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Inside Vidyasagar Industrial Park at Kharagpur Vinod Gupta School of Management Keshiary Road Railway over bridge Tata Hitachi Kharagpur Kharagpur Junction railway station, fourth longest platform in the world, divisional headquarters of South-eastern zone of Indian railways | |
  Kharagpur Location in West Bengal  Kharagpur Location in India | |
| Coordinates: 22°19′49″N 87°19′25″E / 22.330239°N 87.323653°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Medinipur |
| Subdivision | Kharagpur |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Named for | Kharga Malla |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body |
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| • MLA | Hiran Chatterjee[2] (BJP) |
| • Chairman | Kalyani Ghosh[3] (TMC) |
| • MP | June Malia[4] (TMC) |
| • District Magistrate | Khursheed Ali Qadri, IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 127 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2011)[5] | |
| • Total | 299,683[1] |
| • Rank | 5th in West Bengal 221st in India |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721301 - 721305 |
| Telephone code | 03222 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB-36-xxxx |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kharagpur Sadar |
| Website | kharagpurmunicipality |
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Kharagpur () is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district.[6] It is located 120 km west of Kolkata. Kharagpur holds the oldest and biggest Indian Institute of Technology namely IIT Kharagpur. It has one of the largest railway workshops in India. Kharagpur Junction contains the fourth longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m)[7] and is the headquarter of the Kharagpur Division of the South Eastern Railways.
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Census 2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "West Bengal Municipal Election Result: খড়্গপুরে জয়ী হিরণ, তবে পুরসভায় পদ্মের মান বাঁচল না, ফের জ্বলল তৃণমূলের প্রদীপ" (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "রেলশহরের কল্যাণে কল্যাণী, তিন মাস পরে কাটল জট, প্রথম মহিলা পুরপ্রধান". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "২৭ হাজারেরও বেশি ভোটে জয়ী মেদিনীপুরের তৃণমূলের কংগ্রেসের প্রার্থী জুন মালিয়া". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). ABP Ananda. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "West Bengal (India): Districts, Cities, Towns and Outgrowth Wards - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts".
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). Census of India. Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Singh, Mahendra (1 October 2013). "Gorakhpur set to have longest railway platform in world". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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