Barakar
Barakar is a town in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal along the Barakar River, at the border to Jharkhand. Known for the Begunia complex of Odisha-style temples, Barakar may look like an Odia industrial town at first glance.Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kumardubi railway station and Kulti railway station.
Kumardubi railway station
Railway station
Kumardubi railway station is a railway station on the Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line, located in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, India. It comes under the Asansol railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. Kumardubi railway station is situated 2½ km west of Barakar.
Kulti railway station
Railway station
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kulti railway station is situated 3 km east of Barakar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kulti and Chirkunda.
Kulti
Suburb
Kulti is a neighbourhood in Asansol. Asansol is located in West Burdwan district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation. Kulti is situated 2½ km southeast of Barakar.
Chirkunda
Town
Chirkunda is a City and a notified area in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chirkunda is situated 3½ km west of Barakar.
Barakar
- Type: Railway station
- Description: neighbourhood in Asansol
- Categories: neighborhood and transportation
- Location: Salanpur, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to German—“Barakar” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বরাকর”
- Dutch: “Barakar”
- German: “Barakar”
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