Darshana is a small industrial township and municipality in the southwest of Bangladesh, in Chuadanga District of Khulna Division. It lies on the border with India, where its southwestern edge meets Nadia District in the state of West Bengal, and it has a land port with India. The municipality covers about 24.56 square kilometres and has a population of 33,396. Darshana is home to the Carew and Company sugar mill, described as the biggest sugar mill in Bangladesh and dating to the British period. Its railway station opened in 1871 when the Eastern Bengal Railway built the line from Calcutta to Goalundo Ghat, and the line from Darshana to Jagotee in Kushtia is described as the first rail road in East Bengal; the municipality has ten primary schools, four secondary schools and one college.
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1. Darshana, Chuadanga (Wikipedia)
Location, population
but population is 33,396
Location, area
It has an area of only 24.56 square kilometres
Part Of: Bangladesh, Lead, country
is a small industrial township and municipality in the southwestern region of Khulna Division, Bangladesh
On Continent: Asia, Lead, country (continent follows from Bangladesh)
is a small industrial township and municipality in the southwestern region of Khulna Division, Bangladesh
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead, country (subregion follows from Bangladesh)
is a small industrial township and municipality in the southwestern region of Khulna Division, Bangladesh
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