Dankuni

Dankuni is a city in Kolkata Metropolitan Region of in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dankuni Junction railway station and Gobra railway station.

Railway station
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is an important railway station serving Kolkata metropolitan area, in the Indian state of .

Railway station
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is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is situated at Gobra, Dankuni in in the Indian state of .

Railway station
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line operated by Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. is situated 3½ km southeast of Dankuni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uttarpara and Konnagar.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the of . Close to , was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.

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is a town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the of .

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is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern . It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Dankuni

Latitude
22.68209° or 22° 40′ 56″ north
Longitude
88.29074° or 88° 17′ 27″ east
Population
94,900
Open location code
7MJCM7JR+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1694557949
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q5219966
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Dankuni” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ডানকুনি”
  • Chinese: “丹库尼”
  • Chinese: “丹庫尼”
  • Dutch: “Dankuni”
  • Esperanto: “Dankuni”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Dankuni”
  • Hindi: “डानकुनी”
  • Irish: “Dankuni”
  • Kashmiri: “دانکونی”
  • Ladin: “Dankuni”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dankuni”
  • Swedish: “Dankuni”
  • Tamil: “தாங்குனி”
  • Urdu: “دانکونی”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Milon Sangho Football Playground. and Hanuman Mandir.

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