This article is about the village in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Salanpur (community development block). For 2 its namesake operational area of ECL, see Salanpur Area.
Cities, towns and ECL Areas in the western portion of Asansol Sadar subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district MC: municipal corporation, P: rural administrative unit, CT: census town, N: neighbourhood, OG: out growth, T: temple Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.[1] In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[2] Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
According to the 2011 Census of India Salanpur had a total population of 4,739 of which 2,454 (52%) were males and 2,285 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 658. The total number of literate persons in Salanpur was 2,909 (71.28% of the population over 6 years).[5]
As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Salanpur AreaofEastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bonjemehari Colliery, Barmondia Colliery, Dabor Colliery, Gourandi Colliery, Gourandi Begunia Colliery and Mohonpur OCP.[6]
Bhushan Steel signed an agreement with the West Bengal government to set up a 2 million tonne steel plant, with auxiliary facilities, at Salanpur, in 2007. The company expected to get around 2,500 acres of land acquired in the subsequent one year and start production in 2012.[7] With growing resistance to land acquisition the state government was not able to make much headway.[8] In 2012, Bhusan Steel put the project on hold.[9]
State Highway 5 running from Rupnarayanpur (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Junput (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Salanpur.[11] It links to the Kolkata-Delhi NH 19, passing nearby.
Gyan Bikash Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1994. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.[12]
Kalyanesari High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1968. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X.[13]
Medical facilities (dispensaries) in the Salanpur Area of ECL are available at Salanpur Area (PO Lalganj), Mohanpur Colliery (PO Lalganj), Burmundia Colliery (PO Kanyapur), Gourandi Colliery (PO Panuria), Dabar Colliery (PO Samdi), Banjamehari Colliery (PO Salanpur), RH Dendua (PO Salanpur). [15]
^"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. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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