Purba Bardhaman

Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of . Its headquarters is in . It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous .
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or Barddhaman, also known as Burdwan, is the headquarters of the namesake Purba district of . It is the largest agricultural centre in the state, located in what has been traditionally called the "granary of Bengal".

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is a rural area south of the Damodar River, in the Purba Bardhaman district of . It consists of Khandaghosh, Raina I and Raina II community development blocks of Purba Bardhaman district.

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is a rural area in the Purba Bardhaman district of , India. It is an off-the-beaten-path destination that provides an essence of the Rarh culture prevalent in the region, with open fields, mud huts, trails of red soil and Baul music.

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is a town in the Purba Bardhaman district of , between and .

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is a town in the Purba Bardhaman district of , at the southern bank of the Ajay River.

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, or simply Kalna, is a town in the Purba Bardhaman district of , India. Situated on the western bank of the Bhagirathi River, it is also called the Temple City for the number of old temples found here.

is a major village in the Purba Bardhaman district of . Although it is best known for connecting the region to by train, it is home to a few terracotta temples, as well as a 10th-century Jain brick temple.

Purba Bardhaman

Latitude of center
23.3667° or 23° 22′ north
Longitude of center
87.9667° or 87° 58′ east
Population
4,840,000
Wiki­data ID
Q29257278
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Purba Bardhaman” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պուրբա Բարդհամանի Շրջան”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Purba Bardhaman”
  • Asturian: “Purba Bardhaman (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Purba Bardhaman”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব বর্ধমান জেলা”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব বর্ধমান”
  • Chinese: “東巴爾達曼縣”
  • Dutch: “Purba Bardhaman district”
  • Finnish: “Purba Bardhaman”
  • French: “Purba Bardhaman”
  • Galician: “Purba Bardhaman”
  • German: “Purba Bardhaman”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્વ વર્ધમાન જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “पूर्व बर्धमान जिला”
  • Kashmiri: “پُروٗع بردھامن ضِلہٕ”
  • Malayalam: “പൂർബ ബർദാമൻ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “पूर्व बर्धमान जिल्हा”
  • Persian: “بخش پوربا بردامان”
  • Persian: “ناحیه بردامان شرقی”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱵᱚᱨᱫᱷᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு வர்த்தமான் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “పుర్బా బర్ధమాన్ జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی بردھامن ضلع”

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