Rajarhat
Rajarhat is a neighbourhood in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 403,000 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Bidhannagar, West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Hatiara” and “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and Jessore Road metro station.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Das kr., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, the capital metropolis of the Indian state of West Bengal. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is situated 3 km north of Rajarhat.
Jessore Road metro station
Metro station
Jessore Road is an at grade level metro station of Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro beside Jessore Road in Dum Dum, West Bengal, India. It was a part of the integration of old line of Circular Railway from Dum Dum Cantonment to Biman Bandar.
Dum Dum Cantonment railway station
Railway station
Dum Dum Cantonment is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Dum Dum. The Dum Dum Cantonment metro station is adjacent to Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. Dum Dum Cantonment railway station is situated 3 km west of Rajarhat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baguiati and Dum Dum.
Baguiati
Suburb
Baguiati is a neighbourhood in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Baguiati is situated 2½ km southwest of Rajarhat.
Dum Dum
Town
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dum Dum is a suburb north of Kolkata and an important transport hub of the Greater Kolkata area. It is home to Kolkata's only international airport. Dum Dum is also an important food and leisure hub in West Bengal, having a lot of international fast-food chains and shopping malls. Dum Dum is situated 2½ km north of Rajarhat.
South Dum Dum
Town
Photo: Saikatthe007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. South Dum Dum is situated 3 km west of Rajarhat.
Rajarhat
- Categories: municipality of West Bengal, big city, neighborhood, new town, and locality
- Location: Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.62862° or 22° 37′ 43″ northLongitude
88.44061° or 88° 26′ 26″ eastPopulation
403,000Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
7MJCJCHR+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10856334277OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11185374Wikidata ID
Q247261
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Rajarhat” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռաջարհատ”
- Bengali: “রাজারহাট গোপালপুর”
- Bengali: “রাজারহাট”
- Bhojpuri: “राजरहाट-गोपालपुर”
- Bishnupriya: “রাজারহাট গোপালপুর”
- Chinese: “拉賈爾哈特戈帕爾普爾”
- Chinese: “拉贾尔哈特戈帕尔普尔”
- Dutch: “Rajarhat”
- French: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- German: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- German: “Rajarhat”
- Hindi: “राजारहाट”
- Italian: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Malay: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Persian: “راجارات گوپالپور”
- Portuguese: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Portuguese: “Rajarhat”
- Serbian: “Radžarat Gopalpur”
- Serbian: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Serbian: “Раџарат Гопалпур”
- Swedish: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Vietnamese: “Rajarhat Gopalpur”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rajarhat”
- “राजरहाट-गोपालपुर”
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