West Bengal
Birbhum
Bolpur Sriniketan

Bolpur

Bolpur is a city and a municipality in in the state of , . It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station and Ghantatala.

Railway station
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is a major railway station in , . Its code is BHP. It serves Bolpur City and . The station consists of three platforms.

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Railway station
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is a railway station of India in in the state of . Its code is PNE. This railway station serves Bolpur surrounding areas including Santiniketan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santiniketan and Surul.

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, also spelt Shantiniketan, is a town in the district of and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Deeply associated with the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his brainchild Visva-Bharati University, around 1.2 million people visit for its unique blend of education, culture, and nature.

Village
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is a census town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of in the state of .

Village
is a neighbourhood of in Bolpur subdivision of in the state of . It is adjacent to Santiniketan and houses the second campus of Visva-Bharati University.

Bolpur

Latitude
23.6612° or 23° 39′ 40″ north
Longitude
87.6962° or 87° 41′ 47″ east
Population
80,200
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
7MM9MM6W+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2396422821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1275346
Wiki­data ID
Q858304
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Bolpur” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বোলপুর”
  • Bishnupriya: “বোলপুর”
  • Bulgarian: “Болпур”
  • Cebuano: “Bolpur”
  • Chinese: “博尔布尔”
  • Chinese: “博尔普尔”
  • Chinese: “博爾布爾”
  • Chinese: “博爾普爾”
  • Dutch: “Bolpur”
  • Esperanto: “Bolpur”
  • French: “Bolpur”
  • German: “Bolpur”
  • Hindi: “बोलपुर पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Hindi: “बोलपुर, पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Hindi: “बोलपुर”
  • Italian: “Bolpur”
  • Kashmiri: “بول پور”
  • Malay: “Bolpur”
  • Newari: “बोलपुर”
  • Russian: “Болпур”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱳᱞᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Spanish: “Bolpur”
  • Swedish: “Bolpur”
  • Tamil: “போல்பூர்”
  • Urdu: “بول پور”
  • Uzbek: “Bolpur”
  • Vietnamese: “Bolpur”

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