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Alipore

The land of bungalows, Alipore is home to Kolkata's zoological park, the National Library, a prison-turned-museum, and several government offices.
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  • Type: Suburb with 127,000 residents
  • Description: locality of Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Alipur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of India and Alipore Central Jail.

Park
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, Alipore, , India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record.

Prison
Photo: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alipore Jail or , also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, , where political prisoners were kept under British rule.

Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a in , , , India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kolkata and Bhowanipore-Kalighat.

Photo: Anitek bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a posh and new area of . It is less congested and more modern than most parts of the city. You will find more flat blocks and green patches here compared to the North.

Suburb
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bhowanipore and Kalighat are two neighbourhoods along the Adi Ganga River, in .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Alipore

Latitude
22.52649° or 22° 31′ 35″ north
Longitude
88.33237° or 88° 19′ 57″ east
Population
127,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7MJCG8GJ+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10917936011
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1279006
Wiki­data ID
Q2341786
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Alipore” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “আলিপুর”
  • Catalan: “Alipore”
  • Cebuano: “Ālīpur”
  • Dutch: “Alipore”
  • Esperanto: “Alipore”
  • French: “Alipore”
  • German: “Alipore”
  • German: “Alipur”
  • Gujarati: “અલીપોર”
  • Hindi: “अलीपुर”
  • Italian: “Alipore”
  • Italian: “Alipur”
  • Japanese: “アーリープル”
  • Japanese: “アリポル”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲಿಪುರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “علی پور، شمالی 24 پرگنہ”
  • Marathi: “अलिपोर”
  • Nepali: “अलिपुर”
  • Russian: “Алипур”
  • Sanskrit: “अलीपुरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “आलिपूर”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱞᱤᱯᱩᱨ”
  • Spanish: “Alipore”
  • Swedish: “Ālīpur”
  • Tamil: “ஆலிப்பூரா”
  • Tamil: “ஆலிப்பூர்”
  • Telugu: “అలిపూర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Аліпор”
  • Urdu: “علی پور، شمالی 24 پرگنہ”
  • Uzbek: “Alipore”
  • Western Panjabi: “علی پور، شمالی 24 پرگنہ”

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