Kharagpur Railway Settlement
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Kharagpur Railway Settlement | |
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Census Town | |
  Kharagpur Railway Settlement Location in West Bengal, India  Kharagpur Railway Settlement Kharagpur Railway Settlement (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°21′12″N 87°20′23″E / 22.35329°N 87.33976°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 82,735 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Bengali, Santali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kharagpur Sadar |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Kharagpur Railway Settlement is a census town in the Kharagpur I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Location
5miles
Madhyabar
Railway Settlement
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Kharagpur Railway Settlement is located at 22°21′12″N 87°20′23″E / 22.35329°N 87.33976°E.
Area overview
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west – Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.[2] With a density of population of 787 per km2 nearly half of the district’s population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% in the rural areas.[3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
