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Durgapur (/drpr/ or /--/) is a city in the
Burdwan District in the state of West Bengal India. Durgapur is the third largest city in West Bengal in terms of
both area (154.20 km2 / 59.54 sq. miles) and population (5,66,937) (2011 census & excluding the urban agglomeration). The well-planned city of Durgapur is the
second planned city of India after Chandigarh being designed by Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk. This
highly industrialized city has the only operational dry (inland) port in Eastern India. It is also one of the six Municipal Corporations in West Bengal and the headquarter
of the Durgapur subdivision consisting of the Durgapur
Municipal Corporation and ve community development
blocs: DurgapurFaridpur, GalsiI, Kanksa, Andal and
Pandabeswar. The ve blocks contain 36 gram panchayats and 30 census towns. Distances from Kolkata: By
Road 170 km via NH-2, by Rail 158 km and by Flight
163 km. Durgapur Urban Agglomeration includes: Durgapur (Municipal Corp.), Bamunara (Census Town) and
Arrah (Census Town) and ranks 4th (in terms of population) among other urban agglomerations in West Bengal.
Durgapur is also one of the three Y (for the purpose of
HRA [House Rent Allowance] calculation) class cities in
West Bengal.

Jawaharlal Nehru with schoolchildren at Durgapur

The name Durgapur has come from the name of Sri

Durgamohan Chattopadhyay,and JALEO the Zamindar
of Gopinathpur area of Durgapur and the erstwhile scion
of the family of Chatterjees of Sagarbhanga area.Much of
modern Durgapur is situated on the lands formerly owned
by Zamindars like the Chatterjees of Sagarbhanga, the
Mukherjees of Nadiha , Sri Radhanath Chattopadhyay
of Gopalpur and the Zamindars of Bhiringi(presently a
part of the area known as Benachity). The Mukherjees
originally had been orthodox Smarta ritualists who prospered and established conjugal ties with the Chatterjees
of Sagarbhanga.

It was a dream child of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the

second chief minister of the state. The industrial township was designed by Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin
Polk.[1] and is home to one of the largest industrial units
in the state, Durgapur Steel Plant, one of the integrated
steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited. Alloy
Steels Plant of S.A.I.L. and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (C.M.E.R.I.), a C.S.I.R. laboratory, are also here. Allied ICD Services Limited,[2] the
custodian of the only operational inland port (ICD Durgapur) in Eastern India, is situated in Durgapur as well.
There are four power plants Durgapur Projects Limited
(D.P.L.), Durgapur Thermal Power Station, Damodar
Valley Corporation & N.S.P.C.L., and some chemical
and engineering industries at Durgapur. Some metallurgical units have come up in recent years. The National
Institute of Technology, Durgapur (earlier known as Durgapur Regional Engineering College) is one of the most
prominent seats of the Indian Central Governments En-

Archeological excavations at Birbhanpur, on the bank of

the Damodar, have revealed a number of stone implements. These are dated to be older than 4000 BC.[3]
Many of these are hunting implements used by prehistoric hunters. Earlier, some of the excavations at
Pandu Rajar Dhibi, on the banks of the Ajay, just beyond
Durgapur but in Bardhaman district, revealed traces of a
civilization possibly linked with the Indus Valley Civilisation. These are important historical nds and are yet to
be fully explored.
Mighty emperors reigned in this region over the centuries,
but it is dicult to pinpoint who held sway over the area
at dierent times. Historians talk of this region being
a part of the Maurya and Gupta empires, the empire of
Harsha Vardhan and the Mughals. Being a border region,
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3 DEMOGRAPHICS

it could have been on either side of the unmarked and exible borders of the mighty empires. Moreover, the infertile soil with deep impenetrable forests and wild animals
was probably not a very inviting proposal for any emperor
on the look out for wealth and treasures. Even when coal
mining made forays into the adjoining Asansol-Ranigunj
area from the late eighteenth century, and factory chimneys reared their heads somewhat later, Durgapur remained an impenetrable jungle that few dared to trespass
into.

Durgapur Barrage at Durgapur, constructed in 1955 and

controlled by Damodar Valley Corporation. Two rivulets,
Singaran and Tamla, ow through the area and join the
Damodar River. Two other rivulets, Kunur and Tumuni,
join the Ajay River.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the railway traversed the

Durgapur area; even fairly recent pre-independence travelers describe Durgapur as a small station, with dim
kerosene lanterns burning at night, where only a few passenger trains stopped. Local chieftains such as Bhabani
Pathak and Ichhai Ghosh were the heroes of the jungleterritory and probably held many a great emperor at bay.
Many of them must have passed through looking for
wealth in the famed granaries of Bengal further east but
probably never found the place attractive enough to show
their prowess.

The Grand Trunk Road (NH2) virtually bifurcates the

area. This historically important arterial connector has
now been widened into 2+2-lane highway as part of
the Golden Quadrilateral project. Another wide road
takes o from Darjeeling Morh near Panagarh for North
Bengal. It also links Santiniketan to the Grand Trunk
Road. The Durgapur Expressway, linking Dankuni with
Memari on the Grand Trunk Road, allows fast communication between Kolkata and Durgapur, where one
can maintain cruising speeds of 80120 km/h. A road
over the Durgapur Barrage links Durgapur with Bankura
and beyond in South Bengal. High-speed Volvo and
Mercedes Benz buses cruise regularly from Durgapur to
Kolkata on this route along with SBSTC and City Liners non-AC buses. A bus trip from Kolkata to Durgapur
takes around 3 hours.

