South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas is a coastal district of West Bengal. It is home to the Southern Suburbs of Greater Kolkata, as well as the coastal mangroves of West Bengal.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sundarbans National Park and Sonarpur.
Sundarbans National Park
Sonarpur
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Sonarpur is a suburb southeast of Kolkata, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. It also covers areas like Narendrapur, Rajpur and Subhasgram.
Bakkhali
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Bakkhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Diamond Harbour and Sagar Island.
Diamond Harbour
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Diamond Harbour, a small town on the banks of the Hooghly River, is considered to be an ideal destination for weekend tourists and makes a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of nearby Kolkata.
Sagar Island
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Sagar Island, or simply Sagar, is an island in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. Sagar Island is a religious spot for Hindu pilgrims.
Budge Budge
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Budge Budge is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Baruipur
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Baruipur is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Baruipur Sadar subdivision and South 24 Parganas district and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Canning
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Canning is a small town in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. It is known as the "Gateway of the Sundarbans", as many people reach Canning on their wat to the mangroves.
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Raichak
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Raichak is a riverside town in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. It is known for its calm natural beauty, riverside strolling and boating on the Hooghly River. The town is mainly populated by weekend visitors seeking getaway from bustling life in Kolkata.
South 24 Parganas
- Type: district of India with 8,160,000 residents
- Description: district in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Dakshin 24 Parganas” and “South 24 Parganas district”
- Neighbors: Howrah and North 24 Parganas
- Location: South Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
Population
8,160,000Wikidata ID
Q2308319
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“South 24 Parganas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنوب بارجانس”
- Asturian: “distritu de South 24 Parganas”
- Asturian: “South 24 Parganas (distritu)”
- Asturian: “South 24 Parganas”
- Basque: “South 24 Parganas barrutia”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগণা জেলা”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগণা”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগনা জেলা”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগণা”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগনা জেলা”
- Bengali: “দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগনা”
- Bhojpuri: “दक्षिण २४ परगना जिला”
- Catalan: “districte de South 24 Parganas”
- Cebuano: “South 24 Paraganas”
- Chinese: “Dakshin 24 Parganas”
- Chinese: “南24區縣”
- Dutch: “Dakshin 24 Parganas”
- Dutch: “South 24 Parganas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنوب بارجانس”
- Finnish: “South 24 Parganas”
- French: “district de South 24 Parganas”
- French: “District de South 24 Parganas”
- German: “Dakshin 24 Pargana”
- German: “South 24 Parganas”
- Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ ૨૪ પરગણા જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण २४ परगना जिला”
- Hindi: “दक्षिण २४ परगना”
- Italian: “distretto dei 24 Pargana Sud”
- Italian: “Distretto dei 24 Pargana Sud”
- Japanese: “南24パルガナー県”
- Kashmiri: “دکشِن 24 پرگنہٕ ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “സൗത്ത് 24 പർഗാനാസ് ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “दक्षिण २४ परगणा जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dakshin 24 Parganas”
- Nepali: “दक्षिण २४ परगना जिल्ला”
- Newari: “दक्षिण २४ परगना जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South 24 Parganas”
- Norwegian: “South 24 Parganas”
- Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ୨୪ ପରଗଣା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Persian: “ناحیه بیست و چهار پرگنه جنوبی”
- Portuguese: “Distrito de 24 Parganas sul”
- Russian: “Южные 24 парганы”
- Sanskrit: “दक्षिण २४ परगणामण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱒᱔ ᱯᱟᱨᱜᱟᱱᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Scots: “Sooth 24 Parganas destrict”
- Slovenian: “South 24 Parganas”
- Spanish: “Distrito de 24 Parganas Meridional”
- Spanish: “Distrito de 24 Parganas sur”
- Swedish: “South 24 Paraganas”
- Tamil: “தெற்கு 24 பர்கனா மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ 24 పరగణాల జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “దక్షిణ 24 పరగణాలు”
- Ukrainian: “Південні 24 паргани”
- Urdu: “جنوبی 24 پرگنہ ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Nam 24 Parganas”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع دکھن 24 پرگنہ”
- “दक्खिन 24 परगना जिला”
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