Durgachak

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Durgachak
Neighbourhood in Haldia municipality
Durgachak Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°4′0″N 88°8′0″E / 22.06667°N 88.13333°E / 22.06667; 88.13333Coordinates: 22°4′0″N 88°8′0″E / 22.06667°N 88.13333°E / 22.06667; 88.13333
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	721602

Durgachak is a town in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.

Geography[]

Location[]

It is located at an elevation of 1 m from MSL.^[1]

Police station[]

Durgachak police station has jurisdiction over Haldia CD Block. Durgachak police station covers an area of 44,21 km² with a population of 71,067. Durgachak police station is located in Haldia municipality.^[2][3]

Urbanisation[]

79.19% of the population of Haldia subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 20.81% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the highest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district.^[4]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Places of interest[]

• Balughata
• Gopaljew Temple
• Shiva Mandir
• Township Riverside
• Patikhali Riverside

Transport[]

Legend

km Asansol–Tatanagar– Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line Kharagpur–Bankura– Adra line Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Nimpura Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard Girimaidan Hijli Kharagpur-Puri line 0 Kharagpur NH 60 7 Jakpur 13 Madpur 19 Shyam Chak 24 Balichak 27 Duan 30 Radhamohanpur 35 Haur 39 Khirai km Kangsabati River 44 Panskura Raghunathbari 20 to Ghatal (planned) Rajgoda 28 48 Narayan Pakuria Murail Saheed Matangini 33 51 Bhogpur Tamluk 36 00 54 Nandaigajan Nandakumar 10 57 Mecheda Nandakumar-Balaipanda new line (planned) 43 Keshabpur Chak Simulia 49 Satish Samanta Halt Bargoda 51 Mahishadal Moyna 60 Barda Balaipanda 66 Basulya Sutahata NH 41 Haldia Energy Power Station Haldi River 71 Durgachak Lavan Satyagrah Smarak 21 HPCL Siding Deshapran 33 Indorama Checmicals Siding Deshapran-Kendamari new line (planned) Gholpukur 74 Durgachak Town New Krishnanagar 77 Silpaprabesh Hampigram Haldia Industrial Belt Nandigram Kendamari Henria 39 Haldia Dock Complex Nachinda 52 Kanthi 63 79 Bandar ICF Haldia Sitalpur 69 81 Haldia Sujalpur 71 Ashapurna Devi 76 Kolaghat Thermal Power Station Badalpur 78 60 Kolaghat Kanthi-Egra new line (planned) Rupnarayan River Raipur 64 Deulti Satmile 67 Ghoraghata Paschimbatya 70 Bagnan Balighai Bagnan–Amta line (planned) Egra Damodar River Bhatda 78 Kulgachia Dubda 79 Bir Shibpur Paniparul Road Pujali–Uluberia line (planned) Depal 83 Uluberia Champa River 85 Phuleswar Ramnagar (Bengal) 86 88 Chengel Egra-Digha new line (planned) Fort Gloster Jute Mill Tikra 88 91 Bauria Digha–Jaleswar line (planned) 95 Nalpur Digha 94 Ambuja Cement 97 Abada Sankrail Goods yard 99 Sankrail Delta Jute Mill 103 Andul 105 Mourigram Santragachi–Amta branch line Hindustan Industries and Engineering 108 Santragachi Padmapukur NH 12 (Kona Expressway) Guest Keen Williams 109 Ramrajatala 111 Dasnagar Shalimar │ Shalimar rail yard 112 Tikiapara Howrah–Bardhaman main line & Howrah–Bardhaman chord 115 Howrah km

Sources:[5][6][7][8]

Durgachak railway station and Durgachak Town railway station are situated on the Panskura-Haldia line.^[9]

References[]

External links[]

• About Durgachak
• Haldia travel guide from Wikivoyage

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