It is unlikely that Bhabani Pathak of Durgapur was the

same person linked with Devi Choudhurani, made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Their area of activity was around Rangpur, now in Bangladesh. Although
barges used to carry coal down the Damodar in those days
and the river was more navigable than now, the area was
never a watery haven as some areas of east or north Bengal were. However, legends have more impact on people
than the hard realities of history.
The area was part of the Bardhaman Raj, who ruled on the
basis of a rman from the Mughal emperor. Mir Kassem,
then Nawab of Sube Bangala, ceded Bardhaman along
with Medinipur and Chittagong to the East India Company in 1760 (three years after the Battle of Plassey), and
the Bardhaman Raj continued to function under British
tutelage.

Durgapur subdivision is surrounded by Asansol subdivision on the west, Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision
on the east, Bankura district across the Damodar in the
south, and Birbhum district across the Ajay River to the
north.

The important high-speed railway track connecting

Kolkata and Delhi passes through Durgapur. Andal Junction, situated in Andal (a western suburb of Durgapur,
about 15 km from Durgapur City Centre) has a link with
Sainthia on the Sahibgunj loop line. There are airstrips at
Panagarh and Durgapur, the former with the Indian Air
Force and latter with SAIL. A full-edged domestic airport is coming up at Andal.

Geography

Durgapur is located at 2329N 8719E / 23.48N

87.32E.[4] It has an average elevation of 65 metres (213
ft).
Durgapur is in the Burdwan District of West Bengal, on
the bank of the Damodar River, just before it enters the
alluvial plains of Bengal. The topography is undulating. The coal-bearing area of the Raniganj coalelds lies
Children enjoy a ride in Anand Amusement Park at Durgapur
just beyond Durgapur; some parts intrude into the area.
City Centre
The area was deeply forested till recent times, and some
streaks of the original forests are still there.
Two mighty rivers border it on the north and the south.
The Ajay River ows past unhindered in the north; the 3 Demographics
Damodar River on the south has two obstacles in its path
rst one is the Anderson Weir at Randiha constructed In the 2011 census, Durgapur Urban Agglomeration had
in 1932 and the second one is the massive 692-metre long a population of 493,405 out of which 263,721 were males

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Road

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Durgapur City Centre. The Andal-Sainthia branch line
of Eastern Railway Zone originates from this station and
terminates at Sainthia on Sahibganj Loop.

4.2 Road
Durgapur is the preferred gateway to the districts of
Bankura, Birbhum, and Purulia, which are not well connected. NH 2 and SH 9 pass through the city jurisdiction. NH 60 passes through the north-western suburb of Pandabeswar and nally passes through Raniganj
and heads away towards Orissa. It happens to be
At the entrance of Durgapur Steel city from NH-2
one of the very few cities that have an Asian Highway (AH) passing directly through the city jurisdicand 229,684 were females. The 06 years population was tion. The AH1 links Japan with Turkey, through Korea,
51,930. Eective literacy rate for the 7+ population was China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
87.70.[5]
See also: List of cities in West Bengal

Transport

Durgapur is well connected via roads. It is the preferred gateway to the Rarh Region, which has underdeveloped transportation infrastructure. NH 2 and SH
9 pass through the city. Panagarh-Morgram Highway
originates from Panagarh, a suburb of Durgapur, and
joins NH 60 near Dubrajpur; this makes Durgapur a
major road junction and an important destination for
transportation toward North Bengal and North East India. SH 9 joins with NH 60 and connects Durgapur
with Orissa and South India. It is also well connected
by rail to major parts of India such as Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai, Gorakhpur, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Nagpur,
Guwahati, Amritsar, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kanpur, and others. Long distance buses connect Durgapur to places such
as Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro Steel City, Siliguri, and
Malda Town.

4.1

Durgapur has bus termini at Benachiti-I, Benachiti-II

(commonly referred as Prantika), City Center, and Station Morh. One bus terminus is coming up at Nadiha,
but only for inter-city commuting.

Railways

Durgapur being an important city in terms of both commercial and industrial establishments is connected to almost all major places of Bengal such as Kolkata (Calcutta), Bardhaman, Asansol, Siuri, Purulia, New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri), Maldah. Durgapur is also connected
to other important cities and towns in the country such
as New Delhi, Patna, Bokaro, Gaya, Ranchi, Dhanbad,
Muzaarpur, Gorakhpur, Jabalpur, Indore, Gwalior,
Bhopal, Dehradun, Allahabad, Varanasi, Kanpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur, Guwahati and many more.

