Rajbandh

Rajbandh
Village
Rajbandh
Location in West Bengal, India
Rajbandh
Rajbandh (India)
Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928Coordinates: 23°28′41″N 87°23′34″E / 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 713212 (Rajbandh)
Telephone/STD code 0343
Lok Sabha constituency Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Durgapur Purba
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Rajbandh is a village in Kanksa CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

Cities and towns in the southern portion of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

It is about 10 km from Durgapur.[1]

Urbanisation

As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in 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

Rajbandh is a rail station on the Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line.[7]

NH 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 300-bedded multi-speciality health care venture, started in 2017 at Rajbandh. The hospital was established in 2012.[12]

References

  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. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 "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. 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. 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. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Gouri Devi Hospital and Research Institute". GDHRI. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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