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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Neamatpur
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Asansol
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Asansol, West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.713835|N|86.880694|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| 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]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[City]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Asansol]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =

|seat_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
|seat = [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]]
|parts_type = [[Asansol Municipal Corporation|AMC]] wards
|parts_style = 
|parts = Ward Nos. 19,59,60,61
|p1 =
|p2 = 
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 100
| population_total =
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| 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_code = 713 359
| area_code = 0341
| registration_plate = WB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulti]]
| website = {{URL|paschimbardhaman.co.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Neamatpur''' is a [[neighbourhood]] in [[Asansol]] of [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is governed by [[Asansol Municipal Corporation]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 March 2017 |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>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Neamatpur is located at {{coord|23.713835|N|86.880694|E|source:yahoomaps_region:IN-WB |format=dms}}.

Asansol is composed of undulating [[laterite]] soil. This area lies between the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] and the [[Ajay River|Ajay]].<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>

At the western fringe of the area the [[Barakar River|Barakar]] forms the boundary with [[Jharkhand]]. The main railway stations are [[Asansol Junction railway station]] and Sitarampur Junction railway station.

===Urbanisation===
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of 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 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |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).

===Asansol Municipal Corporation===
According to the Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of [[Kulti]], [[Raniganj]] and [[Jamuria]] were included within the jurisdiction of [[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 = 9 March 2017 | 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>

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

==Economy==
It is in the heart of the coal mining zone.<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p 666</ref> Neamatpur Central Workshop of Eastern Coalfield Ltd situated at Lithuria Road, Neamatpur. Some people in Neamatpur are also engaged with work in the Railways. Neamatpur does not have a police station though there is an Investigation Centre present. Neamatpur comes under Kulti Police station. Today Neamatpur is a busy trading hub due to Asansol being a bordering city of Bengal and Jharkhand.

Moulana Abdur Rashid was an Imam of Neamatpur Jama Masjid, and teacher of Belrui N.G. High School. Although his birth was in Dhaka (Bangladesh) but he came as an immigrant to Neamatpur and settled here. His essays are unforgettable for the spread of education in this area. After his death on 18 February 1979, his name was associated with the establishment of a school (Moulana Abdur Rashid Primary School), initiated in 1989.

History of Coal Mining and Neamatpur police:

Neamatpur Investigation Center is one of the oldest Investigation Centre in Bardhaman District.1837 when Bankura district was formed, the Asansol-Ranigunj area was part of Bankura district. In 1847, Ranigunj subdivision was formed with three police stations –Ranigunj, Kanksa and Neamatpur and it was made a part of Bardhaman district. In 1906 the subdivisional headquarters was shifted to Asansol and the subdivision renamed accordingly. In 1910, the police stations in Asansol subdivision were Asansol, Ranigunj, Kanksa, Faridpur and Barakar. In 2006, Asansol subdivision has the following police stations: Chittaranjan, Salanpur, Barabani, Asansol (North), Asansol (South), Ranigunj, Jamuria, Hirapur and Kulti. In 1968, Durgapur subdivision was carved out of Asansol subdivision.
The early mines were Sundarchak and Barademo. Coal in India was first discovered around Neamatpur. And one of the deepest coal mines Chinakuri 1/2, it is about 1.5 sq. K.m in area situated at the bank of damodar river

==Educational institutions==
Narain Dangal Rashtriya Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, the Belrui N.G. Institution and Jaladhi Kumari Devi Uchcha Balika Bidyalaya are the three most renowned schools in and around Neamatpur. These three schools have produced many board exam Toppers in the Asansol region. The Nearest English Medium Schools are [[St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School]], [[St. Vincent's High and Technical School]], [[Loreto Convent, Asansol]] and The Assembly of God Church School, Sodepur. There is also Priyadarshini Public School nearby to Neamatpur. Narain Dangal Rashtriya Vidhyalaya Higher Secondary School present in Sitarampur is a renowned Hindi Medium school on the area. There is also an Urdu Medium School for girls "Islamia Girls Junior High School" is at Islamia School road, near Jama Masjid in Neamatpur (East).

There is an old primary school in the midst of the locality named "Kalidasi Vidyabithi" which is now upgraded to middle school stage.

==Demographics==
It mainly consists of Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marwari, Hindi and Urdu-speaking people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

==Transport==
Road connectivity to Neamatpur is provided by the [[Grand Trunk Road]]. Which is Called Lifeline of Neamatpur, One can go to [[Kolkata]], [[Durgapur, West Bengal|Durgapur]] and [[Dhanbad]] easily, travelling by the Grand Trunk Road. One can also go to [[Purulia]] via [[Dishergarh]] and to [[Chittaranjan]] through the State Highway to Purulia and the Chittaranjan Road respectively.

Regular minibus services are available from Asansol City Bus Terminus, Barakar, Chittaranjan and Dishergarh. All the minibuses stop at Neamatpur. Some Express and Long Distance Government Buses also provide a stoppage at Neamatpur. Inter-state superfast buses plying to [[Dhanbad]], [[Bokaro Steel City]], [[Ranchi]], [[Jamshedpur]], [[Giridih]] and [[Madhupur, Deoghar|Madhupur]] also stop at Neamatpur. Direct bus connectivity to Kolkata is provided by [[South Bengal State Transport Corporation]] buses plying from [[Barakar]], [[Chittaranjan]] and [[Purulia]], else one can easily go to Asansol City Bus Terminus and avail bus services.

The nearest Railway Station is the [[Sitarampur]] Junction. The Howrah-Delhi rail track separates into the Main and Grand Chord lines at Sitarampur and rejoins at Mughalsarai. Hence many important trains on the [[Howrah]] - [[Delhi]] passes through and have stoppages at Sitarampur.

A wide two-way highway has been built connecting G.T. Road Neamatpur to IISCO Burnpur and in near future{{when|date=June 2019}} it should be extended to NH2. Two ponds named Banka and KamarBandh are also situated in the bank of this highway. An ancient Maa [[Kali]] temple is situated in the west of the neighborhood. The oldest Mosque is [[Jama Masjid]] situated at Islamia School Road, And an Oldest Madarsa Hanfiah Tajwid ul Quran situated at G.T. Road Neamatpur, east of the [[neighbourhood]].

==Healthcare==
Medical facilities (dispensaries) in the Sodepur Area of ECL are available at Chinakuri I & II (PO Sundarchak), Chinakuri Mine III (PO Radhanagar), Parbelia (PO Neturia), Narsamuda (PO Mithani), Bejdih (PO Kulti), Mithani (PO Mithani), Patmohna (PO Patmohna), Sodepur 9/10 (PO Sundarchak), Mouthdih (PO Sundarchak), Dhemo Main (PO Main Dhemo).<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==
{{Reflist}}

{{Paschim Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Asansol]]

Neamatpur - Revision history

Gnfcmussorie: add article after review and improved wording

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