Fort Gloster

Fort Gloster is a suburb in , , and has about 18,400 residents. Fort Gloster is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bauria railway station and Komagata Maru Budge Budge railway station.

Railway station
Photo: মঞ্জুর আলম খান, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The serves Bauria, , in the Indian state of . It is situated on the Howrah–Kharagpur line, at a distance of 24 km from the terminus of Howrah Station.

Railway station
Photo: Sourav Bapuli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Komagata Maru Budge Budge is a terminal station of Kolkata Suburban Railway 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.

Memorial
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budge Budge and Batanagar.

Photo: Sourav Bapuli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city and a municipality of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in of the district in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. is situated 5 km east of Fort Gloster.

Photo: Sumasa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a sleepy industrial town in the district of , at the western bank of the Hooghly River. is a delightful place for weekend visitors, with riverside views and a popular Kali temple.

Fort Gloster

Latitude
22.49807° or 22° 29′ 53″ north
Longitude
88.17457° or 88° 10′ 29″ east
Population
18,400
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7MJCF5XF+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6186215816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1271871
Wiki­data ID
Q26789993
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Swedish—“Fort Gloster” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গ্লস্টার দুর্গ”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Gloster”
  • Dutch: “Fort Gloster”
  • Swedish: “Fort Gloster”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort-Gloster State General Hospital and Gulabi Raj Shyamlal Memorial Rotary Eye Hospital.

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