Raniganj, West Bengal, India

🇮🇳 Raniganj is a neighbourhood in Asansol of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation

Geography: Location Raniganj is located at an average elevation of 91 metres (298 feet).

The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Nunia, a small stream about 40 km (25 mi) long has its origin near Adra village in the Salanpur area, flows through the Barabani area and joins the Damodar in the Raniganj area.

Gram panchayats under Raniganj Panchayat Samiti are: Ratibati, Tirat, Egra, Amrasota, Jemari and Ballavpur.

The current MLA from Raniganj legislative assembly constituency is Tapas Banerjee and current MP from Asansol Lok Sabha Constituency is Shatrughan Sinha. The mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation is Bidhan Upadhyay

Urbanisation According to the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Asansol Municipal Corporation According to the Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti, Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation.

Police station Raniganj police station has jurisdiction over parts of the Asansol Municipal Corporation. The area covered is 113.05 km² (43.65 sq mi) and the population covered is 249,618.

CD block HQ The headquarters of Raniganj CD block are located at Raniganj.

Demographics Population in the age range 0–6 years was 15,721. The total number of literate persons in Raniganj was 88,299 (87.85% of the population over 6 years).

Education Triveni Devi Bhalotia College was established in 1957 at Raniganj. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University.

Raniganj Girls' College was established in 1980 at Raniganj. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University.

Searsole Raj High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1856. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 3,981 books and a playground.

Raniganj High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1888. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 21 computers, a library with 3,500 books and a playground.

Raniganj G.M. Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1946. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 20 computers, a library with 4,000 books and a playground.

Raniganj Marwari Sanatan Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium boys only institution established in 1912. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 1 computer, a library with 2,000 books and a playground.

Raniganj B.D.G. Vidyamandir is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1959. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 12 computers and a library with 3,050 books.

Gyan Bharati School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has a playground.

Raniganj Sri Durga Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium boys only institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The schools has 8 computers and a library with 700 books.

Searsole Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1965. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 116 books and a playground.

Raniganj Urdu High School is an Urdu-medium co-educational institution established in 1967. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers and a library with 900 books.

Sishu Bharati Hindi High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1980. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has a playground.

Nandalal Jalan Siksha Sadan is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1986. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has 14 computers, a library with 3,500 books and a playground.

Healthcare Ballavpur Rural Hospital, with 50 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Raniganj CD block. Raniganj Block Primary Health centre at Raniganj functions with 25 beds. There are primary health centres at Baktarnagar (with 6 beds) and Tirat (with 6 beds).

Other hospitals at Raniganj include Marwari Relief Society Hospital, Anandlok Hospital, B.N. Agarwal Memorial Hospital, Eye hospital, Kunusturia Area Hospital among others.