Bijpur, North 24 Parganas

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Bijpur
বিজপুর
Town
Bijpur is located in West Bengal
Bijpur
Bijpur
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Elevation 13 m (43 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Barrackpore
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bijpur
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Bijpur is a town with a police station in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. [1]

Geography

Bijpur is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[2] It has an average elevation of 13 metres (43 feet).

Economy

Bhusan Steel, which is setting up a 2 million tonne integrated steel and power plant at Salanpur in Bardhaman district, will set up a cold rolled unit at Bijpur. Covering 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land this project will have a capacity of five lakh tons. It was cleared by West Bengal government on 22 August 2007.[3][4]

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[5]

References

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  2. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bijpur
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