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Bankura
Sign in to saveBankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bankura is referenced by 1,027 other articles, and connects out to Malda, Kangsabati River and Bankura Lok Sabha constituency.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 32 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Bankura, Cities and towns in Bankura district and Cities in West Bengal.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- MLA
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- Niladri Sekhar Dana (BJP)
- Settlement.name
- Bankura
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- India West Bengal#India3
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- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in West Bengal, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
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- State
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Bengal
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bankura
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Bankura Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Aloka Majumdar (AITC)
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Vice Chairman
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- বাঁকুড়া
- Country
- India
- Official language
- Bangla
- Population
- 128781
- Area
- 6882
- Elevation
- 78
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Bankura district
- Households
- 25173
- Dialing code
- 3242
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- postal code
- 722101
- male population
- 66429
- illiterate population
- 34454
- literate population
- 94327
- female population
- 62352
- native label
- Bankura
- Commons category
- Bankura
- different from
- Bankura district
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Location
- Area overview
- Climate
- Demographics
- Civic administration
- Police stations
- Transport
- Tourism
- Eastern Zone
- Western Zone
- South Zone
- Northern Zone
- Healthcare
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district.
==Etymology== It comes from the old Austric word ráŕhá or ráŕho which means “land of red soil”. 2-n ancient times "China called Ráŕh by the name of 'Láti'". 3-n Santali, means thread, means tune and means snake. 4-.Perhaps the Jain and Greek scholars used this original Austric word to indicate this dry forest region which was very difficult. The popularity of Manasa Puja, the worship of Snake-Goddess Manasa, shows this opinion might have some relevance. According to Nilkantha, a commentator of the Mahabharata, the words (Sanskrit: suhma-bhūmi) and Rarh are synonymous.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bankura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
32 mapped locations