Rajbandh Explained

Rajbandh
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal # India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:23.4781°N 87.3928°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Paschim Bardhaman
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:713212 (Rajbandh)
Area Code Type:Telephone/STD code
Area Code:0343
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Bardhaman-Durgapur
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Durgapur Purba

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Distance between Durgapur to Rajbandh . Distances Between . 24 March 2017.
  2. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan . Table 2.2, 2.4(a) . Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal . 15 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Rajbandh depot fire: IOC rules out disruption in supplies . The Hindu Business Line, 5 June 2004 . 24 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Oil & Gas Downstream . Infraline Energy . 24 March 2017.
  5. Web site: Petroleum Products Pipeline . Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbadh Pipeline . Indian Oil Corporation . 24 March 2017.
  6. Web site: Bharat Petroleum - Rajbandh LPG Bottling Plant. Industry About . 24 March 2017.
  7. Web site: 63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU . Time Table . indiarailinfo . 9 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. 10 February 2017. New Delhi.
  9. Google maps
  10. Web site: Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management . DIATM . 26 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Durgapur College of Commerce and Science . College Admission . 26 March 2017.
  12. Web site: Gouri Devi Hospital and Research Institute . GDHRI . 24 March 2017.

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