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Bankura

Bankura district is an administrative unit in the state of . It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal.
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  • Type: County with 3,600,000 residents
  • Description: district in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Bankura district” and “Bānkura District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chhandar railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Rampur, Godardihi, Chhandar in Bankura district in the Indian state of .

Bankura

Latitude
23.25° or 23° 15′ north
Longitude
87.25° or 87° 15′ east
Population
3,600,000
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
Abbreviation
“BNR”
Open location code
7MM97722+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316417127
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1277265
Wiki­data ID
Q2088458
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bankura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بانكورا”
  • Armenian: “Բանկուրի Շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Bankura (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Bankura”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Bankura”
  • Basque: “Bankura barrutia”
  • Bengali: “বাঁকুড়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “বাঁকুড়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “बांकुरा जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Bankura”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Bankura”
  • Cebuano: “Bānkurā”
  • Chinese: “Bankura”
  • Chinese: “班庫拉縣”
  • Dutch: “Bankura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بانكورا”
  • Finnish: “Bankuran piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Bankura”
  • French: “District de Bankura”
  • Georgian: “ბანკურის ოლქი”
  • German: “Bankura”
  • Gujarati: “બાંકુડા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “बाँकुड़ा जिला”
  • Hindi: “बांकुड़ा जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto di Bankura”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Bankura”
  • Japanese: “バーンクラー県”
  • Malayalam: “ബാങ്കുര ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “बांकुरा जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bankura”
  • Mingrelian: “ბანკურაშ ოლქი”
  • Nepali: “बाँकुडा जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “बाँकुडा जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankura”
  • Norwegian: “Bankura”
  • Oriya: “ବାଙ୍କୁଡ଼ା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش بانکورا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه بانکورا”
  • Russian: “Банкура”
  • Sanskrit: “बांकुडामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱟᱸᱠᱩᱲᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Bankura”
  • Swedish: “Bankura”
  • Swedish: “Bānkurā”
  • Tamil: “பாங்குரா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “బంకురా జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “بانکڑا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Bankura”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بانکوڑا”
  • “बांकुरा जिला”

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