Ashoknagar Kalyangarh
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is a city and a municipality in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Ashoknagar is the first discovered oilfield in West Bengal and East India. The oilfield was discovered in 2018 by ONGC.
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh | |
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Town | |
| Ashokenagar Kalyangarh (M) | |
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh Location in West Bengal, India Ashoknagar Kalyangarh Ashoknagar Kalyangarh (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22.833°N 88.633°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Founded by | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (former chief minister of West Bengal) |
| Named for | Ashoke Kumar Sen |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Ashokenagar Kalyangarh Municipality |
| • Municipality Chairperson | Shri Probodh Sarkar (AITC) |
| • Vice Chairperson | Shri Dhiman Roy (AITC) |
| • MLA | Shri Narayan Goswami (AITC) |
| • MP | Smt Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (AITC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.48 km2 (7.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 121,592 |
| • Density | 6,044/km2 (15,650/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 743222(Ashoknagar), 743223(Haripur), 743268 (part) Prafullanagar 743272(Kalyangarh) |
| Telephone code | (std_code) +913216 |
| Sex ratio | 1000: 986 ♂️:♀️ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Barasat |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ashoknagar 101 |
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Ashoknagar has a heritage of political activism, high-quality education, and culture. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh was planned by Dr. B.C Roy and was later named after the leader Ashoke Kumar Sen . The Congressional leaders Tarun Kanti Ghosh and Keshab Bhattacharjee and the CPI leaders Dr. Sadhan Sen, Bikash Ray Chaudhuri, Nani Kar and Chitta Ranjan Basu were principal architects of Ashoknagar Kalyangarh.
The first social & cultural organisations Janayug Sangskritik Sangstha played a vital role to build a cultural environment in the 70s decade . CPI(ML) Organizer Atmajit Chowdhury, Dramatist Swadesh Munshi, Social Worker Parlay Ghosh, Trapada Bhattacharjee, Gauranga Kar, Biswajit Das were contributed notable works in town's cultural development.
The very first unit in this district of West Bengal State Government Employees Pensioners' Samity was formed in Ashokenagar under the leadership of J.C Kundu which worked towards the safeguarding of the rights of retired employees of the state government.
The area has two parks, Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. There are four English medium schools in Ashoknagar. The area is connected to Kolkata through rail(Bongaon-Sealdah) and road (Jessore Road/NH112/AH1) networks.
Here was the Kalyani Spinning Mill which is now converted into a Textile Park. The city previously had a unit of RIC and a chemical factory; both were closed down by the state government.