Kharagpur is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is located 120ย km west of Kolkata. Kharagpur holds the oldest and largest Indian Institute of Technology namely IIT Kharagpur. It has the fourth longest railway platform in the world, with a length of 1,072ย m, after Hubbali, Gorakhpur and Kollam junctions. The Kharagpur Jun...