Midnapore

E121849
human settlement town

Midnapore is a historic town in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its role in the Indian independence movement and its rich cultural and educational heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Medinipur 2
Midnapore canonical 1
Midnapore district 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur ⓘ
climateClassification tropical savanna climate (Aw) or tropical wet-and-dry climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countryCallingCode +91 ⓘ
governingBody municipality ⓘ
hasCulturalFestival Durga Puja ⓘ
Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
surface form: Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
hasCulturalHeritage yes ⓘ
hasEducationalHeritage yes ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Indian independence movement ⓘ
anti-colonial struggle against British rule ⓘ
hasNearbyUniversity Vidyasagar University ⓘ
hasNotableFreedomFighters yes ⓘ
hasPINCodePrefix 721 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Midnapore railway station ⓘ
hasTelephoneCodeType STD code of West Bengal towns ⓘ
hasUrbanLocalBodyType municipality ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence British colonial period ⓘ
historicalRegion Midnapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur
knownFor educational institutions ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
role in Indian freedom struggle ⓘ
locatedIn West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
locatedInFormerPresidency Bengal Presidency ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kangsabati River ⓘ
locatedWestOf Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
majorLanguageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur region
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur region
partOfLegislativeAssemblyConstituency Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur Vidhan Sabha constituency
partOfLokSabhaConstituency Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
postalSystem PIN code system of India ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities education-related services ⓘ
trade and services ⓘ
railwayZone South Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
region Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
surface form: Medinipur division
state West Bengal ⓘ
stateCapitalOfState none ⓘ
timeZoneOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode WB ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Presidency → contains → Midnapore ⓘ
West Bengal → containsTown → Midnapore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medinipur
Midnapore → historicalRegion → Midnapore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medinipur
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar → placeOfBirth → Midnapore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midnapore district