Farakka Barrage
Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 18 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj.
- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
- Description: Barrage of India
- Also known as“Faraka Dam”“Farrakha Dam”“Farrakka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover New Farakka Junction railway station.
New Farakka Junction railway station
Railway station
New Farakka Junction is a railway station on the…
3 km southwest of Farakka Barrage
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farakka.
Farakka Barrage
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Latitude
24.81667° or 24° 49′ north
Longitude
87.93333° or 87° 56′ east
Open location code
7MP9RW8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Farakka Barrage” goes by many names.
ফারাক্কা বাঁধBengali
फरक्का बैराजBhojpuri
Farakka BarrageCebuano
法拉卡堰Chinese
Farakka BarrageDutch
قناطر فاركهEgyptian Arabic
फ़रक्का बाँधHindi
ファラッカ堰Japanese
Farakka DamMalayalam
ഫറാക്ക അണക്കെട്ട്Malayalam
Farakka-demningenNorwegian
Farakka-demningenNorwegian Bokmål
Restanca de FarakkaOccitan (post 1500)
Дамба ФараккаRussian
Плотина ФараккаRussian
ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱟᱠᱠᱟ ᱵᱮᱨᱟᱡᱽSantali
ஃபராக்கா அணைTamil
farakka barrageTelugu
Гребля ФараккаUkrainian
ФараккаUkrainian
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