Kahalgaon
Kahalgaon is a municipality in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar, India. The ruins of Vikramashila, a Buddhist monastic university founded by Dharmapala of the Pala Empire in the early ninth century, are located within the town.- Type: Town with 1,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Golgong” and “ᱠᱚᱞᱜᱚᱝ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kahalgaon and Ekchari railway station.
Ekchari railway station
Railway station
Ekchari railway station is a railway station… Ekchari railway station is situated 4 km south of Kahalgaon.
Kahalgaon
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kahalgaon, Bhāgalpur District, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.26232° or 25° 15′ 44″ north
Longitude
87.23034° or 87° 13′ 49″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
7MQ9766J+W4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Kahalgaon” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কলগং”
- Bishnupriya: “কলগং”
- Cebuano: “Colgong”
- Chinese: “乔尔贡格”
- Chinese: “喬爾貢格”
- Dutch: “Colgong”
- French: “Colgong”
- Hausa: “Kahalgaon”
- Hindi: “कहलगाँव”
- Irish: “Kahalgaon”
- Italian: “Colgong”
- Magahi: “कहलगाँओ”
- Malay: “Colgong”
- Newari: “कोल्गोंग”
- Portuguese: “Colgong”
- Santali: “ᱠᱟᱦᱟᱞᱜᱟᱶ”
- Swedish: “Colgong”
- Vietnamese: “Colgong”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Vikramasila and Janīdih.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kahalgaon and Shanti Baba Temple.
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