Prantika Terminus Generally, buses heading towards, east, i.e., Barddhaman, Katwa,
Krishnanagar, Nabadwip and Kalyani leave from
Prantika and the buses carry the term 'Benachity'
instead of 'Durgapur', as the terminal point of
journey, in order to avoid confusion, since 'Durgapur' implies to the Station Terminus. Buses for
Ilambazar and Bolpur also use this terminus.
City Centre Terminus Long-route buses use
the City Centre Terminus. One can nd buses
to Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Jamshedpur, Cuttack,
Puri, Dumka, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad,
Barrackpore, Digha, Purulia, Bhagalpur, Ranchi or
Chaibasa from this terminus.
Station Bus Terminus Buses, especially, private
ones, traversing deeper into the Rarh Region use this
terminus. Buses, for Bankura, Bishnupur, Purulia,
Raghunathpur, Barakar, Bokaro, Bhagalpur,
Jamshedpur, Khatra, Mukutmanipur, Jhargram,
Digha, Murshidabad, Tarakeswar, Arambag,
Sonamukhi, Gangajalghati, Ilambazar, Bolpur,
Bhedia, Morgram can be found here with ease.

Apart from this, South Bengal State Transport Corporation, popularly, SBSTC, which has headquarters in the
city, has a separate depot, in Trunk Road Area. North
Bengal State Transport Corporation or NBSTC has an ofce here, and operates buses to Siliguri, Maldah, Raiganj,
Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Kochbihar, Balurghat and BaThe main railway station is Durgapur railway station. An- harampur. Private operators like Prithvi Travels, Jai
dal Junction is the main junction of the city. It is located Dada Travels or Shyamoli operates AC or sleeper buses
at Andal, a western suburb of Durgapur, 15 km from to Kolkata, Siliguri, Bhubaneshwar or Puri.

4.3

5 CLIMATE

Intra-city Transport

Within the city private mini-buses are the cheapest and

most convenient mode of transportation. They operate
from Prantika to Station terminus, via dierent routes
through the city. Some of them operate to other termini from Prantika, like Nadiha, Madhaipur, Kasba,
Sillyaghat, etc. Recently, CNG autos have been introduced plying between City Center and other parts of the
city. They are non-polluting, environment friendly, convenient, less time-consuming, and cheap mode of transport. Cycle-rickshaws are available for traveling smaller
distances, as a preferred commute. Recently, pre-paid
taxis were introduced in the city from Station and City
Center Terminus.

4.4

Durgapur Steel plant

Air

The nearest domestic airport is Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport. The airport is roughly 15 km from Durgapurs City
Centre. The nearest international airport is Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Dum Dum,
Kolkata.
An air force station at Panagarh, (16.3 km from Durgapur
City Centre) belonging to the Indian Air Force is used as
a base for a C-130J Hercules squadron.

Climate

Durgapur experiences a somewhat transitional climate

between the tropical wet and dry climate of Kolkata and
the more humid subtropical climate further north. Summers are extremely hot, lasting from March to the middle of June, with average daily temperatures near 32 C.
They are followed by the monsoon season with heavy precipitation and somewhat lower temperatures. Durgapur
receives most of its annual rainfall of around 52 inches
during this season. The monsoon is followed by a mild,
dry winter from November to January. Temperatures are
quite moderate, with average daily temperatures near 20
C. There is a short autumn at the end of October and
a short spring in February, both of which have relatively
moderate temperatures of around 25 C.

5.1

Industrialisation

Durgapur is by far the most industrialised city in eastern

India and the second planned city in India. It started with
the rst prime minister of independent India, Jawaharlal
Nehru. His dream of transforming the backward agricultural country into an industrially advanced nation was
picked up in West Bengal by Dr. B.C. Roy. At the earlier stages for the selection of a proper site for a new industrial township, Jnananjan Niyogi, a great business organizer and planner, was involved. Modernist American

Queen Elizabeth at Durgapur[6]

architect Joseph Allen Stein, invited to head the newly

formed Department of Architecture and Planning at the
Bengal Engineering College in Calcutta, plunged into a
major project as soon as he reached India in 1952 the
designing of Durgapur city with Benjamin Polk, another
American architect already living in Calcutta. Thereafter
it was the task of local leaders such as Ananda Gopal
Mukherjee and bureaucrats such as K.K. Sen to get Durgapur going.
Before independence, only one small refractory plant of
the Martin Burn group was located at Durgapur: the
abandoned chimney is visible near the station. Damodar
Valley Corporation constructed Durgapur Barrage in
1955 and shortly followed with the Durgapur Thermal
Power Station.
There was a massive follow up Durgapur Steel Plant
(commissioned 1960), Alloy Steels Plant (commissioned
1965), Durgapur Projects Ltd. (established 1961), Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation, ACC-Vickers
Babcock (later ACC-Babcock and now Alstom Power
Boilers Ltd.), Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation, Philips
Carbon Black Ltd., Sankey Wheels (a unit of GKW),
Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Ltd, Durgapur Cement Ltd.
(now Birla Cement) (established 1975), Graphite India Ltd. (established 1967), Durgapur Chemicals Ltd.

