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Also known as Dam Dam, Dum Dum Cantonment

City in West Bengal, India

Key facts

Country
India
State
West Bengal
Division
Presidency
District
North 24 Parganas
Metro station
Dum Dum Dum Dum Cantonment Jessore Road Jai Hind
Railway station
Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum Junction
Established
1783 ; 243 years ago ( 1783 ) , (as Dum Dum Cantonment Board) 1929 ; 97 years ago ( 1929 ) (as Dum Dum Municipality)
Type
Municipality
Body
Dum Dum Municipality
Chairman
Harendra Singh
Vice chairman
Barun Natta
Mla
Arijit Bakshi , ( BJP )
Total
9.73 km (3.76 sq mi)
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Density
11,800/km (30,600/sq mi)
Official
Bengali
Additional official
Hindi , English
Time zone
UTC+5:30 ( IST )

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
দমদম
Country
India
Population
114786
Area
9.23
Elevation
11
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Official website
dumdummunicipality.co.in
Image
Jessore Road - Dum Dum - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9428.JPG
Households
27702
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Commons category
Dum Dum
postal code
700055
literate population
97997
illiterate population
16789
male population
58566
female population
56220
different from
Dum Dum
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Article · Italiano

Dumdum (o Dum Dum, la pronuncia Dam Dam corrisponde a quella del nome bengalese দমদম) è una suddivisione dell'India, classificata come municipality, di 101.319 abitanti, situata nel distretto dei 24 Pargana Nord, nello stato federato del Bengala Occidentale. In base al numero di abitanti la città rientra nella classe I (da 100.000 persone in su).

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