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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Egara
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 3.66
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages*
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 713323
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0341
| registration_plate = WB
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Asansol Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Dakshin]]
| website = {{URL|paschimbardhaman.co.in/}}
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'''Egara''' is a [[census town]] in [[Raniganj (community development block)|Raniganj]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Asansol Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
The earliest mines worked in India by Sumner, Heatly and Redferne included Damulia, in the Raniganj area, near the Damodar River. There were reports that the coal they mined in India was inferior to coal imported from Britain and their ventures failed. In 1814, [[Warren Hastings]] sent Rupert Jones to survey the area. Having found trace of coal at a place called Jurwah (Jirwaghar), he sank a shaft there and got coal at a depth of 9 feet only. He found the coal fared well in comparison with British coal. He opened a coal mine at Egara and got the coal extracted from a pit (not a quarry). He was probably the first person to introduce Indian coal in the general market, but he failed in mining coal profitably. An agency house, Alexander and Company, became owners of the colliery around 1820. It was the "first regularly constituted mining company with European capital in Bengal."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ir.amu.ac.in/8431/1/T%208114.pdf | title = Nationalism and Labour: The Coal Mining Industry of Bihar till 1947 | work= PhD thesis by Md. Shakeeb Athar, 2011, pages 11-12| publisher = Aligarh Muslim University |access-date = 3 February 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
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===Location===
Egara is located at {{coord|23.609293|N|87.100354|E|}}.<ref name=census>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf | title=Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Barddhaman |work = Map of Raniganj CD Block, page 215| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 31 August 2018}}</ref>

[[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)]], [[Belebathan]], [[Murgathaul]], [[Amkula]], Egara, [[Sahebganj, Paschim Bardhaman|Sahebganj]], [[Raghunathchak]] and [[Ballavpur]] form a cluster of census towns on the western and southern side of [[Raniganj]]. [[Banshra]] and [[Baktarnagar]] are adjacent to Raniganj on the eastern side.<ref name=census/>

===Urbanisation===
According to the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of the Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) | publisher= Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 4 September 2018}}</ref> In 2015, the municipal areas of [[Kulti]], [[Raniganj]] and [[Jamuria]] were included within the jurisdiction of the [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=2015notification>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf | title = The Kolkata Gazette | work = Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015 | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 4 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033552/https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf | archive-date = 12 March 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) [[Census Town]]s.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Egara had a total population of 7,623 of which 3,918 (51%) were males and 3,705 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 813. The total number of literate persons in Egara was 5,262 (77.27% 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 = 31 August 2018 }}</ref>

*For language details see [[Raniganj (community development block)#Language and religion]]

According to the 2011 census, the [[urban agglomeration]] (UA) centred upon Asansol had a population of 1,243,414. In addition to the erstwhile municipalities of [[Kulti]], [[Jamuria]], and [[Raniganj]] subsequently incorporated into the [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]], the agglomeration included the [[census towns]] of [[Amkula]], [[Baktarnagar]], [[Ballavpur]], [[Bhanowara]], [[Domohani]], Egara, [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)]], [[Majiara]], [[Murgathaul]], [[Raghunathchak]], [[Sahebganj, Paschim Bardhaman|Sahebganj]] and [[Topsi]], and also [[Charanpur]], an outgrowth of Jamuria.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf | title = Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above| work= Provisional Population Total, Census of India 2011| publisher = Government of India |access-date = 27 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=2015notification/>

==Infrastructure==


According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Egara covered an area of 3.66 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 7.5 km roads, the protected water-supply involved tapwater from treated source, uncovered wells. It had 700 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had was 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at [[Raniganj]] 5 km away. Among the commodities it produced were paddy, seeds, vegetables.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf| title = District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI:Industry and Banking, Page 1209 | publisher = Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal |access-date = 14 May 2020}}</ref>

==Economy==
As per the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the [[Satgram Area]] in 2018 are: Chapui Khas Colliery, JK Nagar Project, Jemehari Colliery, Kalidaspur Project, Kuardi Colliery, Nimcha Colliery, Pure Searsole Colliery, Ratibati Colliery, Satgram Project and Satgram Incline.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.easterncoal.gov.in/contactus/cugtel/sripur.pdf | title = Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers | work =Sripur Area | publisher = Eastern Coalfields Limited | access-date = 31 August 2018}}</ref>

As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the [[Kunustoria Area]] in 2018 are: Amritnagar Colliery, Amrasota Colliery, Bansra Colliery, Belbaid Colliery, Kunustoria Colliery, Mahabir OCP, North Searsole Colliery, Parasea Colliery, Parasea 6 & 7 Incline and Parasea OCP.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.easterncoal.gov.in/contactus/cugtel/kunustoria.pdf | title = Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers | work = Kunustoria Area | publisher = Eastern Coalfields Limited | access-date = 31 August 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
Old Egara High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2001. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 1,050 books.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/barddhaman/19093002404/old-egara-high-school.html| title = Old Egara High School| publisher = Schools.org.in|access-date = 6 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{Paschim Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district]]

Egara, Paschim Bardhaman - Revision history

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