5.3

Recent changes

(DCL) was incorporated on 31 July 1963, Ispat Forgings concerns and no investor considered the region safe for
and many others, large and small. A great new industrial any major investment. When unemployment started
city was bubbling with enthusiasm.
pinching, the left was settled comfortably in power. There
Durgapur Steel Plant was a showpiece of Indo-British co- was rethinking about revival of industries in West Bengal.
operation in independent India. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the
rst president of India, came for the inauguration of the
rst blast furnace. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was
a regular visitor. He called these plants temples of new
India. Many senior leaders and important foreign leaders
visited Durgapur to see and to cheer. Displaying a rare
gesture of solidarity, Queen Elizabeth came on a state
visit.
As the numerous chimneys merrily belched out black,
white and reddish brown smoke as pollution control
norms were still some way o (for the past few years all
the 65 chimneys of Durgapur Steel Plant are pollution
free), the townships grew and prospered.
Regional Engineering College (established 1960) (now
renamed National Institute of Technology) and Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI,
CSIR) (established 1958) added to the stature of the new
township. Schools, hospitals, parks, and playgrounds all
came up. It was new life in new India.

The late 1980s witnessed a turn-around in the fortunes of

SAIL, with Durgapur Steel Plant being one of the plants
to be modernized at a cost of Rs. 5,000 crore. However, it continued to suer huge operating losses and by
the mid-1990s there were rumors of a slow death of the
plant along with the city.
Fortunately, DSP management with public support of
the trade unions was able to turn around the dire situation with thousands of job cuts through voluntary retirement schemes and modernizing eorts. Now Durgapur
Steel Plant is operating at above its rated capacity and
earning prots after deduction of substantial amount of
interest and depreciation resulting from the massive investment in modernization. The plant is undergoing further expansion and is ready for a momentous future. A
number of other industries, such as Alstom Projects India Limited (erstwhile ACC-Babcock Ltd), Philips Carbon Black Ltd., and Graphite India|Graphite India Ltd.,
were doing well. Alloy Steels Plant has turned the corner.
MAMC has been taken over by power giant Damodar
Valley Corporation, Coal India Limited, and BEML.
Therefore, Durgapur presents a dual picture of growth
and hope on one side and collapse on the other. The
darker side covers such units as Bharat Ophthalmic and
Hindustan Fertiliser Corporation.

5.3 Recent changes

Republic Day celebrations at Nehru Stadium, Durgapur

5.2

Revival

Durgapur has been witnessing radical changes, along with

rapid development in segments like industry, real estates,
I.T. and I.T.E.S. rms, education etc., since the advent
of the twenty-rst century. The changes are with respect
to infrastructure as well as industrial growth for steel (direct reduced iron), metal, cement and knowledge-based
industries. More than 12 engineering and technology,
management as well as professional study colleges opened
up at Durgapur during the last ve years . Housing cooperatives and ats, shopping malls, multiplexes, a science and energy park, a software technology park (STPI),
hotels and stadiums have also come up. A shopping mall
by A.D.D.A., named Suhatta, was opened by the then
Chief Minister Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, in 2007.
He inaugurated seven institutes that day including a polytechnic college. Star hotels like Peerless Inn, City Residency, Rose Valley etc. are here now.

As the British industrialists left India after independence,

many of the industrial empires they left behind were
taken over by the Indian business community, who were
mainly traders. With technological obsolescence the industries fell on bad times, labour unrest started and nally engulfed the state of West Bengal in the late 1960s.
Even the new industries in Durgapur were aected by the
militancy, and soon most of the industries in Durgapur
were in shambles.
Durgapur saw the setting up of 10 to 15 middle/large scale
This continued for some years, resulting in many of industrial investments in the iron and steel manufacturing
the sick industries declining to the verge of closure. It sector including value added products like sponge iron,
was evident that some of the industries were techni- wire rods, T.M.T. bars (thermo mechanical treatment) for
cally unsound; for example, Durgapur Steel Plant was construction, iron casting powder etc., during the years
technologically obsolete and needed huge investment for 2001-2007. The prominent investors are MB Group, Jai
modernization. The political chaos submerged all such Balaji group, SPS group, Adhunik Group of Industries,

7 EDUCATION

Neo Metallic, Stolberg India, Super Smelters Ltd., Shyam Durgapur Municipal Corporation (DMC) has 43 adminSteel, UltraTech Cement etc.
istrative divisions or Wards. The Wards are organised
The Regional Engineering College was upgraded to 'Na- under 5 boroughs. It is one of the cleanest corporational Institute of Technology' the rst Deemed Univer- tions of India. Asansol-Durgapur Development Authorsity in Durgapur, and SRIJONI, a public hall equipped ity or ADDA was established under the provision of
with technically advanced audio and video systems came West Bengal Town and Country (Planning & Development) Act 1979, (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979)by the
into being.
merger of the former Asansol Planning Organization,
City Centre has now grown to be the most happening Asansol, which was established in 1964, and the erstplace in Durgapur, with shopping malls, restaurants, star while Durgapur Development Authority, Durgapur eshotels and upscale residential complexes. It houses the tablished in 1958. ADDA started its functioning from
main bus depot.
1 April 1980. Jurisdiction of ADDA is co-terminus
An airport city, Aerotropolis (an integrated city with with the jurisdictions of Asansol Municipal Corporacontemporary infrastructure for industries, a logistics tion, Jamuria Panchayet Samiti, Community Develophub, I.T., hospitality, healthcare, education, retail and ment Blocks of Andal, Pandabeswar and Durgapurresidence) is being developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Faridpur, Durgapur Municipal Corporation and a small
Projects Limited (B.A.P.L.) at Durgapur. The project is part of Kanksa Community Development Block.
being developed over an initial 2,182 acres (8.83 km2 )
plot of land. The airport, as a part of this Aerotropolis, is being designed by the world-renowned Changi Airport of Singapore. Real estate in Durgapur has seen a 7 Education
major boom in recent years, with property prices being hiked exponentially during the past decade. Internetbased property search portals like Homes Located[7] have 7.1 National Institute of Technology
brought properties in Durgapur to the web.
Durgapur is home to National Institute of Technology,
I.T.E.S. rms like Hinduja Global Solutions Limited
Durgapur,[8] an autonomous institution in eastern India
have already made Durgapur their Eastern Developmenof national importance. It is one of the 30 N.I.T.s in the
tal Centre.
country. N.I.T. Durgapur is one of the 8 old R.E.C.s established in 1956.

