Kharagpur  pronunciation  (Bengali: খড়্গপুর) is an important industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is multi-cultural and cosmopolitan city. It is the most populated city of Paschim Medinipur district. The first Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), a group of Institutes of National Importance, was founded in Kharagpur as early as in May 1950. It is 116 km from Kolkata and forms an important station on Howrah-Mumbai, Howrah-Chennai road and railway route. This city also has one of the largest railway workshops in India, and the third longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m). Kharagpur has an Air Force base in Kalaikunda, and another in Salua. There have been plans by the IAF to allow civil flights in Kalaikunda.It is one of the four cities where national sports are held.Other being Kolkata,Siliguri and Durgapur.

History

Historically, Kharagpur was a part of the Hijli Kingdom and ruled by Hindu Oriya rulers as a feudatory under Gajapati Kings of Orissa. Historians claim that in the 16th century, Kharagpur was still a small village surrounded by dense forests. The village was on high rocky barren land. The only inhabited settlement near Kharagpur was Hijli. Hijli was a small island village on the banks of the Rasulpur River, in the delta of Bay of Bengal. It developed into a port town in 1687. Hijli was also a province and it existed until 1886. It covered parts of Bengal and Orissa. It had important towns like Tamluk, Panskura, and Debra, along with the Kelghai and Haldi rivers on the north, south, and east sides bounded by Bay of Bengal and Kharagpur, Keshiary, Dantan, and Jaleswar on the west.

Kharagpur is a town and a notified area in Munger district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Geography

Kharagpur is located at 25°07′N 86°33′E / 25.12°N 86.55°E / 25.12; 86.55. It has an average elevation of 48 metres (157 feet).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kharagpur had a population of 26,910. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kharagpur has an average literacy rate of 47%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55%, and female literacy is 39%. In Kharagpur, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

River & Lake

Khargpur having one beautiful Lake known as Khargpur Lake.It is 3 km far from khargpur city in the west direction.

'Bhim Bandh'

This is tourist place for kharagpur hill area. Picnic spot in winter season and You can enjoy spring of hot water.

Kharagpur also has Rameshwar Kund, Kali Mandir which are places of tourist attraction. It is also said that when the King of Kharagpur - Raja Rahmad Ali,later known Raja Rahmad, when ate betel,it could be seen through his neck. He also made a Masjid there.There is one Mani river in Kharagpur, which never dries.

Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Kharagpur Rural/ Kharagpur Local) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 228 Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kharagpur I community development block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block.

Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

Note: Constituency abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

Sk. Nazmul Haque of CPI(M) won the Kharagpur Rural assembly seat five times in a row from 1987 to 2006. He defeated Ajit Maity of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1987. Sk. Siraj Ali of CPI(M) defeated Deben Das, Independent, in 1982 Deben Das of CPI in 1977. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.