Rajbandh

Rajbandh is a village in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Rajbandh
Village
Rajbandh railway station
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Coordinates: 23.4781°N 87.3928°E / 23.4781; 87.3928
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713212 (Rajbandh)
Telephone/STD code	0343
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

It is about 10 km from Durgapur.^[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]

Economy

Indian Oil Corporation has a terminal and storage depot at Rajbandh.^[3] The 270 km Haldia-Mourigram-Rajbandh pipeline of Indian Oil Corporation, commissioned in 1972-74, transports petroleum products from Haldia refinery.^[4][5]

Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum have depots at Rajbandh.^[3] Bharat Petroleum has a LPG bottling plant at Rajbandh.^[6]

Transport

There is a rail station at Rajbandh on the Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line.^[7]

National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road passes through Rajbandh.^[8][9]

Education

Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management was established at Rajbandh in 2002. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.^[10]

Durgapur College of Commerce and Science was established in 2003 at Rajbandh.^[11]

Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical college with a 300-bedded multi-speciality health care venture, started in 2017 at Rajbandh. The hospital was established in 2012.^[12]