Administrative changes

Durgapur is a new industrial city. The administrative

setup came in stages. Once the British settled down to
ruling the country in the nineteenth century, they started
eecting administrative changes. In 1837, when Bankura
district was formed, Durgapur area was part of it. In
1847, Ranigunj subdivision was formed with three police stations Ranigunj, Kanksa and Neamatpur - and
it was made a part of Bardhaman district. In 1906, the
subdivisional headquarters was shifted to Burdwan and
the subdivision renamed accordingly. In 1910, the police
stations in Asansol subdivision were Asansol, Ranigunj,
Kanksa, Faridpur and Barakar. On 14 April 1968, Durgapur subdivision was carved out of Asansol subdivision.
Durgapur being an industrial city, the civic amenities
of dierent company/ plant townships are taken care
by the respective company/ plant authorities. However,
there are civil localities such as the area around the railway station (what was the original Durgapur), the City
Centre, Sepco, Bidhannagar, Benachitty, Muchipara and
so on, which need civic facilities. In 1962, Durgapur Notied Area Authority was formed for the purpose. It was upgraded to a municipal corporation on
7 October 1996 and the company/ plant townships included in it, although civic amenities continue to be provided by the respective companies/ plants. Presently

7.2 Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute

The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
(also known as CSIR-CMERI Durgapur or CMERI Durgapur) is a public engineering research and development
institution in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. It is a constituent laboratory of the Indian Council of Scientic and
Industrial Research (CSIR).[9] The institute is the only
mechanical engineering research and development institution in India, dedicated to work in the mechanical and
allied engineering disciplines.[10]

7.3 National Power Training Institute

(ER)
The National Power Training Institute (Also known as
NPTI(ER) and formerly known as PETS, Durgapur) is an
institute under Ministry of Power, Government of India.
The Institute oers post graduate education in the eld of
power plants and also oers B. Tech. in Power Engineering. This institute is also associated with several industrial bodies for imparting training to plant personnel.[11]

7.4

Other Important Colleges

Durgapur has many educational institutions. Schools

include St. Peters School (formerly Benachity High
School, the oldest I.C.S.E. school in Durgapur), St.
Xaviers School, Durgapur, Carmel Convent High School
(M.A.M.C.), Carmel High School (Steel), St. Michaels
School (Bidhannagar), Guru Teg Bahadur Public School,
Assembly Of God Church School, Bidhan School,
D.A.V. Model School, Hem Sheela Model School, Durgapur Projects Boys High School (H. S.), Durgapur
Projects Township Boys High School (H.S.), Durgapur M.A.M.C. Township Modern High School (H. S.),
Kendriya Vidyalaya (C.M.E.R.I. and C.R.P.F.), Sainik
School, Surenchandra Modern School (High), Durgapur
Ispat Vidyalaya(D.I.V.), R. P. Vivekananda Vidyapith,
Gopalmath High School, Durgapur A.V.B. High School,
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Aurobindo Vidya Mandir,
Pranavananda Vidyamandir, Amrita Vidyalayam and
Bidhan Chandra Institution. Other schools include AZone M.P. Boys High School, B-Zone M.P.Boys High
School, Kashiram Das Road Boys High School, Joydev Boys, Joydev Girls, G.M.P.S., Akbar Road Girls
High School, Benachity (Mohiskapur plot) High School
(H. S.), and Amrai High School(H.S). There are quite a
few new schools founded in the last few years. Notable
among them are Beachwood School, D.I.C.V. School,
Nirjhar Day Boarding School, Durgapur Public School,
Durgapur Public Institute, and Zoom School and Delhi
Public School, Durgapur The schools are mainly aliated to WB Board, ICSE or CBSE boards. Others are
seeking N.O.C. and aliation. There are also Hindi
medium schools like the Benachity Netaji Vidyalaya
(H.S.), Nepali Para Hindi (H. S.)The Bharatiya Hindi (H.
S.) and Gopalpur High(+2) School, Gopalpur
D.S.M.S.[12] is a management college. N.S.H.M.[13] is
a hotel management college in Durgapur. Engineering
colleges at Durgapur are B. C. Roy Engineering College,
Bengal College of Engineering and Technology which is
better known as B.C.E.T.,[14] Aryabhatta Institute Of Engineering & Management (also known as Aryabhatta Engineering College / A.I.E.M.D.),[15] Durgapur Institute
Of Advanced Technology and Management (also known
as D.I.A.T.M.),[16] Kanksa Academy of technology and
Management, also known as K.A.T.M., Institute of Engineering & Industrial Technology, Durgapur (I.E.I.T.),
ABS Academy-College of Science,[17] Technology and
Management Anupam Das Asst. Professor (Computer
Science Department) and N.S.H.M.- College Of Engineering & Technology. Most of the colleges here are
aliated to the West Bengal University of Technology.
National Institute of Management, popularly known
as N.I.M. Durgapur,[18] is making a debut in the eld
of education in Durgapur.[18] National Power Training
Institute,[19] previously known as P.E.T.S. is also an engineering and technical institute in the region. Situated
in City Center, under the Ministry of Power (Govt. of
India), it oers courses in power engineering, post grad-

