Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal.

Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district of West Bengal.
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Worth seeing in and around Paschim Bardhaman district
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol ) is a diocese located in the city of Asansol in the ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in India.
2.1 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia - 02Kazi Nazrul University
Kazi Nazrul University is a public state research university located in Asansol, West Bengal, India. Ex chief minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone on 10 January 2013.
1.7 km · state public university in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India · Wikipedia - 03Asansol Engineering College
The Asansol Engineering College is a private engineering college in Asansol, West Bengal, India. It offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Engineering and Technology and other allied fields.
800 m · Engineering college of West Bengal · Wikipedia - 04Ghaghar Burhi temple
Ghaghar Buri, is a small shrine dedicated to Goddess Kali Mata. It is located in Asansol city, by the side of the National Highway in West Bengal, India.
1.7 km · temple in Paschim Bardhaman district · Wikipedia - 05Sacred Heart Church, Asansol
Sacred Heart Church is a heritage Christian church situated in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the oldest church building of Asansol.
2.3 km · church in West Bengal · Wikipedia - 06Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol
Bidhan Chandra College, also known as B.C. College, Asansol, established in 1961, is the well-known college in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences.
3.8 km · College of West Bengal · Wikipedia - 07Banwarilal Bhalotia College
Banwarilal Bhalotia College, known by the abbreviation B. B. College, established in 1944, is a college in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences.
600 m · Degree college in Asansol · Wikipedia
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Getting to Paschim Bardhaman district
- Airports
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 188 km
- Stations
- Asansol Junction railway station, 2 km
- Kolkata → Paschim Bardhaman district172 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ₹1,400–1,760
- Siliguri → Paschim Bardhaman district364 km · quickest by road, 7h 38m · ₹3,170–3,960
- Bhubaneswar → Paschim Bardhaman district399 km · quickest by road, 7h 57m · ₹3,230–4,040
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No local-transport research exists yet for Paschim Bardhaman district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Paschim Bardhaman district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHired cars, auto-rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available.
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- Kallaneighbourhood in Asansol in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India2.5 km