Sonpur Bazari

Sonpur Bazari
Villages
Sonpur Bazari
Location in West Bengal, India
Sonpur Bazari
Sonpur Bazari (India)
Coordinates: 23°41′28.3″N 87°12′44.3″E / 23.691194°N 87.212306°E / 23.691194; 87.212306Coordinates: 23°41′28.3″N 87°12′44.3″E / 23.691194°N 87.212306°E / 23.691194; 87.212306
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,941
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 713378
Telephone/STD code 0341
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency Pandaveswar
Website bardhaman.gov.in

Sonpur and Bazari are two villages that have lent their name to the Sonpur-Bazari open cast coal mines project in Pandabeswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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

Demographics

As per 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 below 6 years was 272. The total number of literates in Sonpur was 1,400 (67.11% of the population over 6 years).[1]

As per 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 below 6 years was 204. The total number of literates in Bazari was 947 (68.67% of the population over 6 years).[1]bazari

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.[2]

Sonpur Bazari Area

Sonpur Bazari OCP is the only colliery in the Sonepur Bazari Area of ECL.[3]

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

Transport

NH 14 (old number NH 60) passes in between the Sonpur and Bazari villages and near the OCP.[4]

Nearest railway station is Pandabeswar.

Nearest airport is Andal airport.

References

  1. 1 2 "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sonepur Bazari Area". Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Coalmining impact on the Environment" (PDF). Chapter V: Table 5.2. shodganga.infibnet. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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