uate diploma course and P.D.C. There are many other

graduation colleges in Durgapur. Durgapur Government
College (University of Burdwan) is the only N.A.A.C.accredited college in the region, and received a grade of
B++. Durgapur Womens College is a reputed college for
over 40 years now. Michael Madhusudhan College is another new graduation college in Durgapur.

8 Sports facilities
Nehru Stadium is the biggest sports stadium in
the city. It has a huge football ground, basketball
and volleyball courts, athletic tracks, modern fully
equipped gymnasium etc. It is managed by Durgapur Steel Plant Authority.
ASP stadium is another sporting center with a large
ground, with all facilities for cricket, football, gymnastics, etc. It is managed by the Alloy Steel Plant
Authority.
'Shahid Bhagat Singh Stadium' is a newly developed
stadium, run by the Durgapur Municipal Corporation. Its football ground is one of the best in West
Bengal. Teams like Mohun Bagan A.C. conduct
their pre-season training camps here.
'Sidhu Kanu Indoor Stadium' is one of the best
indoor stadiums in eastern India.
It houses
many sporting organisation and sporting association of Burdwan district, including Durgapur Subdivisional Womens Sports Association, School
Sports Association-Durgapur Sub-division, Burdwan District Badminton Association, Burdwan District Table Tennis Association and Burdwan District
Physical Culture Association.
Some sporting clubs like Durgapur Boys Club, Santos
Club, Tansen Athletic club etc. are active in the sporting
sphere of the city and organize sporting events for young
people.Many cricket clubs are situated in the town like
Durgapur Cricket Club and many more.

9 Media
Durgapur is home to a large number of electronic media
houses. In fact, it is next, only to Kolkata and Guwahati,
in serving as the operation bases and headquarters for the
largest number of electronic media channels in Eastern
India. Express News, Axes Info Media, TV 7, Shaan
(formerly HTV, DSTV (DSP owned channel), Hallow India, TV Bangla are some of them., Ganashakti, I-Core
Ekdin, Sakalbela, Good Morning Asansol, Shilpanchal
Express, are printed from the city. Anandabazar Patrika
is published from Ghutgoria, near Durgapur, in Bankura
District, and has a separate Asansol-Durgapur edition.

10 PLACES OF INTEREST

Samay Sanket is the most controversial news paper publish from Durgapur .Dainik Jagaran has a Durgapur Edition, too. Durgapur Adda[20] - the online news portal of
Durgapur with daily news updates for all that is happening in and around the city of Durgapur is catering to all
those who rely on online channels for news updates. Durgapur does not have any F.M. stations. However 92.7 Big
FM and 93.5 Red FM has stations at Asansol and serves
the twin cities of Asansol and Durgapur.

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Places of interest

City Centre - This is the only central business hub of

the city, and is the costliest area of the city. The famous movie theatre Duragapur Cinema - popularly
known as DC is located here.
Junction Mall - Located in City Centre. Spread
over 4,00,000 sq ft, on six oors over a total
land area of 2.8 acres. Developed by the Shrachi
group and designed by the renowned architect,
Stephen Coates of aCTa International, Singapore,
this mall is tagged as the biggest shopping destination in Durgapur. The mall has many high end
retail stores like Pantaloons, Shoppers Stop, Max
Lifestyle, Reliance Footprint, American Tourister, Sonodyne, Peter England, Story, Canon, Louis
Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Wrangler, Nike,
Lee, Pepe, Levis, Provogue, Raymond, Turtle,
Fabindia, Reebok, Adidas, Woodland, Caf Coee
Day, United Colors Of Benneton, Converse, VIP,
The Mobile Store, Bioscope (3 screens) (capacity
- 800), KFC, Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, Mainland
China, Tamara, Spencers Hyper(the rst Spencers
Hyper mart in whole West Bengal) and many other
popular brands. The mall houses cafes, gaming
zones, branded restaurants and a host of important
facilities.

