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Duttapukur Railway Station
Duttapukur railway station is a small railway station in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal. Its code is DTK. It serves Duttapukur town. The station consists of three platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. The Station Location Duttapukur is located on Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line of Kolkata Suburban Railway. Link between Dum Dum to Khulna now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon was constructed by Bengal Central Railway Company in 1882–84. The Sealah–Dum Dum–Barasat–Ashok Nagar–Bangaon sector was electrified in 1963–64. See also References External links Dattapukur Station Map * Sealdah railway division Railway stations in North 24 Parganas district Kolkata Suburban Railway stations {{WestBengal-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dum Dum
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th century the area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a British Royal Artillery facility. It was here that, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dum Dum was "Domdoma". History Dum Dum was sparsely populated before the British came. The area was slightly elevated. On 6 February 1757, an accord was signed at Dum Dum by the Nawab of Bengal to allow the British to build forts at Calcutta, Dacca and Kashim Bazar. In 1783 a cantonment was established at Dum Dum. Military barracks were built and civilians started coming in to provide es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sealdah Railway Division
Sealdah railway division is one of the four railway divisions under the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It's headquarters are located in Kaiser Street in Kolkata, West Bengal near the Sealdah railway station. Geographically the division covers the railway tracks and services in the areas between the Hooghly river on the west, Bangladesh on the north and east and the Sundarbans in the south.Brief Detail of Sealdah Division , ''Eastern Railway'' Services The division primarily serves five major districts of the state of in |
List Of Railway Stations In India
This is a list of railway stations in India. The railway operations are managed by Indian Railways (IR) in the country. A B {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Station name , , Station code , , State , , Railway zone , , Elevation , , Notes , - , , , , BBDE , , Haryana , , NR/Northern , , 237 m , , , - , , , BTP , , Uttar Pradesh , , Northern Railway zone , , 85 m , , , - , , , BEE , , Assam , , NFR/Northeast Frontier , , 67 m , , , - , , , BV , , Uttar Pradesh , , NER/North Eastern , , 99 m , , , - , , , BAB , , Madhya Pradesh , , NCR/North Central , , 284 m , , , - , , , BBA , , Uttar Pradesh , , NR/Northern , , 185 m , , , - , , , BBO , , Uttar Pradesh , , NR/Northern , , 219 m , , , - , , , BUPH , , Maharashtra , , CR/Central , , 198 m , , , - , , , BCHL , , Chhattisgarh , , , , , , , - , , , BGL , , Uttar Pradesh , , , , , , , - , , , BCA , , Biha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In West Bengal
Total length of road in West Bengal is 92,023 Kilometers. Among these national highway are 2,377 kilometers (1,477 miles), and state highway 2,393 kilometers (1,487 miles) The road density of the state is 103.69 kilometers per 100 square kilometers (166.92 miles per 100 square miles); The national density is 74.7 kilometers per 100 square kilometers (per More than 100 miles in a square mile). The average speed of the road in the state is between 40 and 50 kilometers/hour (25–31 miles/hour). The speed in the village and urban areas is between 20 and 25 kilometers/hour (12–16 miles/hour). This is the main reason the road is low and lack of maintenance. The total length of the railway line in the state is 3,825 kilometers (2,377 miles). Indian Railways' Eastern Railway zone and South Eastern Railway zone Headquarter are located in Kolkata. The railways on the north side of the state Under the Northeast Frontier Railway. Kolkata Metro is India's first underground metro rail servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Central Railway Company
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predominantly covering present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Geographically, it consists of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest river delta in the world and a section of the Himalayas up to Nepal and Bhutan. Dense woodlands, including hilly rainforests, cover Bengal's northern and eastern areas, while an elevated forested plateau covers its central area; the highest point is at Sandakphu. In the littoral southwest are the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. The region has a monsoon climate, which the Bengali calendar divides into six seasons. Bengal, then known as Gangaridai, was a leading power in ancient South Asia, with extensive trade networks forming connections to as far away as Roman Egypt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangaon
Bangaon is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bangaon subdivision. Geography Location Bangaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Arsenic contamination is a major concern in this area. Area overview The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883. At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947) the Radcliffe Line placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district. The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of ''Pather Panchali'' fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area. It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta. In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna
Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross state product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. In the 2011 census, the city had a population of 663,342. Khulna is on the Rupsha and Bhairab Rivers. A centre of Bangladeshi industry, the city hosts many national companies. It is served by the Port of Mongla, Bangladesh's second-largest seaport. Khulna River Port is one of the country's oldest and busiest river ports. A colonial steamboat service, which includes the ''Tern'', ''Osrich'' and ''Lepcha'', operates on the river route to the city. Khulna is considered the gateway to the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the Bengal tiger. It is north of the Mosque City of Bagerhat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Khulna w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dum Dum–Bangaon Branch Line
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Dum may refer to: * ''Dum'' (2003 Hindi film) * ''Dum'' (2003 Tamil film) * ''Dum'' (2016 film), a South Indian Malayalam film * Middle Dutch, West Germanic dialects, 1150–1500, ISO 639 language codes * IATA code for Pinang Kampai Airport, Dumai, Riau, Indonesia * Dum pukht, an Indian slow-cooking technique ** Dum biryani, a rice dish cooked with that technique See also * Dumb (other) * Dum Dum (other) Dum Dum is a city in West Bengal, India. Dum Dum or Dum Dums may also refer to: Places *Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency), the corresponding parliamentary constituency *Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency), assembly constituency *Dum Dum Uttar, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata Suburban Railway
The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th largest suburban rail system in the world. There are five main lines and nineteen branch lines. The suburban railway operates more than 1,500 services, carrying 3.5 million people daily and 1.2 billion people every year. It runs from 03:00 am until 02:00 am and the fares range from Rs.5 to Rs.25. The system uses power supply and runs on broad gauge track. It has interchange stations with the Kolkata Metro at various locations. The Kolkata Suburban Railway is part of the second passenger railway constructed in British India during the mid 19th century. The first train ran between Howrah and Hooghly stations. A hundred years after the initial run, Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) services began. It is the largest suburban railway network in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
