Kakdwip
E643771
Kakdwip is a town in West Bengal, India, known as a riverine and coastal hub near the Bay of Bengal and a gateway to the Sunderbans region.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| additionalOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | headquarters of Kakdwip subdivision ⓘ |
| climate | tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ |
| coastalHub | true ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Kolkata via suburban railway
ⓘ
Namkhana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distanceFrom | Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromKolkata_km | approximately 90 ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ river transport services ⓘ |
| governingBody | local urban and rural bodies under South 24 Parganas district administration ⓘ |
| hasFerryServicesTo | nearby islands in the Sundarbans ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPortOrJetty | Kakdwip jetty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyProtectedArea |
Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sundarbans Tiger Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection | National Highway 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | Kakdwip railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isGatewayFor | tourism to Sundarbans ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Sundarbans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coastal trade
ⓘ
fishing activities ⓘ gateway to the Sundarbans ⓘ riverine transport ⓘ |
| legislativeAssemblyConstituency | Kakdwip Assembly constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South 24 Parganas district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sundarbans region NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeDivision | Kakdwip subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInClimateZone | tropical ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalFeature | deltaic plain ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentaryConstituency | Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 743347 ⓘ |
| railwayLine | Sealdah–Namkhana line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railwayZone | Eastern Railway zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ganges Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverineHub | true ⓘ |
| state | West Bengal ⓘ |
| susceptibleTo |
coastal flooding
ⓘ
cyclones ⓘ storm surges ⓘ |
| timeZone | IST ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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