Karnataka
Northern Karnataka
Raichur district

Raichur

Raichur, also pronounced as Rāyachūru, is a city and headquarters of eponymous in the state of India. It is located between and Tungabhadra rivers.
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  • Type: City with 200,000 residents
  • Description: city in Karnatka, India
  • Also known as: “Raichore”, “Raichuru”, “Rayachoor”, and “Rayachuru”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Raichur Fort and Raichur railway station.

Fort
Photo: Itsmadhu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a fortress located on a hilltop in the heart of the Raichur in . The Raichur region has been ruled by several families; the Kakatiya dynasty, Rashtrakutas, Vijayanagar Empire, Bahmanis and Nizams.

Railway station
Photo: Ir karthik 27, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Raichur Junction railway station, also known as Raichuru Junction railway station, is located in in the Indian state of and serves Raichur and the surrounding industrially efflorescent area. The station has three platforms.

Raichur

Latitude
16.1983° or 16° 11′ 54″ north
Longitude
77.3527° or 77° 21′ 10″ east
Population
200,000
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN RAR
Open location code
7J8V59X3+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245634966
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1259012
Wiki­data ID
Q916838
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Raichur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رايشور”
  • Arabic: “ريتشور”
  • Bengali: “রায়চুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “रायचूर”
  • Bishnupriya: “রাইচুর”
  • Catalan: “Raichur”
  • Cebuano: “Rāichūr”
  • Chinese: “Raichur”
  • Chinese: “賴久爾”
  • Chinese: “赖久尔”
  • Danish: “Raichur”
  • Dutch: “Raichur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريتشور”
  • Esperanto: “Rajĉur”
  • Finnish: “Raichur”
  • French: “Raichur”
  • German: “Raichur”
  • Greek: “Ραϊτσούρ”
  • Gujarati: “રાયચૂર”
  • Hindi: “रायचूर”
  • Indonesian: “Raichur”
  • Italian: “Raichur”
  • Japanese: “ラーイチュール”
  • Japanese: “ライチュール”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಯಚೂರ”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಯಚೂರು”
  • Korean: “라이처르”
  • Korean: “라이추르”
  • Latvian: “Raičura”
  • Lithuanian: “Raichuras”
  • Malagasy: “Raichur”
  • Malay: “Raichur”
  • Malayalam: “റായ്ച്ചൂർ”
  • Marathi: “रायचूर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Raichur”
  • Nepali: “रायचूर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Raichur”
  • Norwegian: “Raichur”
  • Oriya: “ରାଇଚୁର”
  • Pampanga: “Raichur”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਾਏਚੂਰ”
  • Persian: “رایچور”
  • Polish: “Raichur”
  • Polish: “Rajćur”
  • Portuguese: “Raichur”
  • Russian: “Райчур”
  • Sanskrit: “रायचूरु”
  • Santali: “ᱨᱟᱭᱪᱩᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Рајчур”
  • Sinhala: “රායිචුර්”
  • Spanish: “Raichur”
  • Swedish: “Raichur”
  • Tamil: “ராய்ச்சூர்”
  • Tamil: “ரெய்ச்சூர்”
  • Telugu: “రాయచూరు”
  • Telugu: “రాయచూర్”
  • Thai: “ไรเชิร์ท”
  • Turkish: “Raichur”
  • Ukrainian: “Райчур”
  • Urdu: “رائےچور”
  • Vietnamese: “Raichur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Raichur”
  • Western Panjabi: “رائےچور”
  • “रायचूर”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raichur”. Photo: Tanzeelahad, CC BY-SA 3.0.