Barddhaman : Ask Biography

Administration

Native ame

Bardhaman

Type

City

State

West Bengal

District

Bardhaman District

Government

Municipality Chairman

Ainul Haque

Parliamentary constituency

Bardhaman-Durgapur

Assembly constituency

Bardhaman Dakshin, Bardhaman Uttar

Geography

Total Area

21.6 sq mi (56 km2)

Altitude

30 m

Demography

Total Population

331759 (2001)

Density (pop.)

5924/km² (15343.2/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

IST (UTC+5:30)

Pincode

713101, 713102, 713103, 713104

Telephone

91-0342

Vehicle

WB42

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Bardhaman or Burdwan (also Barddhaman; ), is a city of West Bengal state in eastern India. It is the headquarters of Bardhaman District.

Bardhaman has been a district capital(D.C.) since the time of Mughal Empire. Later on it became a district headquarters of British India. Burdwan is an alternative name for the city, which remains in use since the British period.

The origin of this name dates back to the 6th century BCE and is ascribed to Vardhaman Swami or Mahavira (599-527 BCE), the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, who spent some time in Astikagrama, according to the Jain scripture of Kalpasutra. This place was renamed as Vardhamana in his honour.