BHEL Township, Bhopal explained

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]

Transport

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.

Educational institutions

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BHEL Bhopal Profile . bhelbhopal.com . 12 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831011035/http://www.bhelbhopal.com/overview.htm . 31 August 2012 .