Kharagpur is situated in the District of Paschim (West) Medinipur in West Bengal. This town is about 120 Km far from the State capital, Kolkata and is connected by means of NH - 6 . In 1911  Kharagpur was declared a town with the population of 18,957  became a town from a humble railway hamlet. In 1951  Kharagpur was given the status of the city with a population of 1,20,630 and in 1954,the Kharagpur municipality was constituted with five wards and increased to 25 wards in 1961. Keeping in view the emergence of Kharagpur as an urban town with the rapid growth of trade and commerce, industry, business prospect and employment opportunities, Kharagpur Municipality has already strengthen its infrastructural development works by providing fund from various sources of income of the Municipality along with financial assistance both from State Govt. and Central Govt.