Bamunara, Paschim Bardhaman

Bamunara is a census town in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bamunara
Census Town
Bamunara Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Bamunara Bamunara (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23.501199°N 87.363495°E / 23.501199; 87.363495
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Area
• Total	4.9615 km2 (1.9156 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,967
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713212
Telephone/ STD code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman-Durgapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Durgapur Purba
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Geography

4km
2.5miles

H

Garh Jungle

R

Sibpur

R

Malandighi

R

Bankati

H

Gourangapur

^

Damodar River

]

Ajay River

\

Durgapur
Projects
Limited

[

Alloy
Steels
Plant

Z

Durgapur
Steel
Plant

B

Durgapur
Barrage

A

Panagarh Airport

A

Kazi Nazrul
Islam Airport

0

ECL Kajora
Area Office

R

Rajbandh

R

Panagarh

MC

Durgapur

CT

Baska

CT

Andal

CT

Dignala

CT

Palashban

CT

Harishpur

CT

Kajora

CT

Dakshin Khanda

CT

Mahira

CT

Ukhra

CT

Khandra

CT

Siduli

CT

Prayagpur

CT

Debipur

CT

Kanksa

CT

Amlajora

CT

Bamunara

CT

Gopalpur

CT

Arra

   

Cities and towns in the southern and eastern portions of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage, H: historical site
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Bamunara is located at 23.501199°N 87.363495°E / 23.501199; 87.363495.

Arra, Bamunara, Gopalpur and Amlajora form a cluster of census towns in the western portion of Kanksa CD block and adjacent to Durgapur Municipal Corporation area.^[1]

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bamunara had a toal population of 6,665 of which 3,399 (51%) were males and 3,266 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 728. The total number of literate persons in Bamunara was 4,584 (77.21% of the population over 6 years).^[3]

In the 2011 census, Durgapur Urban Agglomeration had a population of 581,409 out of which 301,700 were males and 279,709 were females. The 0–6 years population was 51,930. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 87.70.^[4] Durgapur Urban Agglomeration included Durgapur (M. Corp), Bamunara and Arra.^[5]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Bamunara covered an area of 4.9615 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with open drain, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tubewell, borewell, hand pump. It had 1,000 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, other school facilities at Gopalpur 2 km away. It had one non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational, cultural facilities it had one public library and one reading room. Among the important commodities it produced were rice, bamboo products.^[6]

Industry

Mackeil Ispat & Forging Ltd., located In Bamunara Industrial Estate, is a large open die forging unit. It has modern machining facilities, comprehensive heat treatment facilities and sophisticated metallurgical and inspection facilities.^[7]

Transport

Bamunara is on National Highway 19 / Grand Trunk Road.^[8]