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Kharagpur is an important industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is multi-cultural and cosmopolitan city. It is the most populated city of Paschim Medinipur district. The first Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), a group of Institutes of National Importance, was founded in Kharagpur as early as in May 1950. It is 116 km from Kolkata and forms an important station on Howrah-Mumbai, Howrah-Chennai road and railway route. This city also has one of the largest railway workshops in India, and the third longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m). Kharagpur has an Air Force base in Kalaikunda, and another in Salua. There have been plans by the IAF to allow civil flights in Kalaikunda. It is one of the four cities where national sports are held.Other being Kolkata, Siliguri and Durgapur.
Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Kharagpur Rural/ Kharagpur Local) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kharagpur is a town and a major railway junction in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
Kharagpur may also refer to:
- Kharagpur, Munger, a town in Munger district, Bihar, India
- Kharagpur Railway Settlement, in West Bengal
- Kharagpur railway station, in West Bengal
- Kharagpur subdivision, a subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India
- Kharagpur I, community development block, in West Bengal
- Kharagpur II, community development block, in West Bengal
- Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India
- Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India