West Bengal
Purulia
Raghunathpur I

Adra

Adra is a town and a railway colony situated in the Raghunathpur subdivision of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was well known for its Anglo-Indian population.
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  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: town in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Ādra” and “Adra, Purulia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Adra Junction railway station and Joychandi Pahar railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Aronyoss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of and in Purulia district in the Indian state of .

Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Joychandi Pahar Junction railway station serves Adra town and in Purulia district in the Indian state of . It was named after the hill called which is located between these two towns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kashipur.

Town
is a village, with a police station, in the CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in , . Kalloli, where the CD Block headquarters are located, is close to . is situated 7 km south of Adra.

Adra

Latitude
23.49709° or 23° 29′ 50″ north
Longitude
86.67508° or 86° 40′ 30″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
191 metres (627 feet)
Open location code
7MM8FMWG+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245714070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1279334
Wiki­data ID
Q490892
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Adra” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “আদ্রা, পুরুলিয়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “আদ্রা”
  • Bishnupriya: “আদ্রা”
  • Catalan: “Adra”
  • Cebuano: “Adra”
  • Chinese: “Adra”
  • Chinese: “阿达拉”
  • Dutch: “Adra”
  • French: “Adra”
  • Hindi: “आद्रा, पुरुलिया”
  • Hindi: “आद्रा”
  • Italian: “Adra”
  • Kashmiri: “آدرا، پرولیا”
  • Ladin: “Adra”
  • Malay: “Adra, Purulia”
  • Malay: “Adra”
  • Marathi: “अद्रा, पश्चिम बंगाल”
  • Marathi: “अद्रा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Adra”
  • Minangkabau: “Adra”
  • Newari: “आद्रा”
  • Oriya: “ଆଦ୍ରା, ପୁରୁଲିଆ”
  • Oriya: “ଆଦ୍ରା”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਦ੍ਰਾ”
  • Persian: “ادرا، پورلیا”
  • Russian: “Адра”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱫᱽᱨᱟ, ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱫᱽᱨᱟ”
  • Spanish: “Adra”
  • Swedish: “Adra”
  • Talysh: “Adra”
  • Urdu: “آدرا، پرولیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Adra”
  • Western Panjabi: “آدرا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Adra”. Photo: Vaidada, CC BY-SA 4.0.