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?Rupnarainpur West Bengal • India
Rupnarainpur
Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68, 86.98
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Bardhaman
Population	22,152 (2001)
Website: bardhaman.gov.in/

Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68, 86.98

Rupnarainpur (Bengali: রূপনারায়ণ পুর) (Hindusthan Cables Town - also spelt Rupnarayanpur) is a town under Salanpur/ Chittaranjan police stations^[1] of Asansol subdivision in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The post office on the company's area is called Hindustan Cables PO.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Education
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Geography

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.^[2]

[edit] History

The first production unit of Hindustan Cables was set up in 1952 in Rupnarainpur, in technical collaboration with Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd.for production of paper insulated dry core cables. In 2007 updated and expanded Rupnarainpur unit, with an installed capacity of 63 LCKM, manufactures polythene insulated jelly filled cables and aerial cables.

Facilities for manufacturing 1 million pairs of telephone coiled cords and 1.5 million pieces of computer cords have been set up in the unit. The telephone cords (2 way ovular straight and 4 way ovular extensible etc.) conform to latest specification and cater to Indian market and the computer cords for Computer Industries.^[3]^[4]

This company used to make profits up to 1993-94. Since 1995, it has been incurring losses. Tata Consultancy Study Report has clearly stated that revival of HCL is viable provided HCL is diversified into new products. The cost of revival, as per their recommendation, would be Rs.281.22 crore whereas the cost of closure would be Rs.1,766.61 crore.^[5]

Bihar Pottery has refractory unit at Rupnarainpur but the refractory industry in the region is facing an uncertain future.^[6]

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[7] Hindusthan Cables Town had a population of 22,152. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Hindusthan Cables Town has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Hindusthan Cables Town, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.