West Bengal
Jalpaiguri District
Banarhat

Gairkata

Gairkata is a census town in the Dhupguri subdivision of the in the state of , . It is the native town of prominent Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar, poet and journalist Bikash Sarkar and CPI leader Samar Ganguly.
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  • Type: Village with 66,400 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Gayerkata” and “Goyerkata”

Gairkata

Latitude
26.7001° or 26° 42′ 0″ north
Longitude
89.0251° or 89° 1′ 30″ east
Population
66,400
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
Open location code
7MRFP22G+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 829889134
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1270845
Wiki­data ID
Q1525244
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Gairkata” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গয়েরকাটা”
  • Bishnupriya: “গাইরকাটা”
  • Cebuano: “Goyerkāta”
  • Chinese: “Gairkata”
  • Chinese: “盖尔卡塔”
  • Chinese: “蓋爾卡塔”
  • Dutch: “Gairkata”
  • French: “Gairkata”
  • Hindi: “गायरकाटा”
  • Italian: “Gairkata”
  • Ladin: “Gairkata”
  • Malagasy: “Gairkata”
  • Malay: “Gairkata”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gairkata”
  • Newari: “गैरकता”
  • Portuguese: “Gairkata”
  • Russian: “Гаирката”
  • Swedish: “Goyerkāta”
  • Vietnamese: “Gairkata”

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