Baranagar

Baranagar is a suburb north of , in the district of West Bengal. It has a rich cultural heritage.
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  • Type: City with 248,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Baranagore”
  • Historically known as: “Barahanagore”
  • Neighbors: , , and
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Belur Math.

Monastery
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is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cossipore and Dunlop.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in in the state of . One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station.

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

Baranagar

Latitude
22.63417° or 22° 38′ 3″ north
Longitude
88.37109° or 88° 22′ 16″ east
Population
248,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MJCJ9MC+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9265759692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1277082
Wiki­data ID
Q712504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Baranagar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باراناجار”
  • Bengali: “বড়ানগর”
  • Bengali: “বরানগর”
  • Bengali: “বরাহনগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “बड़ानगर”
  • Bishnupriya: “বড়ানগর”
  • Bulgarian: “Баранагар”
  • Catalan: “Barahanagar”
  • Catalan: “Baranagar”
  • Cebuano: “Baranagar”
  • Central Kurdish: “باراناگار”
  • Chinese: “伯勒訥各爾”
  • Chinese: “伯勒讷格尔”
  • Chinese: “巴拉納加爾”
  • Chinese: “巴拉纳加尔”
  • Dutch: “Baranagar”
  • Esperanto: “Borahonogur”
  • French: “Baranagar”
  • German: “Baranagar”
  • Hindi: “बरानगर”
  • Hindi: “बराहनगर”
  • Irish: “Baranagar”
  • Italian: “Baranagar”
  • Japanese: “バラナガル”
  • Kashmiri: “بارا نگر”
  • Korean: “바라나가르”
  • Korean: “바라나고르”
  • Ladin: “Baranagar”
  • Lithuanian: “Baranagaras”
  • Malagasy: “Baranagar”
  • Malay: “Baranagar”
  • Newari: “बारानगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baranagar”
  • Norwegian: “Baranagar”
  • Persian: “بارانگر”
  • Portuguese: “Baranagar”
  • Russian: “Баранагар”
  • Serbian: “Baranagar”
  • Serbian: “Баранагар”
  • Slovenian: “Baranagar”
  • Spanish: “Baranagar”
  • Swedish: “Baranagar”
  • Tamil: “பராநகர்”
  • Ukrainian: “Баранагар”
  • Urdu: “بارا نگر”
  • Venetian: “Baranagar”
  • Vietnamese: “Baranagar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Baranagar”
  • Western Panjabi: “بارانگر”
  • “Baranagar”
  • “बड़ानगर”

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