[1] Singaran, a small stream about 35 km long has its origin near Ikra in the Jamuria area, flows past Topsi and Andal and joins the Damodar near Waria.

[3] Andal, a part of Andal (gram), Dignala, Sankra, Palashban and Baska lying south of National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road form a cluster of census towns.

Among the civic amenities, it had 15 km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, tube well, borewell.

[9] Andal is on the Grand Trunk Road or NH 19, now part of the Golden Quadrilateral.

Asansol division of Eastern Railway has the largest goods yard at Andal.

[10] The Union Civil Aviation Ministry and the West Bengal Government announced on 7 September 2007 plans to set up a new airport – along with a township, IT and logistics hub – at Durgapur.

An Integrated Township, IT Park and Logistics Hub will see the light of the day along with the Durgapur Aerotropolis Project.

BAPL has completed most of its legal procedures like receiving the In-Principle Clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and getting the Land Use Development Control Plan (LUDCP) approved by Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA).

It has also entered into a Technical Services Agreement with Changi Airports India Pte Ltd, Singapore.

The honourable chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee announced on 25 May 2013 (Nazrul Islam's Birth Anniversary) that she has proposed to name the airport at Durgapur after the iconic Indian Bengali poet, author, musician, freedom fighter and the National poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam.

[12] For election results in other years for the area see Ausgram and Durgapur As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, from 2011 Andal community development block is part of Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency).

[15] Andal Hindu Hindi Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1931.

[16] Rahmatnagar Iqbal Academy High School is an Urdu medium coeducational institution.

[19] Ondal Eastern Railway High School is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2000.