Asansol was ranked 11th among Indian cities and 42nd in the world in its list of 100 fastest-growing cities.
Asansol is one of the top cities in West Bengal with a population of 12 lakh people. It is the second-largest urban agglomeration city in West Bengal and is famous for important industries like EMTA and IISCO, back then Hindustan CABLE used to be one of the largest in INDIA as well as Asansol Glass Factory being the largest in ASIA. The Average Literacy of Asansol is 83.30%. Let us look into some of the interesting facts about Asansol:
1- Tech Growth
Talking about Growth, people often say there is no Growth at all but if you see IT tech companies are bridging these loopholes and taking the opportunity. Companies like Zomato, Swiggy, Rapido are working very fast to expand their business in town. And yes it is a big hope for people in Asansol who were unemployed. Keep your optimism because we Asansolians are so much talented. It is also the second-largest and most populated city of West Bengal and the 49th largest urban agglomeration in India.
2- Food
Royal Hotel? Park Cafe? Sudha Amrit? Chachi? Minar? Durga Foods?
These names would be very familiar to people of Asansol as one could not resist after hearing these names. Tasting Biryani from Royal Hotel to Faluda Kulfi from Ashok chat, nobody can’t forget these taste from their tongue as memories dig from childhood days.
3-Industries & Business
If we talk about business & industries, very few Tier 2 cities can compete against Asansol. Small and midsize Cottage industries, Asansol Glass Factory, IISCO, Coal mines like EMTA were and still serving worldwide. Getting into facts, we had Asia’s Biggest Blast Furnace IISCO( The Indian Iron & Steel Company) till 2017 now overcome by Bhilai Steel Plant coming into the top. Both the steel companies are owned by SAIL itself. “One is blessed if he or she gets a job in IISCO or ECL.”- thoughts of Asansolians
4- Asansol Railway Station
Established in 1863, Asansol Division is one of the oldest divisions of Indian Railways. It is the 29th busiest railway station in India. It handles 171 trains (including weeklies and bi-weeklies) passenger train runs per day. The number of originating passengers per day is 144,070. Asansol is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. It is also home to the oldest electric locomotive shed of Indian Railways.
Amenities like three double-bedded AC retiring rooms, two double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and an eight-bedded dormitory are provided. Escalators are present at platform no. 2 & 7. WiFi service also available here. Food Plaza available in station premises and open 24/7. It also has an air-conditioned Premium Lounge for upscale passengers.
Major trains including Sealdah Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani, Howrah Duronto, Sealdah Humsafar Express, Yuva Express and Shalimar Duronto stops at Asansol Junction.
5- Schools.
We have the best Internationals schools. Schools like St. Vincent, St. Patricks, Loreto Convent, A.G Church Asansol provides the best education & amenities given. Assembly Of God Church School is 68th best school of India and its 7th best school out of 319 CISCE Schools in West Bengal. Coming to academics, students had always made us proud by ranking into Top one's Nation wise.
Christian brother school like St. Vincent & St. Patricks were opened before World war 11 with a campus spread on 390 bighas educating around 2000 students.
6- Celebrities
I have listed all the famous celebrities from Asansol:
“1- Celebrities like Councillor Mrs CK Reshma (Politician) from Kalyanpur, Mrs Moon Moon Sen (Bollywood Actress & Politician), Mrs Sharmila Tagore(Bollywood Actress), Mrs Agnimitra Paul ( Indian fashion designer) studied from Loreto Convent, Asansol.
2- Babul Supriyo ( Member of Parliament & Bollywood Singer)
3- Arjun Atwal ( Indian professional golfer) Alma mater fromSt.Vincent’s.
4-Romy Gill is a British/Indian chef and cookery teacher based in the UK was from Asansol.
5-Timir Biswas is an Indian playback singer of Bengali and Hindi both films. He also the lead singer of the band Fakira. He originates from Sreepally, Asansol.
6-Torsha Sarkar runner up of Indian Idol 4.
7-Jitendra Prasad Burman was contestant, who appeared on episodes of Kaun Banega Crorepati on September 20–21, 2018, answered the 13th question wrong and won Rs 320,000.
8- Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, anti-colonial revolutionary and the national poet of Bangladesh was also from Asansol.
9- Vivek Singh is an Indian British celebrity chef, restaurateur Alma mater from St. Patricks. He is the CEO and Executive Chef of four London based modern-Indian restaurants and one Oxford-based modern-Indian restaurant.
10- Bhagirath Samai is an Indian professional shooter who represented his India at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1986 Asian Games, for which performance he was awarded the Arjuna Award.”
Other Celebrities like Bunker Roy, Kuljeet Randhawa, Bimal Kar and Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia vice president of BJP are the faces of Asansol.
7-Talent
-“Debabrata Ghosh has been working for 26 years with the Santhal tribal community in the Burdwan district of West Bengal to include them in India’s growth story. Be it education, health, arts and culture, women empowerment or infrastructure there is not a single aspect of their lives that Debabrata Ghosh has not touched upon and improved. He started the ‘Damodar Adibasi Development Society’, with the sole objective of the social and cultural evolution of this tribe. In order to create rural women empowerment, he started teaching craftwork using jute. After decades of hard work, hundreds of young girls are preparing carpets, jute bag and masks and earning a living for themselves! A mentor and a teacher, Debabrata Ghosh dons many hats with ease. This Amazing Indian has contributed immensely to the cause of the Santhals and is not ready to hang up his boots anytime soon.”- Featured in Times Now.
-Md Adil Aman wons a competition for NASA
8-Red Light Area
Prostitution in Asansol, West Bengal is present in different forms. Prostitution may be brothel-based or non-brothel based as in the case of call girls. Prostitution is legal in India. A Place name as Lacchipur Gate near Neamatpur is famous for Prostitution. People often regard this place as very bad but please do think of those innocent girls who are Human trafficked every other day forced to sell by their parents in the pressure of money. In the era of Tik- Tok, It’s better paedophiles going to brothel rather than girls getting raped and murdered every other day. Imagine how miserable life they would be facing. Blessed we are, what we have. So, be Happy!
9- Asansol District Hospital
Asansol district hospital also known as SD hospital is one of the famous Districts government Hospital. Though health facilities are the least we can expect from Bengal but still, we can get checkups at a very less price costing Rs20. Dogs Bite and treatments are charged at a very nominal price. Even they have good general physicians and doctors. Dr Indrajit Mahanta is one of them.
10- Roads & Highway
You might have read on your books that once Sher Shah Suri built the longest road now a national highway(old NH1) named as Grand Trunk Road also known as GT Road from Howrah to Pakistan crossing all the major cities and states including Asansol.
The National Highway that is passing from Asansol used to know as NH1 before, then NH19 and now as Asian Highway or AH1.
“Asian Highway 1 is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network running 20,557 km starting from Tokyo in Japan running through South Korea- North Korea- China- Hong Kong- Vietnam- Cambodia- Thailand- Myanmar where it joins the network of Indian National Highways.”
So the next time you travel through these National Highways keep a lookout for boards that are marked AH 1 as you would be driving on a 20,557 km stretch of road that can take you places. So, the air is not the only medium you can use to travel around the world anymore. We’d suggest you keep that passport handy!
Disclaimer: If the information given above is incorrect kindly dm me providing with all the correct details. We will try to update the given data as soon as possible.
