Rajbandh

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Rajbandh
Neighborhood in Durgapur, West Bengal
Rajbandh railway station
Rajbandh railway station
Location in West Bengal, India
Rajbandh is located in India
Rajbandh
Rajbandh
Rajbandh (India)
Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
713212 (Rajbandh)
Telephone/STD code0343
Lok Sabha constituencyBardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituencyDurgapur Purba
Websitepaschimbardhaman.co.in

Rajbandh is a neighborhood in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur city of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

It is about 10 km from Durgapur.[1]

Urbanisation[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Distance between Durgapur to Rajbandh". Distances Between. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rajbandh depot fire: IOC rules out disruption in supplies". The Hindu Business Line, 5 June 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Oil & Gas Downstream". Infraline Energy. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Petroleum Products Pipeline". Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbadh Pipeline. Indian Oil Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bharat Petroleum - Rajbandh LPG Bottling Plant". Industry About. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Google maps
  10. ↑ "Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management". DIATM. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Durgapur College of Commerce and Science". College Admission. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gouri Devi Hospital and Research Institute". GDHRI. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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