West Bengal
North 24 Parganas
Barrackpur I

Palta

Palta is a neighbourhood in North Barrackpur of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
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  • 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.

Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the railway station in the town of Palta. It serves the local areas of Palta in , , India.

Aerodrome
is an Indian Air Force base located at , Kolkata in the state of , . Barrackpore is one of the oldest stations in the IAF, operating transport units. One of the Mi-17 squadrons is based here.

School
PM SHRI is located inside the, 6 - Wing Air Force Station, Palta, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jafarpur and Barrackpore.

Suburb
is a census town in Barrackpore II CD Block in Barrackpore subdivision in in the state of .

Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cantonment town in district of . The outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 brought significant enrichment to the town.

Suburb
is a census town in Barrackpore I CD Block of Barrackpore subdivision in in the state of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Palta.

Palta

Latitude
22.78247° or 22° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
88.3724° or 88° 22′ 21″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MJCQ9JC+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1616558893
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1260644
Wiki­data ID
Q55628479
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Palta” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Palta, North 24 Parganas”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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.