Jaynagar Majilpur railway station

Railway Station in West Bengal, India

Jaynagar Majilpur

Kolkata Suburban Railway Station

Jaynagar Majilpur Railway Station

General information
Location| Jaynagar Majilpur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
India
Coordinates| 22°10′10″N 88°24′58″E﻿ / ﻿22.1695702°N 88.4161432°E﻿ / 22.1695702; 88.4161432
Elevation| 8 metres (26 ft)
Owned by| Indian Railways
Operated by| Eastern Railway
Line(s)| Main line
Platforms| 2
Tracks| 3
Connections|  Bus stand
Construction
Structure type| Standard (on-ground station)
Parking| Available
Bicycle facilities| Available
Accessible| Available
Other information
Status| Functioning
Station code| JNM
Zone(s) | Eastern Railway
Division(s) | Sealdah
History
Opened| 1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Electrified| 1965–66
Previous names| Eastern Bengal Railway

Services

| Preceding station  | Kolkata Suburban Railway | Following station

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Mathurapur Road

towards Namkhana

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Main line

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towards Sealdah

Route map

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Sealdah South section

Legend

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Sealdah Main & North section

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| Bidhannagar Road
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Press House siding

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Kankurgachi Road

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| Kankurgachi Road Junction
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| Narkeldanga

EMU Carshed

| Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt
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Circular Canal

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| Kankurgachi

Chord line

Sealdah North |

| Sealdah Main
Sealdah |  |

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KM Line 2

Sealdah South |

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Beliaghata Diesel Loco Shed

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| Kamardanga Halt
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Beruck & Comens Siding

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3│7

| Park Circus
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Maa Flyover

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| Hindusthan Engineering

& Industrial Ltd. siding

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BESCO siding

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Bijon Setu

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| Ballygunge Junction
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Lake Gardens |

| Dhakuria
Tollygunge |

| Jadabpur
Rabindra Sarobar |

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KM Line 1

Tollygunge Bridge

| Bagha Jatin

Adi Ganga river

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KM Line 6

New Alipore |

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Jai Hind Bridge

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New Garia Metro Depot

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| New Garia–Baruipur

Metro (planned)

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|  | Kavi Subhash

KM Line 1

| New Garia

| Kalighat–Falta Railway

(NG) (dismantled)

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Majerhat |

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KM Line 3

Kolkata Circular Railway

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| Garia

KDS Railway

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| Narendrapur
Brace Bridge |

| Sonarpur Junction

KDS Railway

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Sonarpur EMU Carshed

Santoshpur |

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Clive jute mill siding

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| Bidyadharpur

Union jute mill siding

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| Kalikapur
Akra |

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planned extension

Nangi |

| Ghatakpukur

Batanagar factory siding

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| Minakhan

Caledonian jute mill siding

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| Champahati
K.M. Budge Budge |

| Piali

IBP/IOCL Depot

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| Gourdaha

Budge Budge Rail Yard

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| Ghutiari Shariff

HPCL Siding

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| Betberia Ghola

Budge Budge jute mill siding

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| Taldi

BPCL Siding

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| Matla Halt

IOCL Siding

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| Canning

Charial Canal

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planned extension

Lothian jute mill siding

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Matla River

(planned) Kalipur  |

| Bhangankhali

Magadi Soda factory siding

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| Sonakhali

Orient jute mill siding

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| Basanti

Albion jute mill siding

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| Jharkhali

FCI Siding

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Charial Extension Canal

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CESC Siding

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planned extension

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Pujali  |

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Howrah–Kharagpur line

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Hooghly River

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Bir Shibpur |

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Howrah–Kharagpur line

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| Pujali–Bankrahat

line (planned)

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Bankrahat  |

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| Gurudasnagar–Bankrahat

line (planned)

| Subhasgram
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| Mallikpur

| New Garia–Baruipur

Metro (planned)

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BESCO Siding

(planned) Baruipur  |

| Baruipur Junction

Baruipur Metro Depot

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Kalyanpur |

| Shasan Road
Dakshin Durgapur |

| Krishna Mohan
Hotar |

| Dhapdhapi
Dhamua |

| Surjyapur
Uttar Radhanagar |

| Gocharan
Magra Hat |

| Hogla
Bahirpuya |

| Dakshin Barasat
Sangrampur |

| Baharu

| (planned) Sangrampur–

Krishnachandrapur line

| Jaynagar Majilpur
Deula |

| Durgapur (planned)
Netra |

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planned extension

Basuldanga |

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Gurudas Nagar |

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Krishnachandrapur
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| Uttar Kashinagar
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| Companirthek
Diamond Harbour |

| Raidighi

Hara Fort goods siding

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| Mathurapur Road
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| Madhabpur
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| Lakshmikantapur

| Gurudasnagar–Kulpi

line (planned)

| Udairampur
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Kulpi
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| Karanjali
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| Nischintapur Market
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| Nischintapur
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| Madhabnagar
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| Kashinagar
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| Kakdwip
Budhakhali  |

