Kalighat metro station
Kalighat is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro at Rashbehari Avenue in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Photo: BengaliHindu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kalighat Temple and Alipore Central Jail.
Kalighat Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. Kalighat Temple is situated 540 metres northwest of Kalighat metro station.
Alipore Central Jail
Prison
Photo: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alipore Jail or Alipore Central Jail, also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in Alipore, Kolkata, where political prisoners were kept under British rule. Alipore Central Jail is situated 1¼ km northwest of Kalighat metro station.
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
Hospital
Photo: Anupamdutta73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in India. It is located in Kolkata near Jatin Das Park metro station at Hazra crossing. Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute is situated 1 km north of Kalighat metro station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalighat and Chetla.
Kalighat
Suburb
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata city. It is less congested and more modern than the rest of the city. You will find more apartment blocks and green patches here.
Chetla
Suburb
Chetla is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
South Kolkata
Photo: Anitek bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kolkata is an important part of Kolkata city. It is less congested and more modern than the rest of the city. You will find more apartment blocks and green patches here.
Kalighat metro station
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Kolkata, India
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.51688° or 22° 31′ 1″ northLongitude
88.34585° or 88° 20′ 45″ eastOperator
Metro Railway, KolkataNetwork
Kolkata MetroOpen location code
7MJCG88W+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 5421539684OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q15041932
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Kalighat metro station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কালীঘাট মেট্রো স্টেশন”
- French: “Kalighat”
- Malayalam: “കാലിഘട്ട് മെട്രോ സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Urdu: “کالی گھاٹ میٹرو اسٹیشن”
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