Bijpur, North 24 Parganas

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native_name = Bijpur | type = city | latd = 22.93 | longd = 88.43
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district = North 24 Parganas
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altitude = 13
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Bijpur is a a town with a police station and an assembly constituency in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. [cite web | url =http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/police_station.htm
title = Police stations and Mouzas| accessdate = 2007-08-23 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = Barrackpore sub division. Government of West Bengal]

Geography

Bijpur is located at coord|22.93|N|88.43|E| [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Bijpul.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bijpur] ] . 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 convert|100|acre|km2 of land this project will have a capacity of five lakh tons. It was cleared by West Bengal government on 22 August 2007. [cite web | url =http://www.ndtvprofit.com/homepage/storybusinessnew.asp?id=40188&template= | title = WB cabinet clears industrial projects |accessdate = 2007-08-23 | last = | first = | work = Press Trust of India | publisher = NDTV profit] [cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2007-08-23&usrsess=1&clid=1&id=194585| title = More industries in state cleared |accessdate = 2007-08-24 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = "The Statesman", 23 August 2007]

Politics

In 2006 state assembly elections Dr. Nirjharini Chakraborty of CPI(M) won the Bijpur seat defeating Kalyani Biswas (Basu) of AITC. In 2001, Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI (M) won defeating Jagadish Das, son of Akul Das, of AITC. Kamal Sengupta Basu of CPI (M) defeated Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy of INC in 1996. Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI (M) won the seat in 1977, 1982, 1987 and 1991 defeating INC candidates. [cite web |url =http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp128.htm |title = Partywise comparison since 1977 |accessdate =2007-08-23 |last = |first = |work = Election analysis |publisher = Election Commission of India]

Bijpur is part of Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)

Healthcare

North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination. [cite web | url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm
title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study ) | accessdate = 2007-08-24 | last = | first = | work = Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India | publisher = SOES]

References

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