Kharagpur is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India, about 120 kilometres west of Kolkata. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is home to the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the oldest and largest of the Indian Institutes of Technology, and to Kharagpur Junction, the headquarters of the Kharagpur Division of the South Eastern Railway. The junction has the fourth longest railway platform in the world at 1,072 metres. At the 2001 census the municipality had 207,984 residents.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Kharagpur (Wikipedia)
Demographics
Kharagpur had a population of 207,984
Geography, Climate
Kharagpur has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw)
Demographics, census year
As of the 2001 India census, Kharagpur had a population of 207,984
Part Of: India, Lead
in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India
On Continent: Asia, Lead, country and continent
in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Lead
Kharagpur (Bengali: [kʰɔɽɔɡɔpuɾ] ) is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India
View the Source2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata, IST lineQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata, IST line
5:30 - IST 1941 Oct
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