [13] 2006: Dilip Sarkar: Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14] 2011: Bidhan Upadhyay: All India ...
Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur division of Madhya Pradesh and the Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. Rajasthan and Punjab gained territories from Ajmer State and Patiala and East Punjab States Union respectively and certain territories of Bihar were ...
In 1858, Allahabad (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces. [3] During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. [4] By the latter half of the 19th century, Shimla had become the summer capital. [5]
As per 2001 census, Barabani block had a total population of 110,361, out of which 57,735 were males and 52,626 were females. Barabani block registered a population growth of 9.97 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent. [9] Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. [10]
Barabanki has been major hub of opium production since British rule; the district opium officer, based at Afeem Kothi, is the only one in the state. [ 51 ] Barabanki leads the country in menthol farming, with 81 km 2 (20,000 acres) under cultivation.