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‎Asansol Town

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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Asansol Subdivision, 1908=

North-western subdivision of Burdwan
District, Bengal, lying between 23 25' and 23 53' N. and 86° 48'
and 87 32' E., with an area of 618 square miles. Until 1906 it
was known as the Ranlganj subdivision. The north-western part
consists of a rocky undulating country, which merges in the south
and south-east in the alluvial plain stretching along the Damodar
river. The population in 1901 was 370,988, compared with 310,273
in 1 89 1. It contains two towns, Asansol (population, 14,906), its
head-quarters and a great railway centre, and Raniganj (15,841),
its former head-quarters ; and 811 villages. The subdivision is now the
most progressive part of the District, but its density of population, 600
persons to the square mile, is still slightly less than that of Katwa. It
differs from the rest of Burdwan, which is entirely agricultural in
character ; the alluvial soil here changes to laterite, and rich coal- and
iron-fields have of recent years caused a continuous increase in the
number and prosperity of its inhabitants. Brass and bell-metal ware
and shellac and lac-dye are manufactured at Dignagar.

=Asansol Town=

Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same
name in Burdwan District, Bengal, situated in 23 41' N. and 86° 59' E.,
on the East Indian Railway, 132 miles from Calcutta. Population
(1901), 14,906. Asansol is a rapidly growing town, being an important
railway junction and one of the chief centres of the coal industry.
A large number of European and Eurasian employes live here. It
was constituted a municipality in 1896. The income and expenditure
during the decade ending in 190 1-2 averaged Rs. 14,000. In 1903-4
the income was Rs. 20,300, half of which was derived from a tax on
houses and lands ; and the expenditure was Rs. 20,400, including
Rs. 9,000 spent on conservancy.

The East Indian Railway Volunteers
and the ' B ' troop of the Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles have their
head-quarters at Asansol. A Roman Catholic mission maintains a
church, a convent, and schools ; and a Methodist Episcopal mission
supports a leper asylum, an orphanage, and a girls' school. The town
contains the usual public offices ; the subsidiary jail has accommodation
for 44 prisoners.

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 iron-fields have of recent years caused a continuous increase in the
 number and prosperity of its inhabitants. Brass and bell-metal ware
 and shellac and lac-dye are manufactured at Dignagar.
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-=Asansol Town=
-−
-Head-quarters of the subdivision of the same
-name in Burdwan District, Bengal, situated in 23 41' N. and 86° 59' E.,
-on the East Indian Railway, 132 miles from Calcutta. Population
-(1901), 14,906. Asansol is a rapidly growing town, being an important
-railway junction and one of the chief centres of the coal industry.
-A large number of European and Eurasian employes live here. It
-was constituted a municipality in 1896. The income and expenditure
-during the decade ending in 190 1-2 averaged Rs. 14,000. In 1903-4
-the income was Rs. 20,300, half of which was derived from a tax on
-houses and lands ; and the expenditure was Rs. 20,400, including
-Rs. 9,000 spent on conservancy.
-−
-The East Indian Railway Volunteers
-and the ' B ' troop of the Chota Nagpur Mounted Rifles have their
-head-quarters at Asansol. A Roman Catholic mission maintains a
-church, a convent, and schools ; and a Methodist Episcopal mission
-supports a leper asylum, an orphanage, and a girls' school. The town
-contains the usual public offices ; the subsidiary jail has accommodation
-for 44 prisoners.

Asansol Subdivision, 1908 - Revision history

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This article has been extracted from
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLA..."