Bankura

Bankura district is an administrative unit in the state of . It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Bankura and Bishnupur.

is the headquarters of its namesake district of . town is an important stopover for most of the tourist destinations in the district.

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is a town in the Bankura district of , India. Although famous for terracotta temples, also houses several laterite stone temples.

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is a small town in the Bankura district of in . It is adjacent to the dam on the Kangsabati River. This is considered as the second biggest earth dams of India.

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is a hill in the Bankura district of and a place of archaeological interest and a rock climbing centre. It is a picnic spot for people residing in the surrounding areas.

A small town in the Bankura district of , is known for its picturesque hills and a reservoir.

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in the Bankura district of is the second highest hill in South Bengal. It is 451 m high. The tourist spot is at the foot of the hill, near temple.

Bankura

Latitude of center
23.1371° or 23° 8′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
87.1357° or 87° 8′ 8″ east
Population
3,600,000
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Abbreviation
“BNR”
Geo­Names ID
1277265
Wiki­data ID
Q2088458
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bankura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة بانكورا”
  • Armenian: “Բանկուրի Շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Bankura (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Bankura”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Bankura”
  • Basque: “Bankura barrutia”
  • Bengali: “বাঁকুড়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “বাঁকুড়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “बांकुरा जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Bankura”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Bankura”
  • Cebuano: “Bānkurā”
  • Chinese: “Bankura”
  • Chinese: “班庫拉縣”
  • Dutch: “Bankura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بانكورا”
  • Finnish: “Bankuran piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Bankura”
  • French: “District de Bankura”
  • Georgian: “ბანკურის ოლქი”
  • German: “Bankura”
  • Gujarati: “બાંકુડા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “बाँकुड़ा जिला”
  • Hindi: “बांकुड़ा जिला”
  • Hindi: “बांकुड़ा”
  • Italian: “distretto di Bankura”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Bankura”
  • Japanese: “バーンクラー県”
  • Kashmiri: “بانٛکُڑا ضِلہٕ”
  • Malayalam: “ബാങ്കുര ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “बांकुरा जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bankura”
  • Mingrelian: “ბანკურაშ ოლქი”
  • Nepali: “बाँकुडा जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “बाँकुडा जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankura”
  • Norwegian: “Bankura”
  • Oriya: “ବାଙ୍କୁଡ଼ା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش بانکورا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه بانکورا”
  • Russian: “Банкура”
  • Sanskrit: “बांकुडामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱟᱸᱠᱩᱲᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Bankura”
  • Swedish: “Bankura”
  • Swedish: “Bānkurā”
  • Tamil: “பாங்குரா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “బంకురా జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “بانکڑا ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Bankura”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بانکوڑا”
  • “बांकुरा जिला”

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