Gangarampur
Sign in to saveGangarampur is one of the cities and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Balurghat is the headquarters of the Gangarampur Subdivision. The city is located on the bank of river Punarbhaba. Gangarampur is one of the major cities connected through National Highway 512. It became the subdivision of newly formed district Dakshin Dinajpur when Paschim Dinajpur was bifurcated into Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur in 1992. It was one of the Khalji capital under Muhammad Khalji.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gangarampur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Punarbhaba Rail Bridge, Gangarampur
- 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
- Dakshin Dinajpur
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Gangarampur Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name
- Prasanta Mitra
- Settlement.leader_title3
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Settlement.leader_name3
- Satyendra Nath Ray
- Settlement.leader_title4
- Member of Parliament
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 56217
- Area
- 10.29
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- www.gangarampurmunicipality.com
- Households
- 12589
- Dialing code
- 3521
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- postal code
- 733124
- male population
- 29095
- illiterate population
- 13312
- literate population
- 42905
- female population
- 27122
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- Gangarampur
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Gangarampur is one of the cities and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Balurghat is the headquarters of the Gangarampur Subdivision. The city is located on the bank of river Punarbhaba. Gangarampur is one of the major cities connected through National Highway 512. It became the subdivision of newly formed district Dakshin Dinajpur when Paschim Dinajpur was bifurcated into Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur in 1992. It was one of the Khalji capital under Muhammad Khalji.
==Geography==
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