BHEL township | |
Settlement Type: | neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Bhopal |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bhopal |
Coordinates: | 23.2401°N 77.4645°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bhopal |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Bhopal |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 462022 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bhopal |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Piplani |
BHEL TOWN, Bhopal is a suburb of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. This has developed like other BHEL townships after Indian public sector engineering company BHEL started its operations here. It is spread over an area of around 20 km2 and provides facilities like, parks, community halls, library, shopping centers, banks, post offices etc. Besides, free health services is extended to all the employees through 350 bedded (inclusive of 50 floating beds) Kasturba Hospital and chain of dispensaries.[1]
Nearest train station to BHEL township at a distance of 5 km is Habibganj, though the central Bhopal railway station is just 2 km ahead.
BHEL Township has many good schools and colleges such as Jawaharlal Nehru School, St. Xavier's School, Raman School, Vikram School, Radhakrishnan School, Carmel Convent School, many of them being run by the plant funded BHEL Shiksha Mandal.