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Silchar

Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the of the state of , India. It is second largest city of after in terms of population and GDP.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bhasha Shahid.

Railway station
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Silchar railway station is a railway station situated at Tarapur, Silchar in . The railway station falls under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Silchar

Latitude
24.8296° or 24° 49′ 47″ north
Longitude
92.7971° or 92° 47′ 50″ east
Population
173,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
IATA airport code
IXS
United Nations Location Code
IN IXS
Open location code
7MPJRQHW+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567777060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1256287
Wiki­data ID
Q944769
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Silchar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلشر”
  • Arabic: “سيلشار”
  • Assamese: “শিলচৰ”
  • Bengali: “শিলচর”
  • Bhojpuri: “सिलचर”
  • Bishnupriya: “শিলচর”
  • Bulgarian: “Силчар”
  • Catalan: “Silchar”
  • Cebuano: “Silchar”
  • Chinese: “Silchar”
  • Chinese: “西尔恰尔”
  • Chinese: “锡尔杰尔”
  • Chinese: “锡爾杰爾”
  • Czech: “Silčar”
  • Danish: “Silchar”
  • Dutch: “Silchar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلشار”
  • Esperanto: “Silĉar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Silchar”
  • Finnish: “Silchar”
  • French: “Silchar”
  • German: “Silchar”
  • Greek: “Σιλτσάρ”
  • Gujarati: “સિલચર”
  • Hindi: “सिलचर”
  • Indonesian: “Silchar”
  • Irish: “Silchar”
  • Italian: “Silchar”
  • Japanese: “シルチャー”
  • Japanese: “シルチャール”
  • Japanese: “スィルチャル”
  • Kannada: “ಶಿಲಚರ”
  • Kannada: “ಸಿಲ್ಚಾರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “سیلچار”
  • Korean: “실차르”
  • Korean: “실카르”
  • Latvian: “Silčara”
  • Lithuanian: “Silčaras”
  • Malagasy: “Silchar”
  • Malay: “Silchar”
  • Manipuri: “ꯁꯤꯜꯆꯔ”
  • Marathi: “सिलचर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Silchar”
  • Nepali: “सिलचर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Silchar”
  • Norwegian: “Silchar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Silchar”
  • Oriya: “ସିଲ୍‌ଚର୍”
  • Pampanga: “Silchar”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਿਲਚਰ”
  • Persian: “سیلچار”
  • Polish: “Silchar”
  • Portuguese: “Silchar”
  • Russian: “Силчар”
  • Sanskrit: “शिलचर-नगरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “शिल्चार्”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱤᱞᱪᱚᱨ”
  • Sinhala: “සිල්චර්”
  • Spanish: “Silchar”
  • Swedish: “Silchar”
  • Sylheti: “ꠡꠤꠟꠌꠞ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠢꠤꠟꠌꠞ ꠘꠉꠞ”
  • Tamil: “சில்சார்”
  • Tamil: “சில்ச்சர்”
  • Telugu: “సిల్చార్”
  • Thai: “ศิลจร”
  • Turkish: “Silchar”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілчар”
  • Urdu: “سلچر”
  • Urdu: “سیلچار”
  • Vietnamese: “Silchar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silchar”
  • “सिलचर”

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