West Bengal
Birbhum
Bolpur Sriniketan

Santiniketan

Santiniketan, also spelt Shantiniketan, is a town in the district of and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Deeply associated with the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his brainchild Visva-Bharati University, around 1.2 million people visit Santiniketan for its unique blend of education, culture, and nature.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: World Heritage Site in Birbhum, West Bengal, India, known for Tagore’s university
  • Also known as: “Shanti Niketan”, “Shānti Niketan”, and “Shantiniketan”
  • Postal code: 731235

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prantik railway station and Ghantatala.

Railway station
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is a railway station of India in in the state of . Its code is PNE. This railway station serves surrounding areas including Santiniketan.

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.

Building
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is an institution of primary and secondary education in Santiniketan, , . Founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1901, starting with only five students, the school is characterized by its philosophy of learning with the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Surul and Sriniketan.

Village
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is a census town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of in the state of .

Village
is a neighbourhood of in Bolpur subdivision of in the state of . It is adjacent to Santiniketan and houses the second campus of Visva-Bharati University.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Santiniketan

Latitude
23.6827° or 23° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
87.688° or 87° 41′ 17″ east
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
Inception
1863
Open location code
7MM9MMMQ+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2396423056
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1256640
Wiki­data ID
Q1026431
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Santiniketan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սանտինիկետան”
  • Assamese: “শান্তিনিকেতন”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santiniketan”
  • Basque: “Santiniketan”
  • Belarusian: “Сантынікетан”
  • Bengali: “শান্তিনিকেতন”
  • Catalan: “Santiniketan”
  • Chinese: “圣迪尼克坦”
  • Chinese: “寂鄉”
  • Chinese: “桑地尼克坦”
  • Chinese: “桑蒂尼盖登”
  • Chinese: “桑蒂尼蓋登”
  • Croatian: “Santiniketan”
  • Czech: “Santiniketan”
  • Czech: “Šantiniketan”
  • Czech: “Šantinikétan”
  • Czech: “Šántiniketan”
  • Czech: “Šántinikétan”
  • Danish: “Santiniketan”
  • Dutch: “Santiniketan”
  • Esperanto: “Shantiniketan”
  • Finnish: “Shantiniketan”
  • French: “Santiniketan”
  • French: “Shantiniketan”
  • German: “Santiniketan”
  • German: “Shantiniketan”
  • German: “Shantiniketon”
  • Greek: “Σαντινικετάν”
  • Hebrew: “סנטיניקטן”
  • Hindi: “शांति निकेतन”
  • Hindi: “शान्तिनिकेतन”
  • Indonesian: “Santiniketan”
  • Indonesian: “Shantiniketan”
  • Italian: “Santini Ketau”
  • Italian: “Santiniketan”
  • Japanese: “サンティニケタン”
  • Japanese: “シャンティ・ニケータン”
  • Japanese: “シャンティニケトン”
  • Kannada: “ಶಾಂತಿನಿಕೇತನ”
  • Kashmiri: “شانتی نیکیتن”
  • Lithuanian: “Šantiniketanas”
  • Malayalam: “ശാന്തിനികേതൻ”
  • Marathi: “शांतिनिकेतन”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਨਿਕੇਤਨ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਨਿਕੇਤਨ”
  • Portuguese: “Santiniketan”
  • Russian: “Сантиникетан”
  • Russian: “Шанти-Никетан”
  • Russian: “Шантиникетан”
  • Sanskrit: “शान्तिनिकेतन”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤᱱᱤᱠᱮᱛᱚᱱ”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ති නිකේතනය”
  • Slovak: “Santiniketan”
  • Slovenian: “Santiniketan”
  • Spanish: “Santiniketan”
  • Swedish: “Santiniketan”
  • Tamil: “சாந்திநிகேதன்”
  • Telugu: “శాంతినికేతన్”
  • Thai: “ศานตินิเกตัน”
  • Turkish: “Şantiniketan”
  • Urdu: “شانتی نیکیتن”
  • Vietnamese: “Santiniketan”
  • Western Panjabi: “شانتی نیکیتن”

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