Kharagpur
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This article is about the city in West Bengal, India. For other uses, see Kharagpur (disambiguation).
Kharagpur (pronunciationⓘ) is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district.[4] It is located 120 km west of Kolkata. Kharagpur holds the oldest and biggest Indian Institute of Technology namely IIT Kharagpur. It has one of the largest railway workshops in India. Kharagpur Junction contains the fourth longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m)[5] and is the headquarter of the Kharagpur Division of the South Eastern Railways.
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Kharagpur | |
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Kharagpur Junction railway station, fourth longest platform in the world, divisional headquarters of South-eastern zone of Indian railways | |
Coordinates: 22.330239°N 87.323653°E / 22.330239; 87.323653 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Medinipur |
Subdivision | Kharagpur |
District | Paschim Medinipur |
Named for | Kharga Malla |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
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• MLA | Hiran Chatterjee (BJP) |
• Chairman | Kalyani Ghosh[1] (TMC) |
• MP | Dilip Ghosh (BJP) |
• District Magistrate | Khursheed Ali Qadri, IAS |
Area | |
• Total | 127 km2 (49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 299,683[3] |
• Rank | 5th in West Bengal 221st in India |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 721301 - 721305 |
Telephone code | 03222 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Vehicle registration | WB-36-xxxx |
Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kharagpur Sadar |
Website | kharagpurmunicipality |
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