Baranagar

The Northern Suburbs of cover the large urbanised industrial area to the north of the city, which includes Baguiati, Baranagar, Belgachia, Birati, Chitpur, Cossipore, Dakshineswar, Dum Dum, Lake Town, Nagerbazar, Paikpara and Sinthee.
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  • Type: City with 248,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Barahanagar”, “Baranagore”, and “바라나고르”
  • Historically known as: “Barahanagore”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Belur Math.

Hindu temple
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is a Hindu navaratna style…

Monastery
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is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math…

Railway station
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Dum Dum Junction is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bally and Uttarpara.

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is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern .

is an industrial town on the western bank…

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is the oldest area of …

Baranagar

Latitude
22.6342° or 22° 38′ 3″ north
Longitude
88.3711° or 88° 22′ 16″ east
Population
248,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MJCJ9MC+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9265759692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1277082
Wiki­data ID
Q712504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Baranagar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باراناجار”
  • Bengali: “বরানগর”
  • Bengali: “বরাহনগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “बड़ानगर”
  • Bishnupriya: “বড়ানগর”
  • Bulgarian: “Баранагар”
  • Catalan: “Baranagar”
  • Cebuano: “Baranagar”
  • Central Kurdish: “باراناگار”
  • Chinese: “伯勒訥各爾”
  • Chinese: “伯勒讷格尔”
  • Chinese: “巴拉納加爾”
  • Chinese: “巴拉纳加尔”
  • Dutch: “Baranagar”
  • Esperanto: “Borahonogur”
  • French: “Baranagar”
  • German: “Baranagar”
  • Hindi: “बरानगर”
  • Hindi: “बराहनगर”
  • Irish: “Baranagar”
  • Italian: “Baranagar”
  • Japanese: “バラナガル”
  • Korean: “바라나가르”
  • Ladin: “Baranagar”
  • Lithuanian: “Baranagaras”
  • Malagasy: “Baranagar”
  • Malay: “Baranagar”
  • Newari: “बारानगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baranagar”
  • Norwegian: “Baranagar”
  • Persian: “بارانگر”
  • Portuguese: “Baranagar”
  • Russian: “Баранагар”
  • Serbian: “Baranagar”
  • Serbian: “Баранагар”
  • Slovenian: “Baranagar”
  • Spanish: “Baranagar”
  • Swedish: “Baranagar”
  • Tamil: “பராநகர்”
  • Ukrainian: “Баранагар”
  • Urdu: “بارا نگر”
  • Venetian: “Baranagar”
  • Vietnamese: “Baranagar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Baranagar”
  • Western Panjabi: “بارانگر”
  • “Baranagar”
  • “बड़ानगर”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cossipore and Chitpur.

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