Raiganj
Raiganj is a town in the Northern Plains of West Bengal, famous for the bird sanctuary along the Kulik River with different species of birds.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paulsubhojit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: City with 184,000 residents
- Description: City in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Rayganj”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary and Raiganj railway station.
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary is situated near Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The bird sanctuary is home to 164 species of birds, and some 90,000 to 100,000 migratory birds visit the sanctuary every year.
Raiganj railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paulsubhojit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Raiganj railway station serves Raiganj city in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Raiganj
- Categories: municipality of West Bengal, big city, and locality
- Location: Raiganj, Dinajpur Uttar, Northern Plains, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.6272° or 25° 37′ 38″ northLongitude
88.1318° or 88° 7′ 55″ eastPopulation
184,000Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
7MQCJ4GJ+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 569440509OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
1259009Wikidata ID
Q2304045
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Raiganj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رايغانج”
- Bengali: “রায়গঞ্জ”
- Bhojpuri: “रायगंज”
- Catalan: “Raiganj”
- Cebuano: “Rāiganj”
- Chinese: “賴根傑”
- Chinese: “赖根杰”
- Dutch: “Raiganj”
- Esperanto: “Rajganĝ”
- Fiji Hindi: “Raiganj”
- French: “Raiganj”
- German: “Raiganj”
- Gujarati: “રાયગંજ”
- Hindi: “रायगंज”
- Irish: “Raiganj”
- Italian: “Raiganj”
- Kannada: “ರಾಯಗಂಜ್”
- Kashmiri: “رایے گنج”
- Ladin: “Raiganj”
- Malagasy: “Raiganj”
- Malay: “Raiganj”
- Marathi: “रायगंज”
- Nepali: “रायगंज”
- Nepali: “रायगञ्ज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raiganj”
- Norwegian: “Raiganj”
- Oriya: “ରାଇଗଞ୍ଜ”
- Russian: “Райгандж”
- Santali: “ᱨᱟᱭᱜᱚᱸᱡᱽ”
- Spanish: “Raiganj”
- Swedish: “Raiganj”
- Tamil: “ராய்காஞ்ச்”
- Telugu: “రాయ్గంజ్”
- Urdu: “رائے گنج”
- Venetian: “Raiganj”
- Vietnamese: “Raiganj”
- Waray (Philippines): “Raiganj”
- “रायगंज”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Raiganj”. Photo: Paulsubhojit, CC BY-SA 4.0.