Kālighat

Kālighat is a railway station in , . Kālighat is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kalighat Temple and Alipore Central Jail.

Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a in , , , India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Kālighat.

Prison
Photo: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alipore Jail or , also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in , , where political prisoners were kept under British rule. is situated 2 km north of Kālighat.

Railway station
Photo: Sourav Bapuli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Budge Budge Branch line. It is under the jurisdiction of the Sealdah railway division in the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. is situated 1¼ km east of Kālighat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Alipore and Chetla.

Suburb
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Suburb
is a locality of South Kolkata, in , , . One of the oldest neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, is also densely populated with a history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time.

Kālighat

Latitude
22.51013° or 22° 30′ 37″ north
Longitude
88.33493° or 88° 20′ 6″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MJCG86M+3X
Geo­Names ID
1268412
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