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Rajpur Sonarpur

Southern Asia

Rajpur Sonarpur 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 1876 and covers 49.26 square kilometres. At the 2011 census of India it had 424,368 residents at a density of 8,615 inhabitants per square kilometre, 96.68 percent of whom spoke Bengali as their first language, while 89.34 percent were Hindu and 9.25 percent Muslim. Its climate is classed as tropical wet and dry, and its average elevation is given as 9 metres.

Facts
Population
424,368 1
Area (sq km)
49.26 1
Elevation (m)
6 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 1
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
Sources
1. Rajpur Sonarpur (Wikipedia)
  • Demographics
    Rajpur Sonarpur had a total population of 424,368
  • Climate
    classifies its climate as tropical wet and dry (Aw)
  • Geography
    Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality covers an area of 49.26 km2
  • Part Of: India, Lead
    is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
    is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation for Rajpur Sonarpur
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation lookup at the city coordinates
Quote, Elevation lookup at the city coordinates
"elevation": 6.0
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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseHeader table of zone abbreviations, India
Quote, Header table of zone abbreviations, India
5:30 IST
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India (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Asia, Lead (country the city lies in)
Quote, On Continent: Asia, Lead (country the city lies in)
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia.
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