Howrah

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city municipal corporation

Howrah is a major industrial city in the Indian state of West Bengal, located on the Hooghly River opposite Kolkata and known for the iconic Howrah Bridge and its busy railway junction.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Howrah district 2
Howrah Junction 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipal corporation ⓘ
administrativeHeadquartersOf Howrah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Howrah district
borderedBy Hooghly River ⓘ
bridge Howrah Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Rabindra Setu

Nivedita Setu ⓘ
surface form: Vidyasagar Setu
category Cities in West Bengal ⓘ
Industrial cities in India ⓘ
Populated places on the Hooghly River ⓘ
connectedByBridgeTo Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
country India ⓘ
division Howrah Sadar subdivision ⓘ
governingBody Howrah Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasBusTerminal Howrah bus terminus ⓘ
surface form: Howrah Station bus terminus
hasEducationalInstitution Bengal Engineering and Science University (IIEST Shibpur) ⓘ
hasLake Santragachi Jheel ⓘ
hasLandmark Belur Math ⓘ
surface form: Belur Math vicinity

Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ
surface form: Howrah Station building

Nivedita Setu ⓘ
surface form: Vidyasagar Setu
hasMajorRoad Grand Trunk Road ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood Belur ⓘ
Domjur ⓘ
Liluah ⓘ
Santragachi ⓘ
Shibpur ⓘ
hasRailwayYard Liluah railway yard ⓘ
hasTransportHub Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ
Howrah bus terminus ⓘ
industrialType engineering industries ⓘ
foundries ⓘ
textile industries ⓘ
knownFor Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah Junction railway station ⓘ
industrial activity ⓘ
languageAdditionalOfficial English ⓘ
languageOfficial Bengali ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Hooghly River ⓘ
locatedOpposite Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
partOf Kolkata Metropolitan Area ⓘ
railwayDivisionHeadquarters Howrah railway division ⓘ
railwayZone Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
South Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Howrah → administrativeHeadquartersOf → Howrah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howrah district
Howrah Bridge → connects → Howrah ⓘ
Howrah Bridge → connects → Howrah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howrah district
this entity surface form: Howrah Junction
subject surface form: West Bengal
West Bengal → containsCity → Howrah ⓘ
Hooghly River → flowsThrough → Howrah ⓘ
Bengal → majorCity → Howrah ⓘ
Hooghly River → nearbyCity → Howrah ⓘ