Durgapur is a major industrial hub and planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal, standing on the northern bank of the Damodar river in Paschim Bardhaman district. It is a major centre for producing steel and manufacturing train wheels, has more recently grown as a hub for the information technology industry, and is the only city in eastern India with an operational dry dock. The city was planned in 1955 by Bidhan Chandra Roy, Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk, and the Durgapur Steel Plant, set up that year, was the first public sector undertaking in the region. At the 2011 census the Durgapur Municipal Corporation had 581,409 residents.
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1. Durgapur (Wikipedia)
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Durgapur Municipal Corporation had a population of 581,409
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is a major industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal
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is a major industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation for Durgapur
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"elevation": 92.0
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
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India (Wikipedia)
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.
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