Krishnanagar
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Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- West Bengal
- District
- Nadia
- Type
- Municipality
- Body
- Krishnanagar Municipality
- City
- 15.96 km (6.16 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 14 m (46 ft)
- Density
- 11,350/km (29,400/sq mi)
- Metro
- 203,429
- Official
- Bengali , English
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Zip code s
- 741101 to 741103
- Area code
- 03472
- Vehicle registration
- WB-51, WB-52
- Lok sabha constituency
- Krishnanagar
- Member of parliament
- Mahua Moitra
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- Krishnanagar North , Krishnanagar South
- Website
- nadia .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- India
- Population
- 153062
- Area
- 18.48
- Elevation
- 14
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Nadia district
- Image
- Krishnanagar Palace.jpg
- Households
- 38052
- Dialing code
- 3472
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- Commons category
- Krishnanagar
- postal code
- 741101
- topic's main category
- Category:Krishnanagar
- male population
- 77146
- illiterate population
- 25135
- literate population
- 127927
- female population
- 75916
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Krishnanagar (/ˌkrɪʃnəˈnʌɡər/; Bengali pronunciation: [kriʃnonɔgor]) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Nadia district.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krishnanagar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.