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Durgapur
West Bengal, India · Asia
About Durgapur
Durgapur sits on the route: 20 minutes from Barjora.
Durgapur is in West Bengal, India, with about 520,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Barjora, about 10 km away.
Durgapur (Bengali pronunciation: [durgapur]), is a major industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and is located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producing steel and manufacturing train wheelsRead more
in India. Over the past few years, this city has also been developed as a hub for the IT industry in India. The city was planned by Bidhan Chandra Roy, Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk in 1955. Durgapur is the only city in eastern India to have an operational dry dock. Durgapur has been nicknamed the 'Steel Backbone of Industrial Bengal'.
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Durgapur is in West Bengal, India, about 10 km from Barjora.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 518,872
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- West Bengal
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 23.5158, 87.3080
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