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Asansol
Asansol
Metropolis
	Asansol cityscape ; Clockwise from top: Asansol Railway Station, IISCO Steel Plant, TV Tower, Galaxy Mall, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol Indoor Stadium, Rabindra Bhavan, Eastern Coalfields Limited
	Nickname(s): "The City of Brotherhood" and ; "The Land of Black Diamonds"
	Asansol Location in West Bengal, India Asansol Asansol (India) Asansol Asansol (Asia)
	Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Asansol Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Bidhan Upadhyay
• Deputy Mayor	Abhijeet Ghatak; Wasim Ul Haque;
• Police Commissioner	Sukesh Kumar Jain, IPS
Area
• Metropolis	326 km2 (126 sq mi)
• Metro	1,615 km2 (624 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in West Bengal
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population (2011)
• Metropolis	1,243,414
• Rank	2nd in West Bengal
• Metro	3,000,000
Demonym	Asansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolbashi
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713 3xx
Telephone code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44 (WB 44A, WB 44B, WB 44C, WB 44D)
Sex ratio	1.08 ♂/♀
Literacy	84.82
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol (MP — Shatrughan Sinha — TMC)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Asansol Uttar (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC) Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Agnimitra Paul —BJP) Pandaveswar (MLA — Narendranath Chakraborty —TMC) Raniganj (MLA — Tapas Banerjee —TMC) Jamuria (MLA — Hareram Singh —TMC) Kulti (MLA —Ajay Kumar Poddar —BJP) Barabani (MLA —Bidhan Upadhyay —TMC)
Police	Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate
Website	paschimbardhaman.gov.in

Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the second largest and one of the most populated cities of West Bengal. It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district. According to a 2010 report released by the International Institute for Environment and Development, a UK-based policy research non-governmental body, Asansol was ranked 11th among Indian cities and 42nd in the world in its list of 100 fastest-growing cities.^[12] Asansol is classed as a Y-category city for calculation of HRA (House Rent Allowance) for public servants (rate 16%) making it a "Tier-II" city.

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[1] "Asansol, The City of Brotherhood", Asansol.org, 2022, retrieved 20 November 2023

[2] "Indian Cities and Their Nicknames - Complete List". 22 July 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

[3] "Siliguri, India Metro Area Population 1950-2021".

[Census2011-4] Cite error: The named reference Census2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2015notification-5] "The Kolkata Gazette" (PDF). Notification No. 335/MA/O/C-4/1M-36/2014 dated 3 June 2015. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

[Asansol_City-6] "Asansol City". asansolmunicipalcorporation. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[Asansol_Info-7] "City - Asansol (West Bengal, India) -". Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[ADDA-8] "Asansol Durgapur Development Authority". sudawb.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[9] "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[wblangoff-10] "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[auto-11] "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[citymayors1-12] "World's fastest growing urban areas (1)". City Mayors. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

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Asansol
Metropolis
Asansol cityscape Clockwise from top: Asansol Railway Station, IISCO Steel Plant, TV Tower, Galaxy Mall, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol Indoor Stadium, Rabindra Bhavan, Eastern Coalfields Limited
Nickname(s): "The City of Brotherhood"^[1] and "The Land of Black Diamonds" ^[2]
Asansol Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Asansol Asansol (India) Show map of India Asansol Asansol (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 23°41′N 86°59′E / 23.68°N 86.99°E / 23.68; 86.99
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Asansol Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Bidhan Upadhyay
• Deputy Mayor	Abhijeet Ghatak Wasim Ul Haque
• Police Commissioner	Sukesh Kumar Jain, IPS
Area ^[6]^[7]
• Metropolis	326 km² (126 sq mi)
• Metro ^[8]	1,615 km² (624 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in West Bengal
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Population (2011)^[6]^[7]
• Metropolis	1,243,414 ^[3]^[4]^[5]
• Rank	2nd in West Bengal
• Metro ^[8]	3,000,000
Demonym	Asansolians / Asansolites/ Asansolbashi
Languages
• Official	Bengali^[9]^[10]
• Additional official	English^[10]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713 3xx
Telephone code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB 37 / WB 38 / WB 44 (WB 44A, WB 44B, WB 44C, WB 44D)
Sex ratio	1.08^[11] ♂/♀
Literacy	84.82^[11]
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol (MP — Shatrughan Sinha — TMC)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Asansol Uttar (MLA — Moloy Ghatak —TMC) Asansol Dakshin (MLA —Agnimitra Paul —BJP) Pandaveswar (MLA — Narendranath Chakraborty —TMC) Raniganj (MLA — Tapas Banerjee —TMC) Jamuria (MLA — Hareram Singh —TMC) Kulti (MLA —Ajay Kumar Poddar —BJP) Barabani (MLA —Bidhan Upadhyay —TMC)
Police	Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate
Website	paschimbardhaman.gov.in