Asansol

Asansol is the headquarters of the district of . It is at the centre of a major industrial area and the second largest urban agglomeration in the state.
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  • Type: City with 500,000 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Asanol”, “আসনশোল”, “আসানশোল”, and “அசன்சோல்”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Asansol Junction railway station and Sacred Heart Church, Asansol.

Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Asansol Junction is a railway station of Eastern…

Church
Photo: Bodhisattwa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacred Heart Church is a heritage Christian church…

Hospital
Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnpur.

Suburb
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Asansol is the headquarters of the district of .

Asansol

Latitude
23.6869° or 23° 41′ 13″ north
Longitude
86.9746° or 86° 58′ 28″ east
Population
500,000
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
Open location code
7MM8MXPF+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4517726787
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1278314
Wiki­data ID
Q202139
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Asansol” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أسانسول”
  • Arabic: “أسنسول”
  • Armenian: “Ասանսոլ”
  • Basque: “Asansol”
  • Belarusian: “Асансол”
  • Bengali: “আসানসোল”
  • Bhojpuri: “आसनसोल”
  • Bishnupriya: “আসানসোল”
  • Breton: “Asansol”
  • Catalan: “Asansol”
  • Cebuano: “Āsansol”
  • Chinese: “阿散索尔”
  • Chinese: “阿散索爾”
  • Czech: “Ásansól”
  • Danish: “Asansol”
  • Dutch: “Asansol”
  • Esperanto: “Asansol”
  • Finnish: “Asansol”
  • French: “Asansol”
  • Galician: “Asansol”
  • Georgian: “ასანსოლი”
  • German: “Asansol”
  • Greek: “Ασανσόλ”
  • Gujarati: “આસનસોલ”
  • Haitian: “Asansol”
  • Hindi: “असनसोल”
  • Hindi: “आसनसोल”
  • Hungarian: “Ászánszol”
  • Indonesian: “Asansol”
  • Irish: “Asansol”
  • Italian: “Asansol”
  • Japanese: “アサンソル”
  • Kannada: “ಅಸನ್ಸೋಲ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಸಾನ್‌ಸೋಲ್”
  • Korean: “아산솔”
  • Ladin: “Asansol”
  • Latvian: “Asansola”
  • Lithuanian: “Asansolas”
  • Magahi: “आसनसोल”
  • Maithili: “आसनसोल”
  • Malagasy: “Asansol”
  • Malay: “Asansol”
  • Malayalam: “അസൻസോൾ”
  • Malayalam: “ആസാൻസോൽ”
  • Marathi: “आसनसोल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Asansol”
  • Mingrelian: “ასანსოლი”
  • Nepali: “आसनसोल”
  • Newari: “असनसोल”
  • Newari: “आसानसोल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asansol”
  • Norwegian: “Asansol”
  • Oriya: “ଆସନସୋଲ”
  • Oriya: “ଆସାନସୋଲ”
  • Persian: “آسانسول”
  • Polish: “Asansol”
  • Portuguese: “Asansol”
  • Pushto: “اسانسول”
  • Romanian: “Asansol”
  • Russian: “Асансол”
  • Sanskrit: “आसान्सोल्”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱥᱟᱱᱥᱳᱞ”
  • Scots: “Asansol”
  • Serbian: “Asansol”
  • Serbian: “Асансол”
  • Sinhala: “අසන්සොල්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آسانسول”
  • Spanish: “Asansol”
  • Swedish: “Asansol”
  • Talysh: “Asansol”
  • Tamil: “ஆசன்சோல்”
  • Tamil: “ஆசான்சோல்”
  • Telugu: “అసన్సోల్”
  • Telugu: “ఆసాన్‌సోల్”
  • Thai: “อาซันโซล”
  • Turkish: “Asansol”
  • Ukrainian: “Асансол”
  • Urdu: “آسنسول”
  • Venetian: “Asansol”
  • Vietnamese: “Asansol”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Asansol”
  • Western Panjabi: “اسنسول”
  • “आसनसोल”

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