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Cossimbazar

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Also known as Kashim Bazar

Key facts

Settlement.name
Cossimbazar
Settlement.other_name
Kasim Bazar
Settlement.settlement_type
Census Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Cossimbazar Rajbari Palace.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Cossimbazar Palace
Settlement.pushpin_map
India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Murshidabad
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
17
Settlement.population_total
10,175
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Country
India
Population
11724
Elevation
17
Image
Cossimbazar railway station at Cossimbazar, Baharampur 04.jpg
Households
2821
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Commons category
Cossimbazar
postal code
742102
male population
5978
illiterate population
1852
literate population
9872
female population
5746
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Demographics
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Area overview
  • History
  • Infrastructure
  • Places of interest
  • Transport
  • References
  • Further reading

Cossimbazar is a sub-urban area of Berhampore city in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

==Name== According to Irfan Habib, Qāsimbāzār is probably named after Qāsim Khān, who was governor of Bengal Subah early during the reign of Shah Jahan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cossimbazar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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