Farakka
Farakka is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Farakka community development block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Farakka Junction railway station and Farakka Super Thermal Power Station.
New Farakka Junction railway station
Railway station
New Farakka Junction is a railway station on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. New Farakka Junction railway station lies south of the Farakka Barrage.
Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
Power station
Photo: Chintohere, Public domain.
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the coal-based power plants of NTPC.
Ballalpur railway station
Railway station
Ballalpur railway station is a halt railway station on the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop of Malda railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside National Highway 34 at Farakka of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ballalpur railway station is situated 3½ km south of Farakka.
Farakka
- Type: Town with 21,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in India
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Farakka, Murshidabad, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.7869° or 24° 47′ 13″ northLongitude
87.90991° or 87° 54′ 36″ eastPopulation
21,800Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)United Nations Location Code
IN FAROpen location code
7MP9QWP5+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 245725394OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Farakka” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Фарака”
- Cebuano: “Farakka”
- Chinese: “法拉卡”
- Dutch: “Farakka”
- Esperanto: “Farakka”
- Hindi: “फ़रक्का”
- Irish: “Farakka”
- Santali: “ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱟᱠᱠᱟ”
- Swedish: “Farakka”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include TTS Hospital and Farakka Barrage Hospital.
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