ASANSOL

OVERVIEW: Asansol  a coal mining and industrial metropolis and one of the busiest metropolitan centers in India. It is the 2nd largest city in West Bengal after kolkata and 23rd in India. It is located under BURDWAN district in the western periphery of the state.
Situated in the Damodar river valley, the city has evolved and expanded to current population of FIVE million, ranking it 29th in India.

HISTORY: Asansol was inhabitant of  Dravidians and austroloids in the beginning. Around 2500 years ago, it became the center of Jain activity. Mahavira Vardhamana, the last Tirthankar of Jain worked here for some times. During those times the district came to known as Burdwan. Later it became part of Vishnupur kingdom for thousand years till the advent of British.   

FACTS:
COORDINATES  lat 23.68333
                    long 86.9833

AREA            361.93 sq.kms.

temperature summer 45 C max
                                30 C min

                                                                          winter   28 C max
                                                                                      10 C min

rainfall      150 cms June to September

language  Bengali, Hindi, English.

rail          Asansol railway station under Eastern Railway

air           nearest national and international airport Kolkata 220 kms away

road       the NH2 passes through asansol. asansol is connected by roads with Kolkata 222 Kms,
              Burdwan 103 Kms, Shantiniketan 62 Kms, Durgapur 40 kms, Vishnupur 72 Kms, Dhanbad 59
              Kms.