BURNPUR

It is located in Bardhaman District , in the heart of the mining-industrial belt in the western periphery of the state.

Burnpur is located at 23.6667° N 86.9333° E. It has an average elevation of 75 metres (249 feet).

The location of the iron works was at Hirapur. It was a small hamlet amidst the sal (shorea robusta gaertn) forests, in Shergarh pargana belonging to the Raja of Panchakut (Panchet). Nearby villages were Narsinghbandh, Dharampur, Rangapara, Kalajharia, Nabaghunti, Santa, Napuria, Nakrasota and Chhotodighari. At that time the railway track of Bengal Nagpur Railway was there with a small station named Narsinghbandh. With the construction of the new township, the railway station was renamed Burnpur


map of burnpur

THe area is known for the steel plant.....IISCO STEEL PLANT......which is under SAIL(Steel authority of india)....This area has many company colonies..........BURNPUR TOWNSHIP, NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP(CHOTADIGHARI),CISF COLONY,RANGAPARA,RIVERSIDE TOWNSHIP.....surrounding the steel plant.
The school in this area are : Burnpur boys high school, Burnpur girls high school, Burnpur primary school, Burnpur Riverside School, Chotadighari high school, Ghandhi school........

        Burnpur contains few visiting places :- 

IISCO (NOW ISP)


IISCO STEEL PLANT(1935)


Bessemer Converter (blast furnish)

Snapshot of NEHRU PARK(popullarly known as LAMEYER'S PARK)


NEHRU PARK


PUMPING STATION AT NEHRU PARK(DAMODAR RIVER)

ASANSOL 

a coal-mining-industrial-commercial centre, is the second largest city in West Bengal, after Kolkata.

The entire stretch from Andal to Barakar and covering Raniganj, Jamuria , Asansol, Burnpur , Neamatpur , Kulti and Barakar , composed of a long stretch of about 40 kilometres along Grand Trunk Road. The area contains all the facilities that a fine city requires.......

ASANSOL STATION


Map of Asansol