Chittaranjan

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Chittaranjan
Census Town
Chittaranjan Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Chittaranjan Chittaranjan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°52′N 86°52′E / 23.87°N 86.87°E / 23.87; 86.87
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Founded by	Government of India
Named for	Chittaranjan Das
Government
• Body	Central government
Area
• Total	18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	39,098
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Languages*
• Official	Bengali, Hindi*, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713331, 713365
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barabani
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Chittaranjan is a census town in the Salanpur CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is popularly known for the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works.

It was recently^[when?] featured in BBC's The Great Indian Railway Journey (Lucknow to Kolkata) for its extraordinary management of CLW (Chittaranjan Locomotive Works) and the City Chittaranjan which makes it the first city in entire region to be featured in World Forum.^[1]