Bolpur
Bolpur is a major commercial centre in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, on the north bank of the Ajay River. Although the city is best known for the nearby Santiniketan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bolpur has managed to develop its own charm.Places of Interest
Highlights: Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station and Ghantatala.
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station
Railway station
Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station is a major…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santiniketan and Surul.
Bolpur
- Type: City with 80,200 residents
- Description: City in West Bengal, India
- Categories: municipality of West Bengal and locality
- Location: Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum, Rarh, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.6612° or 23° 39′ 40″ north
Longitude
87.6962° or 87° 41′ 47″ east
Population
80,200
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
7MM9MM6W+FF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bolpur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بولبور”
- Bengali: “বোলপুর”
- Bishnupriya: “বোলপুর”
- Bulgarian: “Болпур”
- Cebuano: “Bolpur”
- Chinese: “博尔布尔”
- Chinese: “博尔普尔”
- Chinese: “博爾布爾”
- Chinese: “博爾普爾”
- Dutch: “Bolpur”
- Esperanto: “Bolpur”
- French: “Bolpur”
- German: “Bolpur”
- Hindi: “बोलपुर पश्चिम बंगाल”
- Hindi: “बोलपुर, पश्चिम बंगाल”
- Hindi: “बोलपुर”
- Italian: “Bolpur”
- Malay: “Bolpur”
- Newari: “बोलपुर”
- Russian: “Болпур”
- Santali: “ᱵᱳᱞᱯᱩᱨ”
- Spanish: “Bolpur”
- Swedish: “Bolpur”
- Tamil: “போல்பூர்”
- Telugu: “బోల్పూర్”
- Urdu: “بول پور”
- Uzbek: “Bolpur”
- Vietnamese: “Bolpur”
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