Rajbandh is a village in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Rajbandh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Rajbandh railway station | |
  Rajbandh Location in West Bengal, India  Rajbandh Rajbandh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713212 (Rajbandh) |
| Telephone/STD code | 0343 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Durgapur Purba |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
Geography edit
3miles
Projects
Limited
Steels
Plant
Steel
Plant
Barrage
Islam Airport
Area Office
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage, H: historical site
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location edit
It is about 10 km from Durgapur.[1]
Urbanisation edit
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
Economy edit
Indian Oil Corporation has a terminal and storage depot at Rajbandh.[3] The 270 km Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbandh pipeline of Indian Oil Corporation, commissioned in 1972-74, transports petroleum products from Haldia refinery.[4][5]
Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum have depots at Rajbandh.[3] Bharat Petroleum has a LPG bottling plant at Rajbandh.[6]
Transport edit
There is a rail station at Rajbandh on the Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line.[7]
National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road passes through Rajbandh.[8][9]
Education edit
Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management was established at Rajbandh in 2002. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.[10]
Durgapur College of Commerce and Science was established in 2003 at Rajbandh.[11]
Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical college with a 300-bedded multi-speciality health care venture, started in 2017 at Rajbandh. The hospital was established in 2012.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Distance between Durgapur to Rajbandh". Distances Between. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Rajbandh depot fire: IOC rules out disruption in supplies". The Hindu Business Line, 5 June 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Oil & Gas Downstream". Infraline Energy. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Petroleum Products Pipeline". Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbadh Pipeline. Indian Oil Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Bharat Petroleum - Rajbandh LPG Bottling Plant". Industry About. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management". DIATM. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Durgapur College of Commerce and Science". College Admission. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Gouri Devi Hospital and Research Institute". GDHRI. Retrieved 24 March 2017.