Jhanjra
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Jhanjra | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Jhanjra Location in West Bengal, India  Jhanjra Jhanjra (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°38′59.3″N 87°17′22.6″E / 23.649806°N 87.289611°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| • Rank | 2,125 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713385 |
| Telephone/STD code | 0343 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
Jhanjra is a village in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Location
2.5miles
Sonpur Bazari
Area Office
Area Office
Area Office
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
1.2miles
Islam Airport
UG: Underground Colliery, OC: Open Cast Colliery, S: Mining support, A: Administrative headquarters
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
The Jhanjra coal block is located on the north-eastern side of Raniganj Coalfield, 15 km north of NH 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road and about the same distance by road from Durgapur.[1]
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 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]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Jhanjra had a total population of 2,125, of which 1,098 (52%) were males and 1,027 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 219. The total number of literate persons in Jhanjra was 1,496 (78.49% of the population over 6 years).[3]
*For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion
Economy
According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Jhanjra Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Main Incline, I & II Incline, I & B Incline and 3 & 4 Incline.[4]
