Palta
Palta is a neighbourhood in North Barrackpur of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Palta, North 24 Parganas” and “Pulta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palta railway station and Barrackpore Air Force Station.
Palta railway station
Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palta railway station is the railway station in the town of Palta. It serves the local areas of Palta in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
Barrackpore Air Force Station
Aerodrome
Barrackpore Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base located at Barrackpore, Kolkata in the state of West Bengal, India. Barrackpore is one of the oldest stations in the IAF, operating transport units. One of the Mi-17 squadrons is based here.
Kendriya Vidyalaya
School
PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya is located inside the, 6 - Wing Air Force Station, Palta, Barrackpore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jafarpur and Barrackpore.
Jafarpur
Suburb
Jafarpur is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Barrackpore
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barrackpore is a cantonment town in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 brought significant enrichment to the town.
Paltapara
Suburb
Paltapara is a census town in Barrackpore I CD Block of Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Paltapara is situated 3½ km northeast of Palta.
Palta
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Barrackpur I, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.78247° or 22° 46′ 57″ northLongitude
88.3724° or 88° 22′ 21″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
7MJCQ9JC+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1616558893OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Palta” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Palta, North 24 Parganas”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palta”. Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.