Kolaghat
Kolaghat is a popular picnic spot in the Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal, along the Rupnarayan River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 25,200 residents
- Description: census town in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “KIG”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kolaghat railway station and Kolaghat Thermal Power Station.
Kolaghat railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tarakeswar Dolai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kolaghat railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Kolaghat, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 55 km from Howrah Station.
Kolaghat Thermal Power Station
Power station
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 4.0.
Kolaghat Thermal Power Station is a major thermal power station in West Bengal. It is located at Mecheda, approx. 55 km from Kolkata in the Purba Medinipur district. Kolaghat Thermal Power Station is situated 3 km south of Kolaghat.
Mecheda railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mecheda railway station in the Indian state of West Bengal, serves Mecheda, India in Purba Medinipur district. It is on the Howrah–Kharagpur line. It is 58 km from Howrah Station. Mecheda railway station is situated 3½ km southwest of Kolaghat.
Kolaghat
- Categories: census town of India and locality
- Location: Kolaghat, East Midnapore, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.44305° or 22° 26′ 35″ northLongitude
87.87374° or 87° 52′ 26″ eastPopulation
25,200Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
7MJ9CVVF+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 981983654OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11185624Wikidata ID
Q2231690
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Kolaghat” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kolaghat”
- Bengali: “কোলাঘাট”
- Bishnupriya: “কোলাঘাট”
- Chinese: “Kolaghat”
- Chinese: “科拉加特”
- Dutch: “Kolaghat”
- Hindi: “कोलाघाट”
- Italian: “Kolaghat”
- Ladin: “Kolaghat”
- Malagasy: “Kolaghat”
- Malay: “Kolaghat”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kolaghat”
- Newari: “कोलाघाट”
- Spanish: “Kolaghat”
- Ukrainian: “Колаґгат”
- Vietnamese: “Kolaghat”
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