Rajbandh

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Rajbandh
Village
Rajbandh railway station
Rajbandh railway station
Rajbandh is located in West Bengal
Rajbandh
Rajbandh
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
713212 (Rajbandh)
Telephone/STD code0343
Lok Sabha constituencyBardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDurgapur Purba
Websitepaschimbardhaman.co.in

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.

Geography[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Cities and towns in the southern and eastern portions of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
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[]

It is about 10 km from Durgapur.[1]

Urbanisation[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Distance between Durgapur to Rajbandh". Distances Between. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Rajbandh depot fire: IOC rules out disruption in supplies". The Hindu Business Line, 5 June 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Oil & Gas Downstream". Infraline Energy. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Petroleum Products Pipeline". Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbadh Pipeline. Indian Oil Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Bharat Petroleum - Rajbandh LPG Bottling Plant". Industry About. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ^ "63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. ^ Google maps
  10. ^ "Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management". DIATM. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Durgapur College of Commerce and Science". College Admission. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Gouri Devi Hospital and Research Institute". GDHRI. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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