entrance. A multi-cuisine restaurant and a fast food

plaza inside the park provide a good option to pamper your taste buds. For the children there is a separate play arena. There are facilities to enjoy the paddle boat ride with your family and friends. Toy train
and several other amusement rides are added attraction of the park. There are also separate party arenas
for birthdays, marriages, celebrations and picnics.
Dreamplex Mall - is not only the rst shopping mall
in Durgapur but also the rst air-conditioned shopping mall in West Bengal beyond Kolkata, covering
an area of 100,000 sq. ft. Big Bazaar(spread over
46,000 sq. ft.) is the anchor store here, and also
the rst Big Bazaar to open in West Bengal beyond
Kolkata, this mall also houses a multiplex (Carnival Cinemas - 3 screens)(capacity - 999 seats), other
shopping and entertainment stores.
Fast food chains - KFC (Junction Mall, City Centre), Domino's (Beside Junction Mall, City Centre), Pizza Hut (Junction Mall, City Centre), Subway
(Recol Park, City Centre), Mc Donalds (Junction
Mall, City Centre).
Multiplexes - 1. Carnival Cinemas (3 screens) (capacity - 999 seats) (Dreamplex Mall, City Centre).
2. Bioscope (3 screens) (capacity - 800) (Junction
Mall, City Centre). 3. Arti Cinemas (3 screens)
(Fortune Plaza, Benachity).
Benachity Bazar- This is the largest shopping market
place in Durgapur. Thousands of people ock the
streets of this widely popular market area especially
during the Puja season marketing.
Fortune Plaza - A shopping mall located in Benachity. It has Reliance Digital, Reliance Trend, Arti
Cinema (Multiplex). This multiplex has 3D screen
facility.

Suhatta is another shopping complex which has fa Mohan Kumar Mangalam Park - Located at
mous brands & designer retail outlets.
Priyadarshini Indira Ave, B-Zone, Steel Township.
Park area is 80 acres. Named after Late Mohan Kumar Mangalam (the rst Steel Minister of India).
Exalt Services manages the park. The park has a
large articial lake spread over an area of 10 acres
and greenery all around. Major highlights include
the presence of 1500 tall trees, two small hillocks,
well maintained lawns with lots of owers, meandering lake with boating facility and about six kilometer long pathway for moving around to breath the
fresh air of the greens. Apart from its awesome natural beauty, the main attraction of the MKM Park
is the 16-channel computerized Musical Fountain
along the Lake. There are two entrances and each
entrance is shaped like a horse-shoe, the opening of
which faces the street outside. A large bronze statue
of Ganesha, dancing and playing cymbals with an Suhatta Mall
expression of erceness on his face is placed at the

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Durgapur Barrage A dam and a tourist spot on
river Damodar.
Bhabani Pathaks Tilla (Durgapur Science and Energy Park) is located near the City Centre of Durgapur. Earlier there was a tunnel system from here
to the Damodar River, but now that is closed from
public view. Now, people can visit only the Tilla and
the Science park. The park which was built by the
WEBREDA is now closed.
Ichhai Ghoshs Deul - Remains of an age old fort,
now mostly in ruins. The brick built temple of Ichhai
Ghosh is more than 500 years old, still stands erect
against the backdrop of Garh jungle. Located on the
bank of river Ajay, adjacent to it is the Shyamarupa
temple.
Rahreswar Shib Mandir Located 3 km from
the NH-2 Muchipara crossing on the MuchiparaShibpur Road in the Arrah village opposite the
NSHM Knowledge Campus, this 11th century Shiva
temple is protected by the Archaeological Survey of
India. It is located in the Gopalpur Gram Panchayet
of Kanksa block. Thousands of people rush to this
temple at the Maha Shivaratri.
Santiniketan location of Visva Bharati, established
by Rabindranath Tagore. It is about 60 km away
from Durgapur.
Bishnupur the famous terracotta temple town and
home to major art and crafts. It is about 70 km
away from Durgapur. The Bankura horse, symbol of
Indian handicrafts is produced at Panchmura, near
Bishnupur. It is also the home of the Baluchari sari,
originally woven with motifs based on stories from
the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, but now modernized.
Jaydev Kenduli temple and birthplace of Sanskrit
poet Joydeb, on the banks of the Ajay River. This
place is about 30 km away from Durgapur. On the
occasion of Makar Sankranti (Winter Solstice), a
fair is organized here. Bauls, religious singers with
a detached philosophy and spontaneity of their own,
participates in this fair, which is held in mid January
every year.
Bakreshwar a hot spring and temple, lying about
60 km away from Durgapur.
Churulia - birthplace of the famous Bengali poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam. He is considered the national
poet of Bangladesh. The village is about 60 km from
Durgapur, and contains a museum with his works
and a memorial for him.
Randiha The Anderson Weir (named after John
Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, who inaugurated
it), a diversion constructed in 1932, 19 km downstream of Durgapur Barrage on river Damodar is a

wonderful serene tourist spot located in the Chaktentul Gram Panchayet in Galsi I block. Across
the river lies Sonamukhi. A tourist to Randiha
must visit the Ancient Mound at Bharatpur on
the Silampur-Randiha Road, a monument of National Importance, has been excavated jointly by the
Archaeological Survey of India and the University
of Burdwan has yielded evidence of habitational sequence from the Chalcolithic times to the 12th century. Randiha is about 10 km from Panagarh railway
station.
Nehru Park, Burnpur Originally named (& popular as Lahmeyer Park, after F.W.A.Lahmeyer, a
General Manager of IISCO who had inaugurated it)
Riverside Park, it has been renamed after Jawaharlal
Nehru in 1989 on his birth centenary. Undulating
terrain, meandering brook and a musical fountain
are added attractions to the park. Located on the
banks of the Damodar river in Burnpur. It is located
14 km south-west of the Asansol railway station with
minibuses aplenty.

