Behala

Behala is a locality southwest of . A "city within a city", Behala still maintains its strong local identity, despite being incorporated into the Kolkata proper back in 1984.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Locality of Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Behāla” and “South Suburban”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vidyasagar State General Hospital and Taratala metro station.

Hospital
Photo: Anupamdutta73, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Metro station
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Taratala is the elevated northern metro station on the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in the Taratala area of southern , , India.

School
M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School is a private school in , , . It is coeducational and teaches in English. The school started in 1988.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Alipore and Chetla.

Suburb
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Suburb
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Southeast Kolkata consists of the suburbs southeast of the city, including Baghajatin, Dhakuria, Garia, Lake Gardens, Mukundapur, Jadavpur, Jodhpur Park, Patuli, Santoshpur and Tollygunge, all of which are governed by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. is situated 2½ km east of Behala.

Behala

Latitude
22.50157° or 22° 30′ 6″ north
Longitude
88.32094° or 88° 19′ 15″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
7MJCG82C+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4524946631
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1276607
Wiki­data ID
Q4880659
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Behala” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেহালা, কলকাতা”
  • Bengali: “বেহালা”
  • Dutch: “Behala”
  • Hindi: “बेहाला”
  • Marathi: “Behala”
  • Marathi: “बेहाला”
  • Russian: “Бехала”
  • Urdu: “بہالا”

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