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Nadia

Nadia is a district of , known for the two Hindu pilgrimage sites and , and also the royal heritage of . Once known as the "Oxford of ", Nadia has made many contributions to Indian philosophy, such as the Navya-Nyaya system of logic and is the birthplace of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
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  • Type: district of India with 5,170,000 residents
  • Description: district in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Nadia district” and “Nadiā District”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Phulia railway station and Bathna Krittibas railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated beside National Highway 12 at Chatkatala, on the Ranaghat–Shantipur line in Nadia district in the Indian state of .

Railway station
is a halt railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is situated at Bathna Krittibas, Ghoralia, on the Ranaghat–Shantipur line in Nadia district in the Indian state of .

Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system and operated by Eastern Railway. It is located on the Ranaghat–Krishnanagar line in Nadia in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santipur and Phulia.

Shantipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the state of . The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia.

Town
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is a census town in the Santipur CD block of the Ranaghat subdivision in the Nadia district in the state of . It is birthplace of 'Adi kavi' of Bengal Krittibas Ojha.

Town
is a census town in the Hanskhali CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of . is situated 6 km northeast of Nadia.

Nadia

Latitude
23.25° or 23° 15′ north
Longitude
88.5° or 88° 30′ east
Population
5,170,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Abbreviation
“NAD”
Open location code
7MMC7G22+22
Geo­Names ID
1262293
Wiki­data ID
Q1143880
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nadia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة نادية”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Nadia”
  • Asturian: “Nadia (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Nadia”
  • Basque: “Nadia barrutia”
  • Bengali: “নদিয়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “নদিয়া”
  • Bengali: “নদীয়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “নদীয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “नादिया जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Nadia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadiya”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadya”
  • Cebuano: “Nadia (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Nadia”
  • Chinese: “Nadia”
  • Chinese: “纳迪亚县”
  • Dutch: “Nadia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مديريه ناديه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناديه”
  • French: “district de Nadia”
  • French: “District de Nadia”
  • German: “Nadia”
  • Gujarati: “નદિયા જિલ્લો”
  • Gujarati: “નાદિયા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “नदिया जिला”
  • Hindi: “नादिया जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto di Nadia”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nadia”
  • Japanese: “ナディーヤー郡”
  • Japanese: “ナディア地区”
  • Japanese: “ナディヤー県”
  • Malayalam: “Nadia district”
  • Malayalam: “നാദിയ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “नदिया जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nadia”
  • Nepali: “नादिया जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “नदिया जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nadia”
  • Norwegian: “Nadia”
  • Oriya: “ନଦିଆ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش نادیا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه ندیا”
  • Russian: “Надия”
  • Sanskrit: “नदियामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱚᱫᱤᱭᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Nadia”
  • Swedish: “Nadia”
  • Tamil: “நதியா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “నదియా జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “నాడియా జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Надія (округ)”
  • Ukrainian: “Надія”
  • Urdu: “ضلع ندیا”
  • Urdu: “ندیا پور”
  • Vietnamese: “Nadia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ندیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ندیا”
  • “नादिया जिला”

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