11 Non-governmental and charity

organisations
Rashtriya Sawyamsevak Sangh -the worlds
largest Non Governmental Organisation has 8 daily
sakha in city of Durgapur.
Third Eye Durgapur is Durgapurs rst photography club and was established with an objective to
promote photography in the steel city. Renowned
photographer and travel writer Mr. Abhishek Roy
is the founder and the present director of this club.
Swami Vivekananda Vani Prachar Samity: Inuenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda,
few like minded people of Durgapur Steel Township.Many discourses and seminars are held.
Bharat Sevashram Sangha is a charitable organization, having its roots in the ideals of Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj. It organizes health camps, disaster reliefs, vocational trainings, and other activities.
Art of Living center is in the town.
Rarh Bangla katha sahitya Akademi (RBKA) is
an important literary organization.
Vivekananda Academic Aid Fund established to
help the cause of talented but needy students inspired by the doctrine of selfess service of Swami
Vivekananda.Mr.Jiban Banerjee,lecturer of Statistics at Bidhan Chandra Institution,Durgapur, and at
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira,kolkata is the
current secretary of the organisation.

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GAIRIK BANDHAN is one of the well known cultural & social organisation of Durgapur.
Founder members of GAIRIK BANDHAN are Abhijit
mukherjee,Ranjan Mukherjee,Sanjay Roy,Sekhar Ganguly,Subrata Mahapatra.

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literary activities

Durgapur has a long history of art & literature. Nilkontha Mukherjee, a famous poet cum musician of 18th
century was hailed from Durgapur. A reputed Literary movement called Neem Sahitya Aandolon " in Bengali literature was originated from Durgapur. Since then,
many powerful writers & poets have been emerged from
this city who have got widely recognized and appreciated
for their creative writings.Sudhangsu Sen,Chaitali Majumder, Mrinal Banik, Biman Chottopadhyay, Brajakumar Sarkar,Narayan Majumder, Dishari Mukhopadhyay,
Kollolshri Majumdar, Manobendu Roy, Biman Majhi,
snehasish Mukhopadhyay are notable poets/writers of
this city. As many as 20 literary magazines with good
reputation are published from Durgapur.
Important Literary Magazines of Durgapur
TRISTOOP (Edited by Brajakumar Sarkar since
2001 )
Ujjol Ek Jhank( Edited by Mrinal Banik )
Dhitang Dhitang ( Edited by Narayan Majumder/Chaitali Majumder )
Astoraag edited by Manobendu Roy/Sunitiprosad
Mondal

EXTERNAL LINKS

[4] Maps, Weather, and Airports for Durgapur, India.

fallingrain.com.
[5] Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh
and above (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census
of India 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
[6] British Path. The Royal Tour Of India - Reel 3. britishpathe.com.
[7] http://www.homeslocated.com
[8] NIT DURGAPUR. nitdgp.ac.in.
[9] http://www.csir.res.in
[10] Welcome to CMERI. cmeri.res.in. Retrieved 2013-0825.
[11] http://www.nptidurgapur.com
[12] DSMS
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Institutions.
Post
Graduate,Graduate
courses
in
Durgapur,FULL
TIME
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COURSES
MCA,MBA,MHM,BCA,BBA,BHM,BBA(T&H)
COURSES UNDER WBUT,BU,WBHUS.. dsmsindia.org.
[13] NSHM Knowledge Campus - Best AICTE Approved
college in Kolkata, Durgapur. NSHM - Knowledge Campus.
[14] ":: BCETDGP :: Bengal College of Engineering and
Technology, A Unit of SKS Group of Institutions..
bcetdgp.ac.in.
[15] Sujoy Bhowmick. Welcome to Aryabhatta Institute
of Engineering & Management Durgapur (AIEMD) :
HOME PAGE. aiemd.org.
[16] DIATM. rahul.ac.in.

Kurukshetra edited by Snehasis Mukhopadhyay

[17] ABS Academy. ABS Academy of Science Technology

& Management Durgapur Colleges West Bengal India.
absacademy.com.

Anwesha edited by Ashok Majumdar

[18] nimdurgapur.org. nimdurgapur.org.

[19] Welcome To NPTI Durgapur. nptidurgapur.com.

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Famous Persons

[20] Durgapur Adda. durgapuradda.com.

Saikat Laha
Wainjila Dutta Laha

14 External links
Bardhaman district ocial site

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References

[1] A built legacy

[2] Welcome to Allied ICD Services Limited - About Us.
alliedicd.com.
[3] Samir K Mukherjee and Kaushik Gangopadhyaya (2012),
Birbhanpur, in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal,
Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

Durgapur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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