Asansol

Asansol city is in Burdwan District of West Bengal. It is located near Durgapur city. It is about 200 km Kolkata. It is the third largest city in West Bengal.

Here buses, rikshaw, autos are availabe. But they dont go according to the meter.

Bengal Shristi, a leading real estate company is developing a township near the town at Kanyapur in joint venture with Asansol Durgapur Development Authority.
Sugam Homes is developing the biggest Residential project at Kalyanpur Satellite Township in Asansol comprising of 1000 flats with all modern amenities. It spread over an area of 30 acres land.




Park-



1. Satabdi Park
2. Nehru Park

Railway Station-


Asansol is a railway junction. it has six platforms & more platform are going to be made. Famous trains of India passes though Asansol Station like Satabdi, Rajdhani Express etc.

Temple-

1. Kalyaneshwari Temple
2. Ghagarbudi

These are very famous temples. In ghagarbudi , Goddess Kali is worshipped. People from far away places come here to worship Goddess Kali. Kalyaneshri temple is of Godess Of Lady Fulfilment.



Maithon Dam-

It is about 20 kms from Asansol. People often go for picnic here. There are two ways to reach maithon dam. one is through neamatpur and the other through ushagram.

IISCO-

This is the most famous steel plant in Burnpur, few kms from Asansol. It has been now took over by SAIL.


Asansol Market-

The main market consists of big malls like Bazaar Kolkata, City Bazaar, Mega Bazaar, Bazaar Asansol, Super Bazaar etc. Branded shoe shops like Khadims ,Srileathers is also there. Evey kind of marketing can be done here.Central Bus stand area on the G. T. Road is the main market place where retailing is almost traditional.Current rental values in Asansol ranges between Rs 30 to Rs.65 per sq.ft. per month and capital values are in the range of Rs. 3000 to Rs. 8,000 per sq.ft. Rentals are very high near Central Bus stand & Houton Road area (Rs. 40 - 80 per sq.ft per month). As rentals are very high, there has been a trend is observed of shifting from out right sale of a property to rent out a property.

Asansol Engineereing College-

This engineering college has 6 enginerring departments. Also BCA, MCA, BBA, M.Tech.

Other colleges-

1. B.B. College
2. B.C. College
3. Gupta College
4. Asansol Girls College

School-

1. Kendriya Vidyalaya Asansol
2. Mahila Kalyani
3. A.G.Church School
4. St. Patricks
5. Loreto convent etc..........

Cinema hall-

1. Chitra
2. Manoj
3. Subash
4. Godhuli

Chitra is the most famous one.


Restaurants-

Jadu Kadai G.T.Road (Asansol Market)
Food Garden G.T.Road (near B.N.R)
Sudha Amrit Bastin Bazaar
Arpan Burnpur Rd. (near Chitra)
Anand (Veg) Houton Road
Food Wagon G.T. Road (Murgasol)
International Hotel G.T. Road (Murgasol)
Avishekayan G.T. Road (Gopalpur)

Hotel & Restaurant market at Asansol is not a steady & organized market. Restaurants situated in the main market area are largely dependent on the outside floating customers who normally come from nearby locations like Pandabeswar, Chittaranjan, Barakar, etc. Sales in those restaurants don’t remain the same through out the week. Usually Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday gives comparatively better sales. Eating out culture has not fully developed here. People prefer to take food from the roadside cheap eateries irrespective of their economic status, which offers from Chinese dish Chowmin to Indian dish Biriyani.


Hotels-

1. Hotel Asansol International
2. Priyanka International Hotel
3. Ispat International
4. Hotel Asansol Inn