Jorasanko

Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in , West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.
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Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howrah Station and Jorasanko Thakur Bari.

Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of , which not only connects the city to the rest of , but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of and beyond.

Museum
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, , , is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus.

Photo: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a balanced steel bridge over the in , . Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New , because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Girish Park and Sovabazar.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in in the state of . it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.

or Shobhabazar is an old neighbourhood in North Kolkata, based around the Rajbari. Despite facing economic stagnation nowadays, was once a part of the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy.

Photo: Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly Calcutta, is the capital and largest city of and the cultural capital of . is an "in your face" city that shocks and charms the unsuspecting visitor.

Jorasanko

Latitude
22.58341° or 22° 35′ 0″ north
Longitude
88.35625° or 88° 21′ 23″ east
Open location code
7MJCH9M4+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1188948275
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q6276260
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Tamil—“Jorasanko” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “জোড়াসাঁকো”
  • Dutch: “Jorasanko”
  • French: “Jorasanko”
  • Hebrew: “ג’וראסנקו”
  • Hindi: “जोरासांको”
  • Tamil: “ஜோராசங்கா”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jorasanko East and Jagganath Ghat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marwari Relief Society Hospital and Shree Vishudhanand Hospital and Research Institute.

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