Chunar Fort
The Chunar Fort is located in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, in India. The fort and Chunar town, near Mirzapur city, situated below the fort, are two historic places with common history and legends.Photo: Prahladmzp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chunar Junction railway station.
Chunar Junction railway station
Railway station
Chunar Junction railway station is on the DDU–Kanpur section of the Howrah-New Delhi Main Line. A single electrified line goes for Chopan of the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. Chunar Junction railway station is situated 2 km south of Chunar Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chunar.
Chunar
Photo: Paramanu Sarkar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chunar is a town in Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh in India. Located on the Banks of the Ganges it houses a mighty fort with over 2000 years of history.
Chunar Fort
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort of India
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chunar, Mirzapur, Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.12331° or 25° 7′ 24″ northLongitude
82.87561° or 82° 52′ 32″ eastOpen location code
7MQ44VFG+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 775655804OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5116225
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hindi to Tamil—“Chunar Fort” goes by many names.
- Hindi: “चुनार का किला”
- Hindi: “चुनारगढ़”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Chunar”
- Tamil: “சுனார் கோட்டை”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chunar Fort and KM’s Hospital, Chunar.
Nearby Places
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