Maheshtala is a city and municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal, within the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The municipality was established in 1993 and covers 44.18 square kilometres. At the 2011 census of India it had 448,317 residents at a density of 10,148 inhabitants per square kilometre, 94.96 percent of whom spoke Bengali as their first language, while 57.95 percent were Hindu and 41.11 percent Muslim. Maheshtala College, established in 1971, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and its climate is classed as tropical wet and dry.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Maheshtala (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Maheshtala had a total population of 448,317
Climate
classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw)
Geography
Maheshtala Municipality covers an area of 44.18 km2
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is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
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is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
View the Source2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation for Maheshtala
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation lookup at the city coordinatesQuote, Elevation lookup at the city coordinates
"elevation": 7.0
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseHeader table of zone abbreviations, IndiaQuote, Header table of zone abbreviations, India
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India (Wikipedia)
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.
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