Bally

Bally is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern . It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.
ballymunicipality.com
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: City with 292,000 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Bali” and “Bally, Howrah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Bally railway station.

Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in , Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the .

Railway station
Photo: Tarunsamanta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord line. It is located in in the Indian state of .

Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the , connecting Bally, with , . It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old , opened in 1932.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uttarpara and Dakshineswar.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of . Close to , was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.

Suburb
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Northern Suburbs of cover the large urbanised industrial area to the north of the city, which includes Baguiati, Baranagar, Belgachia, Birati, Chitpur, Cossipore, , Dum Dum, Lake Town, Nagerbazar, Paikpara and Sinthee.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Bally

Latitude
22.647° or 22° 38′ 49″ north
Longitude
88.3436° or 88° 20′ 37″ east
Population
292,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7MJCJ8WV+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2876930497
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1277539
Wiki­data ID
Q601897
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Bally from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bally” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالي”
  • Asturian: “Bally”
  • Bengali: “বালি, হাওড়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “বালি”
  • Bhojpuri: “बैली, हावड़ा”
  • Bishnupriya: “বালি-১”
  • Catalan: “Bālī”
  • Cebuano: “Bāli”
  • Chinese: “巴利”
  • Chinese: “巴尔伊”
  • Dutch: “Bally, Howrah”
  • French: “Bally”
  • German: “Bally”
  • Hindi: “बाली, हावड़ा”
  • Hindi: “बाली”
  • Irish: “Bally”
  • Italian: “Bally”
  • Japanese: “バリ”
  • Kashmiri: “بالی، ہاوڑہ”
  • Ladin: “Bally”
  • Malay: “Bally, Haora”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bally”
  • Norwegian: “Bally”
  • Persian: “بالی (هاورا)”
  • Persian: “بالی”
  • Russian: “Бали”
  • Russian: “Балли”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱟᱹᱞᱤ, ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ”
  • Serbian: “Бали”
  • Spanish: “Bally”
  • Swedish: “Bally”
  • Urdu: “بالی، ہاوڑہ”
  • Venetian: “Bally”
  • Vietnamese: “Bally”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bally, Howrah”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالی، ہاوڑا”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالی”
  • “बैली, हावड़ा”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Bally”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Uttarpara Kotrung and Hindmotor.

Howrah: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Howrah, Uluberia, Andul, and Amta.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.