Chittaranjan

Chittaranjan is a census town in Salanpur and a suburb of Asansol. It is most known for Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, an Indian Government railway factory.HistoryBefore the town's development, the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to its industrialisation, clearing most of the forests.GeographyChittaranjan is located at. It has an average elevation of 155 metres (508 feet).The ground of Asansol is composed of undulating laterite. Asanol lies between two rivers, the Damodar and the Ajay. The rivers flow almost parallel to each other, and the approximate distance between them is 30 km. At the western edge of the area, the Barakar River forms a boundary with Jharkhand, though there is also a small stretch of border shared with the state.Police stationChittaranjan police station has jurisdiction over part of Salanpur. The area covered is 18.03 km2 and the population is 39,205.TransportChittaranjan is a railway town on the border of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The passenger railhead serving Chittaranjan is located in Mihijam, Jharkhand. The Chittaranjan railway station is in Howrah-Patna-Mughalsarai main line at a distance of 237 km from Howrah. Nearest important railway junction is Asansol, 25 km away. Most of the Patna, Barauni bound express trains coming from Howrah, Sealdah, Ranchi, Kharagpur, Tatanagar, Dhanbad stop here. The GT road or NH-2 passes 20 km south to Chittaranjan. By road it is well connected to Dhanbad (65 Km) and Dumka (100 Km).Road transports of both Bengal and Jharkhand can be accessed from here. A unique feature of this place is that the railway station is located at Jharkhand state (name of the place- Mihijam, district: Jamtara) whereas the township is in West Bengal.