Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chuchura, also known by its former names Chinsurah or Hooghly-Chinsurah, is a city of and the district headquarters of Hooghly division in the state of .
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  • Type: City with 177,000 residents
  • Description: city and a municipality in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Chinsurah”, “Hooghly”, “Hooghly-Chinsura”, and “Hooghly-Chinsurah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of the Holy Rosary and Hooghly railway station.

Church
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The is one of the oldest Christian churches in , . Situated in , of West Bengal, it stands as a memorial to the Portuguese settlement in .

Railway station
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Hooghly is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line. It is located in in the Indian state of . It serves Hugli-Chuchura and surrounding areas.

Railway station
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is a small railway station in in the state of . It is situated in the - Branch line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bandel and Chinsurah.

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is a city in the of the Indian state of . It was founded by Portuguese settlers and falls under the jurisdiction of Police Commissionerate.

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is the headquarters of the Hooghly district of , India. Lying on the Hooghly River close to , 35 km north of , has a strong significance in the history of .

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is a former Portuguese colony at the River, in the district of .

Hugli-Chuchura

Latitude
22.8992° or 22° 53′ 57″ north
Longitude
88.3921° or 88° 23′ 32″ east
Population
177,000
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
7MJCV9XR+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7156071805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1269910
Wiki­data ID
Q20099772
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Hugli-Chuchura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوغلي-تشوتشورا”
  • Basque: “Hugli-Chuchura”
  • Bengali: “হুগলি-চুঁচুড়া”
  • Bengali: “হুগলী-চুঁচুড়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “हुगली चिनसुराह”
  • Bishnupriya: “হুগলী-চুঁচড়া”
  • Catalan: “Hooghly-Chinsurah”
  • Cebuano: “Hugli”
  • Chinese: “胡格利-钦苏拉”
  • Dutch: “Hugli”
  • Esperanto: “Hugli-Ĉuĉura”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Hugli-Chuchura”
  • French: “Hugli-Chuchura”
  • German: “Hugli-Chunchura”
  • Gujarati: “હુગલી ચુચુરા”
  • Hindi: “हुगली-चुचुड़ा”
  • Hindi: “हुगली-चुचुरा”
  • Hindi: “हुगली-चुंचुरा”
  • Indonesian: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Irish: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Italian: “Hooghly-Chinsurah”
  • Japanese: “フーグリー”
  • Kashmiri: “ہوگلی-چنچرا”
  • Ladin: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Magahi: “हुगलि-चिसुराह”
  • Magahi: “हुगलि-चुँचुड़ा”
  • Malay: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Marathi: “हूगळी-चिन्सुराह”
  • Marathi: “हूगळी-चुंचुरा”
  • Newari: “हुग्ली-चिन्सुराह”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Norwegian: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Oriya: “ହୁଗୁଳି-ଚିନସୁରା”
  • Russian: “Хугли-Чучура”
  • Russian: “Хугли”
  • Sanskrit: “चुञ्चुडा”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱩᱜᱽᱞᱤ ᱪᱤᱱᱥᱩᱨᱟ”
  • Slovenian: “Hugli-Činsura”
  • Slovenian: “Hugli-Čučura”
  • Spanish: “Hugli-Chuchura”
  • Swedish: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Swedish: “Hugli”
  • Tamil: “கூக்ளி-சூச்சுரா”
  • Telugu: “హుగ్లీ-చుచురా”
  • Urdu: “ہوگلی-چنچرا”
  • Urdu: “ہوگلی-چنچوڑا”
  • Venetian: “Hooghly-Chinsurah”
  • Vietnamese: “Hugli-Chinsurah”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houghly-Chinsura”
  • “हुगली चिनसुराह”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Naihati and Laxmiganj Bazar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hooghly Engineering & Technology College and Hooghly Institute of Technology.

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