Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a major railway station on the Bardhaman-Rampurhat Section in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Its code is BHP. It serves Bolpur City and Shantiniketan. The station consists of three platforms.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghantatala and Patha Bhavana.
Ghantatala
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Ghantatala is situated 3 km northwest of Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station.
Patha Bhavana
Building
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Patha Bhavana is an institution of primary and secondary education in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1901, starting with only five students, the school is characterized by its philosophy of learning with the… Patha Bhavana is situated 3 km northwest of Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station.
Singha Sadan
Building
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Singha Sadan is a building, which is situated 3 km northwest of Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santiniketan and Surul.
Santiniketan
Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santiniketan, also spelt Shantiniketan, is a town in the Birbhum district of West Bengal and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Deeply associated with the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his brainchild Visva-Bharati University, around 1.2 million people visit Santiniketan for its unique blend of education, culture, and nature.
Surul
Village
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Surul is a census town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Surul is situated 3½ km west of Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station.
Sriniketan
Village
Sriniketan is a neighbourhood of Surul in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is adjacent to Santiniketan and houses the second campus of Visva-Bharati University. Sriniketan is situated 4 km west of Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station.
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Railway Station in West Bengal, India
- Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.65804° or 23° 39′ 29″ northLongitude
87.69883° or 87° 41′ 56″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Operator
ERNetwork
IRAbbreviation
“BHP”Open location code
7MM9MM5X+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1865781092OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বোলপুর শান্তিনিকেতন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন”
- French: “Bolpur Shantiniketan”
- Hindi: “बोलपुर शान्तिनिकेतन रेलवे स्टेशन”
- Malayalam: “ബോൽപൂർ ശാന്തിനികേതൻ റെയിൽവേ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Santali: “ᱵᱚᱞᱯᱩᱨ ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤᱱᱤᱠᱮᱛᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Santali: “ᱵᱳᱞᱯᱩᱨ ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤᱱᱤᱠᱮᱛᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
- Telugu: “బోల్పూర్ శాంతినికేతన్ రైల్వే స్టేషను”
- Urdu: “بولپور سانتینیکیتا ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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