Paschim Medinipur
Paschim Medinipur district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kharagpur and Midnapore.
Kharagpur
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Kharagpur is the largest city of the southwest region of West Bengal. Kharagpur is a planned industrial city and home to the first Indian Institute of Technology.
Midnapore
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Midnapore, also spelt Medinipur, is a town in the southwest region of West Bengal. The headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district, Midnapore is along the Kangsabati River, locally called Kansai.
Chandrakona
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Chandrakona is a pretty town and a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. The city is located between Ghatal and Garhbeta.
Paschim Medinipur
- Type: district of India with 5,910,000 residents
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Medinipur West”, “Paschim Medinipur district”, “Paschim Medinipur District”, “West Medinipur”, “West Midnapore”, and “West Midnapore district”
- Neighbors: Bankura, Hooghly district, Howrah, Jhargram, and Purba Medinipur
- Location: Southwest Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Paschim Medinipur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باشيم مدينبور”
- Asturian: “distritu de Paschim Medinipur”
- Asturian: “Paschim Medinipur (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Basque: “Paschim Medinipur barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Заходні Міднапур”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর জেলা”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর”
- Bhojpuri: “पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिला”
- Cebuano: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Chinese: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Chinese: “西梅迪尼布尔县”
- Chinese: “西梅迪尼普尔”
- Chinese: “西梅迪尼普爾”
- Dutch: “Midnapore West”
- Dutch: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باشيم مدينبور”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Midnapore”
- French: “district de Paschim Medinipur”
- French: “District de Paschim Medinipur”
- German: “Midnapore West”
- German: “Paschim Medinipur”
- German: “Pashchim Medinipur”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ મેદિનીપુર જિલ્લો”
- Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ મેદિનીપુર”
- Hindi: “पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिला”
- Italian: “distretto di Midnapore Ovest”
- Italian: “Distretto di Midnapore Ovest”
- Italian: “Distretto di Midnapore”
- Japanese: “西ミドナープル県”
- Kashmiri: “پٔچھِم مدناپور ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “പശ്ചിം മേദിനിപൂർ ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “पश्चिम मिदनापोर जिल्हा”
- Marathi: “पश्चिम मेदिनीपूर जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი მიდნაპური”
- Nepali: “पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिल्ला”
- Newari: “पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Norwegian: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Oriya: “ପଶ୍ଚିମ ମେଦିନିପୁର ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Persian: “بخش پاسچیم مدینی پور”
- Persian: “ناحیه مدنیپور غربی”
- Russian: “Западный Миднапур”
- Russian: “Пашчим-Мединипур”
- Sanskrit: “पश्चिममेदिनीपुर-मण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱢᱮᱫᱤᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱢᱮᱫᱤᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Midnapore occidental”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Midnapore Occidental”
- Swedish: “Paschim Medinipur”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு மிட்னாபூர் மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ మదీనాపూర్ జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ మేదినిపూర్ జిల్లా”
- Urdu: “ضلع مغربی مدناپور”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع لہندا مدناپور”
- “पश्चिम मेदिनीपुर जिला”
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