Durgapur is acity in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located about 160 km fromKolkata, in Burdwan district. The industrial township was designed by Joseph Allenand is home to one of the largest industrial area units in the state. DurgapurSteel Plant one of the integrated steels plants of Steel Authority of IndiaLimited. The name of Durgapur is come from the name of Sri Durgamohan, Chattopadhyay,the Janmindar of Gopinathpur area of Durgapur and the erstwhile scion of thefamily of chatterjees of sagarbhanga area. Durgapur is in the Burdwan districtof West Bengal, on the banks of Damodar River. The coal bearing of area of the Raniganjcoalfields lies just beyond Durgapur. The area was deeply forested till recenttimes, and some steaks of the original forests are still here. Durgapur subdivisionssurrounded by Asansol subdivision On the West, Bradman, sadar North subdivision on the east.Bankura district acroos the Damodar in the South and Birbhum district in acrossthe Ajay River to the north.
Distance from Durgapur.
Kolkata : - 160 k
Ansansol :- 39 km
Ranchi : - 236 km
Delhi : - 1296 km
How to reach
By Road: - Durgapur is thegateway to the district of Bankura, Birbhum and Paraulia, which are not wellconnected. NH 2 and SH 9 pass through the city jurdiction. NH 60 passes throughthe north Western suburb of Pandaabeswar and finally passes through Raniganjand heads away towards Orissa.
ByRail :- Due to itsindustrial and commercial importance, Durgapur city is connected to the almost major city of Bengal.Express trains and a few inter – city high speed trains shuttle between Kolkataand Durgapur on regular basis.
ByAir: - The nearest airport is at Dum, Kolkata. An ultra modern airport,Singapore at Andal in Durgapur sub division name kazi, Nazrul Islamic airport.
Educationin Durgapur.
National Institute of Technology,Durgapur
Central Mechanical Engineering ResearchInstitute.
Council of Scientific and industrialResearch
National Power training Institute
Guru Teg Bahadur Public School
Pranavanda Vidya Mandir
Bidhan School, Durgapur
Sainik School, Durgapur
Delhi Public School, Durgapur
Real estate inDurgapur.
The industrial township of Durgapur, on the banks ofDamodar river, is gradually re – emerging as a busting hub with a largeworkforce, moderate per capital income, good connectivity and a large number ofhousing, commercial, and education establishments. Apart from a plethora of moderninfrastructure projects that have already come up. Real estate prices — one ofthe key indicators of the development index — have nearly doubled in the past five years.Realtors claim prices may appreciate manifold with the proposed airport city byBengal Aerotropolis in Asansol-Durgapur area gathering steam.
The industrial town has also got bitten by the mall bug.Retail business is on a high as large format stores as well as brand shopsembellish the main market area. While Bengal Shrachi is building a shoppingmall in Durgapur, retail biggie Future Group is in the process of setting upretail stores in the region. The Panoramic Group has also revealed its plans todevelop a 150-room hotel on 2.5 acres in Durgapur. Small wonder, realtors andinfrastructure development companies are more than eager to tap into this hugepotential. National and local developers have been buying land in the area inanticipation that prices will shoot up in coming months.