Sonpur Bazari

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
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| area_code = 0341
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'''Sonpur''' and '''Bazari''' are two villages that have lent their name to the '''Sonpur-Bazari''' open cast coal mines project in the [[Pandabeswar (community development block)|Pandabeswar]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Durgapur subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Sonpur had a total population of 2,358, of which 1,187 (50%) were males and 1,171 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 272. The total number of literate persons in Sonpur was 1,400 (67.11% of the population over 6 years).<ref name="census3-2011">{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 20 February 2017 }}</ref>

According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Bazari had a total population of 1,583, of which 797 (50%) were males and 786 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 204. The total number of literate persons in Bazari was 947 (68.67% of the population over 6 years).<ref name="census3-2011" />[[bazari]]

<small>*For language details see [[Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion]]</small>

==Economy==
===Open Cast Project===
Sonpur Bazari Open Cast Project of [[Eastern Coalfields]] was approved in 1995. The targeted output in 2016-17 was 8 million tonnes. Mineable reserve as on 1/4/2015 was 179.60 million tonnes. Balance life of the project as on 1/4/2012 was 23 years.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.secureloginecl.co.in/sbarea/overview.php |title = Sonepur Bazari Area |publisher= Eastern Coalfields Limited | access-date = 16 January 2017}}</ref>

===Sonpur Bazari Area===
Sonpur Bazari OCP is the only colliery in the Sonepur Bazari Area of ECL.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/66080/13/13_chapter%205.pdf |title = Coalmining impact on the Environment |work = Chapter V: Table 5.2 | publisher= shodganga.infibnet | access-date = 21 February 2017}}</ref>

See also - [[Pandaveswar Area#Mining plan]] - it includes Sonpur Bazari

==Transport==
[[National Highway 14 (India)|National Highway 14]] (old number NH 60) passes in between the Sonpur and Bazari villages and near the OCP.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date= 20 February 2017|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

The nearest railway station is at [[Pandabeswar]].

==Healthcare==
Medical facilities (dispensary) in the Sonpur Bazari Area of ECL are available at Sonpur Bazari (PO Bahula).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrxiDIKi8Be4hgAXS67HAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByYmpmZjA4BGNvbG8Dc2czBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1589705610/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.coalindia.in%2fDesktopModules%2fDocumentList%2fdocuments%2fDetails_of_Medical_Facility_in_CIL_and_its_Subsidiaries_05032018.xlsx/RK=2/RS=G5Llg8vcadCbsl1BI.JMH0rETxA- | title = Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries | work= ECL| publisher = CIL|access-date = 15 May 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Operational Areas of ECL}}
{{Paschim Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Villages in Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Coal mining operational areas in West Bengal]]

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