Charanpur

Charanpur
Charanpur
Coordinates: 23°44′35″N 87°02′45″E / 23.74298°N 87.04585°ECoordinates: 23°44′35″N 87°02′45″E / 23.74298°N 87.04585°E
Country India
State West Bengal
District Bardhaman district
Sub-division Asansol subdivision
Area
 • Total 2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 • Total 3,301
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
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Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 713330

Charanpur is a village in Bardhaman (or Burdwan) district of West Bengal, India, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the industrial town of Asansol.

Administrative

Charanpur is classified as an Out Growth (OG) Urban Unit. It has an area of 2.63 square kilometres (1.02 sq mi). In 2001 the population was 3,301, of which 1,688 were male and 1,613 female.[1] For postal delivery, Charanpur is a sub-office of the Jamuria Taluk.[2] For other administrative purposes, it is within the Barabani community development block.[3]

Coal mining

Formerly Charanpur was a coal mining location.[4] It lay in the Raniganj coal field.[5] There were two seams. The Koithee coal seam was 45 metres (148 ft) above the Poniati seam. An oblique fault cut across the two seams.[6] In 1865 Apcar and Company was working a seam of coal 13 feet (4.0 m) deep near Charanpur.[7] It held 12 feet (3.7 m) of fair coal.[8] In 1891 the Apcar's Charampur colliery was the first on the district to be lit by electric light.[9] The Civil Engineering College at Sibpur began providing regular course of instruction in mining at the colliery in 1906.[5]

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