Farakka Barrage

Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in in the Indian state of , roughly 18 kilometres from the border with near .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: Barrage of India
  • Also known as: “Faraka Dam”, “Farakka Dam”, “Farrakha Dam”, “Farrakka”, “Плотина Фаракка”, “Фаракка”, and “फ़रक्का बाँध”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: New Farakka Junction railway station.

Railway station
New Farakka Junction is a railway station on the… is situated 3 km southwest of Farakka Barrage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Farakka.

Town
is a town, with a police station and a post… is situated 4 km southwest of Farakka Barrage.

Farakka Barrage

Latitude
24.81667° or 24° 49′ north
Longitude
87.93333° or 87° 56′ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
7MP9RW8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
1271953
Wiki­data ID
Q2638941
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Farakka Barrage” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ফারাক্কা বাঁধ”
  • Bhojpuri: “फरक्का बैराज”
  • Cebuano: “Farakka Barrage”
  • Chinese: “法拉卡堰”
  • Dutch: “Farakka Barrage”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناطر فاركه”
  • French: “barrage de Farakka”
  • French: “Barrage de Farakka”
  • Hindi: “फरक्का बाँध”
  • Japanese: “ファラッカ堰”
  • Malayalam: “ഫറാക്ക അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Farakka-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Farakka-demningen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Restanca de Farakka”
  • Russian: “Дамба Фаракка”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱟᱠᱠᱟ ᱵᱮᱨᱟᱡᱽ”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Farakka”
  • Tamil: “ஃபராக்கா அணை”
  • Telugu: “farakka barrage”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Фаракка”
  • “फरक्का बैराज”

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