Charanpur

Charanpur is a village in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, about from the industrial town of Asansol.AdministrativeCharanpur is classified as an Out Growth Urban Unit. It has an area of. In 2001 the population was 3,301, of which 1,688 were male and 1,613 female. For postal delivery, Charanpur is a sub-office of the Jamuria Taluk. For other administrative purposes, it is within the Barabani community development block.Coal miningFormerly Charanpur was a coal mining location. It lay in the Raniganj coal field. There were two seams. The Koithee coal seam was above the Poniati seam. An oblique fault cut across the two seams. In 1865 Apcar and Company was working a seam of coal deep near Charanpur. It held of fair coal. In 1891 the Apcar's Charampur colliery was the first on the district to be lit by electric light. The Civil Engineering College at Sibpur began providing regular course of instruction in mining at the colliery in 1906.