Shibpur
Shibpur is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden and The Great Banyan.
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Park
Photo: Jeroje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta Botanic Garden, and Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, is a botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
The Great Banyan
Evergreen forest
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Howrah, near Kolkata, India. The great banyan tree draws more visitors to the garden than its collection of exotic plants from five continents.
Santragachi Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Santragachi Junction railway station is a railway junction in South Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways, situated in Santragachhi, Howrah, India. The station is operated by the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howrah and Hastings.
Howrah
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Howrah is the twin city of Kolkata and an important industrial and transport hub of southern West Bengal.
Hastings
Suburb
Hastings is a neighbourhood of Central South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hastings is situated 4 km southeast of Shibpur.
Kidderpore
Suburb
Khidderpore is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kidderpore is situated 4½ km southeast of Shibpur.
Shibpur
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in India
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Bally Jagachha, Howrah, South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.56858° or 22° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
88.29421° or 88° 17′ 39″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7MJCH79V+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 9976532679OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Shibpur” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “শিবপুর”
- Dutch: “Shibpur”
- Kashmiri: “شیبپور”
- Slovenian: “Šibpur”
- Urdu: “شیب پور”
- Urdu: “شیبپور”
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