Basirhat

E201825

Basirhat is a town in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India, known as a regional administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.

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Basirhat canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeDivision Basirhat subdivision
surface form: Basirhat I community development block

Basirhat subdivision
surface form: Basirhat II community development block
administrativeRole regional administrative centre
borderProximity Indo–Bangladesh International Border
surface form: India–Bangladesh border
borderTradeRole gateway for cross-border trade with Bangladesh
climate tropical wet and dry climate
country India
district North 24 Parganas district
economicRole regional commercial centre
governingBody Basirhat Municipality
hasEducationalInstitutions colleges
schools
hasHealthcareFacilities clinics
hospitals
hasMunicipalStatus municipality
hasTransportConnection railway connection to Kolkata
road network to Kolkata
languageSpoken Bengali
English
Hindi
legislativeAssemblyConstituency Basirhat Assembly constituency
locatedIn India
North 24 Parganas district
West Bengal
eastern India
locatedNear Indo–Bangladesh International Border
surface form: India–Bangladesh border
locatedOn banks of the Ichamati River
nearestMajorCity Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
officialLanguage Bengali
English
parliamentaryConstituency Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency
partOf Basirhat subdivision
postalCodeType PIN
primaryEconomicActivities services
small-scale commerce
trade
region Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
surface form: Ganges–Brahmaputra delta
regionType borderland area
religionPracticed Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
river Ichamati River
state West Bengal
timeZone Indian Standard Time
UTCOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode WB

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