Dum Dum is a city and municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India, within the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The English Wikipedia article says the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, locally known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum, and that Jessop and Company, located here, was a leading engineering company. The average elevation is 11 metres. The 2011 census of India counted 114,786 residents, 58,566 of them male and 56,220 female, up from 102,319 in 2001.
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1. Dum Dum (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Dum Dum had a total population of 114,786
Part Of: India, Lead
North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
On Continent: Asia, Lead
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian
View the Source2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata, current ruleQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata, current rule
5:30 - IST
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