Paschim Bardhaman
Paschim Bardhaman, literally "West Bardhaman", is the western coal-rich industrial district of West Bengal. Fondly known as the "Ruhr of India", Paschim Bardhaman is home to two steel cities, a coal mining centre, and a locomotive workshop.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Asansol and Durgapur.
Asansol
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Asansol is the headquarters of the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. It is at the centre of a major industrial area and the second largest urban agglomeration in the state.
Durgapur
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Durgapur is an industrial city in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. Being an industrial hub, there is little here of interest to tourists.
Raniganj
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Raniganj is a neighbourhood in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Chittaranjan and Panagarh.
Chittaranjan
Chittaranjan is a railway town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, near the border to North Jharkhand. It is named after Indian freedom fighter Chittaranjan Das. It is home to about 39,000 people…Panagarh
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Panagarh is a town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. Being close to Durgapur, Panagarh is fast emerging as the industrial hub of West Bengal.
Churulia
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Churulia is a village in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. It is the birthplace of Kazi Nazrul Islam, a Bengali poet and composer known for both revolutionary and romantic works.
Barakar
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Barakar is a town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal along the Barakar River, at the border to Jharkhand. Known for the Begunia complex of Odisha-style temples, Barakar may look like an Odia industrial town at first glance.
Paschim Bardhaman
- Type: district of India with 2,880,000 residents
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Paschim Bardhaman district” and “West Bardhaman”
- Neighbors: Bankura, Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, and Purulia
- Location: Rarh, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Paschim Bardhaman” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Փաշիմ Բարդհամանի Շրջան”
- Asturian: “distritu de Paschim Bardhaman”
- Asturian: “Paschim Bardhaman (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Paschim Bardhaman”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম বর্ধমান জেলা”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম বর্ধমান”
- Catalan: “districte de Paschim Bardhaman”
- Chinese: “西巴爾達曼縣”
- Dutch: “Paschim Bardhaman district”
- Finnish: “Paschim Bardhamanin piirikunta”
- French: “Paschim Bardhaman”
- German: “Paschim Bardhaman”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ વર્ધમાન જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “पश्चिम बर्धमान जिला”
- Kashmiri: “پٔچھِم بردھامن ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “പശ്ചിം ബർദാമൻ ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “पश्चिम बर्धमान जिल्हा”
- Persian: “ناحیه بردامان غربی”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱵᱚᱨᱫᱷᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு வர்த்தமான் மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ బర్ధమాన్ జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ్ బర్ధమాన్ జిల్లా”
- Urdu: “مغربی بردھامن ضلع”
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