103

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planned extension

Muriganga river

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| Ukilerhat
Sagar Island |

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110

| Namkhana
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planned extension

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112

| Namkhana Ghat
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124

| Chandranagar
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141

| Bakkhali
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Key

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in use │  | out of use, planned, or

under construction (u/c)
│ tunnel
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Location

Jaynagar Majilpur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway Station on the Main line with an approximate 49 kilometres (30 mi) distance from the Sealdah railway station. It is under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Jaynagar Majilpur railway station is one of the busiest railway stations in the Sealdah railway division. More than 30 pairs of EMU local trains pass through the railway station on a daily basis. It is situated in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jaynagar Majilpur railway station serves Jaynagar Majilpur and the surrounding areas.[1][2][3][4]

## Geography

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Jaynagar Majilpur railway station is located at 22°10′10″N 88°24′58″E﻿ / ﻿22.1695702°N 88.4161432°E﻿ / 22.1695702; 88.4161432. It has an average elevation of 8 metres (26 ft).[5]

## History

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In 1882, the Eastern Bengal Railway constructed a 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)-wide broad-gauge railway from Sonarpur Junction to Jaynagar Majilpur.[6]

## Electrification

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Electrification from Sonarpur Junction to Jaynagar Majilpur was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66.[7]

## Station complex

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The platform is very much well sheltered. The station possesses many facilities including water and sanitation. It is well connected to the SH-1. There is a proper approach road to this station.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "JNM/Jaynagar Majilpur".
2. ^ "JNM/Jaynagar Majilpur Train Station".
3. ^ "JNM/Jaynagar Majilpur Railway Station".
4. ^ "JNM/Jaynagar Majilpur Railway Time Table".
5. ^ Google maps
6. ^ "Indian Railways History Time Line". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
7. ^ "History of The Electrification of Indian Railways".
8. ^ "The Chronology of Railway Development in Eastern India". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.

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Eastern Railway|

* Akra
* Andal Junction
* Asansol Junction
* Azimganj Junction
* Baghajatin
* Baharu
* Bahirpuya Halt
* Balarambati
* Ballygunge Junction
* Bandel Junction
* Bangaon Junction
* Banshlai Bridge
* Barachak
* Baranagar Road
* Barasat Junction
* Barddhaman Junction
* Barrackpore
* Baruipara
* Baruipur Junction
* Basuldanga
* Belur
* Betberia Ghola
* Bidyadharpur
* Bolpur Shantiniketan
* Brace Bridge
* Budge Budge
* Canning
* Champahati
* Chatra
* Dakshin Barasat
* Dakshin Durgapur
* Dankuni Junction
* Deula
* Dhakuria
* Dhamua
* Dhapdhapi
* Diamond Harbour
* Dum Dum Junction
* Durgapur
* Garia
* Gede
* Ghutiari Sharif
* Gocharan
* Gourdaha Halt
* Gurudas Nagar
* Hind Motor
* Hogla
* Hooghly Ghat
* Hooghly
* Hotar
* Howrah
* Jadavpur
* Janai Road
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Kakdwip
* Kalikapur
* Kalyanpur
* Kamarkundu
* Karanjali
* Kashinagar
* Katwa Junction
* Khana Junction
* Kolkata
* Krishna Mohan
* Krishnanagar City Junction
* Kulpi
* Lake Gardens
* Lakshmikantapur
* Liluah
* Madhabnagar
* Madhabpur
* Magra Hat
* Majerhat
* Malda Town
* Mallikpur
* Mathurapur Road
* Matla Halt
* Mirzapur-Bankipur
* Murarai
* Naihati Junction
* Nalhati Junction
* Namkhana
* Nangi
* Narendrapur
* Netra
* New Alipore
* New Farakka Junction
* New Garia
* Nischintapur
* Nischintapur Market
* Park Circus
* Piali
* Rajgram
* Rampurhat Junction
* Ranaghat Junction
* Raniganj
* Sainthia Junction
* Sangrampur
* Santoshpur
* Sealdah
* Shasan Road
* Sheoraphuli
* Shrirampur
* Singhabad
* Sitarampur
* Siuri
* Sonarpur Junction
* Subhashgram
* