Bankot
Bankot is a town in Maharashtra, India. It became part of the Bombay Presidency in 1756. Its most famous structure is Bankot Fort, which was the first residency of the British Raj in Southern Konkan.Photo: Khalil Sawant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Bancoot” and “Bānkot”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harihareshwar and Kelashi.
Harihareshwar
Town
Harihareshwar is a town in Raigad district, in Maharashtra, India. It is surrounded by three hills named Harihareshwar, Harshinachal and Pushpadri. The river Savitri enters the Arabian Sea from the town of Harihareshwar. Harihareshwar is situated 3 km northwest of Bankot.
Kelashi
Village
Kelshi is a village in Dapoli taluka, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state in Western India. The 2011 Census of India recorded a total of 3,145 residents in the village. Kelashi is situated 7 km south of Bankot.
Shrivardhan
Photo: Saikrushna guntapelliwar, CC BY 4.0.
Shrivardhan which means "increase of prosperity", is a village in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India.
Bankot
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Mandangad, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.97951° or 17° 58′ 46″ northLongitude
73.04871° or 73° 2′ 55″ eastElevation
19 metres (62 feet)United Nations Location Code
IN BKTOpen location code
7J9MX2HX+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 6796359336OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1277267Wikidata ID
Q4856435
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Bankot” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bancoote”
- Catalan: “Bankot”
- Catalan: “Fort Victoria”
- Dutch: “Bankot”
- Hebrew: “בנקוט”
- Hindi: “बाणकोट”
- Irish: “Bankot”
- Marathi: “बाणकोट”
- Urdu: “بنکوٹ”
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