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Bolpur Destination Guide

Explore Bolpur in India

Bolpur in the region of Bengal with its 70,998 inhabitants is a town in India - some 735 mi or ( 1183 km ) South-East of New Delhi , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Bolpur

Current time in Bolpur is now 05:08 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kolkata " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Rajshahi, Dhaka, Thimphu, Shiur, and Patna. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Rajshahi . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Bolpur ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Tomay Hridmajhare Rakhibo

6:55 min by Arindam Chakraborty
Views: 2607 Rating: 5.00

A beautiful song sang by a Baul on the bank of River Kopai.... ..

Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Satabdi Express

1:19 min by Michael Wilson Minz
Views: 1005 Rating: 5.00

Hi friends this is my first upload...... The New Satabdi Express running Between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri...... It Started today.... Hope you Like it...... ..


AANKE BAANKE BIRBHUM 2011

34:07 min by Sudipto- iLlluMINateD
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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 23.67 87.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, Politics in Birbhum district

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.

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Located at 23.68 87.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Art schools in India, Educational institutions established in 1962, Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore, Rabindra Bharati University, Rabindranath Tagore, Universities and colleges in Kolkata

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.

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Located at 23.68 87.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Neighbourhoods of Delhi

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.

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Located at 23.68 87.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Cities and towns in Birbhum district, University towns

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 23.68 87.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Birbhum district, Wildlife sanctuaries of West Bengal

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Bolpur