Durgapur
| Durgapur | |||||||
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| Metropolitan City / Urban Agglomeration | |||||||
Clockwise from the top :
At the entrance of Durgapur Steel city from NH-2 Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur Railway Station Durgapur Expressway, Durgapur Railway Station plate |
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| Nickname(s): Ruhr of India | |||||||
 Durgapur
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| Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E / 23.55°N 87.32°ECoordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E / 23.55°N 87.32°E | |||||||
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal | ||||||
| District | Barddhaman | ||||||
| Established | Late 1950s | ||||||
| Founded by | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (former chief minister of West Bengal) | ||||||
| Named for | Durgamohan Chattopadhyay, former Zamindar of Sagarbhanga | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Type | Durgapur Municipal Corporation | ||||||
| • Body | DMC | ||||||
| • Mayor | Apurba Mukherjee | ||||||
| • Commissioner of Police (CP) | Vineet Kumar Goyal, IPS (Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate) | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • Total | 154 km2 (59 sq mi) | ||||||
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) | ||||||
| Population (2011) | |||||||
| • Total | 522,517 | ||||||
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi) | ||||||
| Demonym(s) | Durgapurbashi, Durgapurians | ||||||
| Languages | |||||||
| • Official | Bengali, English | ||||||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | ||||||
| PIN | 713 2xx [713 201-713 216(city proper);713 217 & 713 219 (suburbs)] | ||||||
| Telephone code | +91 343 | ||||||
| Vehicle registration | WB-39 / WB-40 | ||||||
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur (MP - Mamtaz Sanghamita Choudhury - AITC ) | ||||||
| Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Durgapur Purba (MLA - Santosh Debray - CPI(M)), Durgapur Paschim (MLA - Biswanath Pariyal (CPIM & INC) |
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| Website | durgapurmunicipalcorporation |
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