Bolpur
in Bīrbhūm of West Bengal, India
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Shah Mokhdum Airport (79 mi) -
Dhanbad Airport (81 mi) - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (84 mi)
- Ishurdi Airport (92 mi)
- Jessore Airport (99 mi)
- Malda Airport (99 mi)
- Jamshedpur Airport (113 mi)
- Balurghat Airport (130 mi)
- Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (Unesco heritage, 125 mi)
- Sundarbans National Park (Unesco heritage, 141 mi)
- The Sundarbans (Unesco heritage, 152 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 23.663 and 87.697 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 23° 39' 46" and E 87° 41' 49"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rupee - INR
- Spoken languages:
- English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Panjabi, Assamese, Bihari , Kashmiri, Nepali, Sindhi, Sanskrit, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:50 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Kolkata
- UTC/GMT offset: 5.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:07 am and 6:05 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.637 and -78.834 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Robinson Crusoe - References
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Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to India.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning India. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Delve into Bolpur
Bolpur in Bīrbhūm (West Bengal) with it's 70,998 habitants is located in India about 734 mi (or 1,182 km) south-east of New Delhi, the country's capital town.
Current time in Bolpur is now 12:50 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kolkata with an UTC offset of 5.5 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Bolpur, of which one is a larger airport. The closest is airport we know is Shah Mokhdum Airport in Bangladesh in a distance of 79 mi (or 127 km). The closest airport in India is Dhanbad Airport in a distance of 81 mi (or 127 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur in Bangladesh at a distance of 125 mi (or 201 km). The closest in India is Sundarbans National Park in a distance of 141 mi (or 201 km), North-East. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Rajshahi, Kolkata, Magura, Khulna and Bagerhat. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 41°C / 106 °F
| Morning Temperature | 28°C / 82 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 40°C / 105 °F |
| Night Temperature | 33°C / 91 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 9% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
43°C (110 °F)
34°C (94 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
44°C (111 °F)
32°C (90 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
44°C (111 °F)
30°C (87 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Videos from this area
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Scenes from Poush Mela
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rabindra Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. It is located at the Tagore family home, Jorasanko Thakur Bari. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Performing Arts and Visual Arts under the Faculty of Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.
Santiniketan
Shantiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Santiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics here, and his house is a place of historical importance.
Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary
For town in Bardhaman district see Ballavpur Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary (Bengali: বল্লভপুর বন্যপ্রাণী অভয়ারণ্য) (popular as Deer Park) was established in 1977. This wooded area is located near Santiniketan in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bolpur in West Bengal. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserved for scheduled castes from 2009 general elections.
Sriniketan
Sriniketan (also spelt Sri Niketan) is a town in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Shanti Niketan, Delhi
Shanti Niketan is an up-market housing colony in the heart of New Delhi. It is close to West End Colony, RK Puram, Chanakyapuri and Vasant vihar. Shanti Niketan was originally developed by the Government of India in the 1960s as a housing colony for government officials. With time, houses in the colony have been sold in the open market and most of the current residents are industrialists.
Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block)
Bolpur Sriniketan (community development block) (Bengali: বোলপুর শ্রীনিকেতন সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bolpur and Panrui police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Sriniketan.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Bolpur.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Bolpur, বোলপুর, बोलपुर पश्चिम बंगाल, बोलपुर, 博尔普尔
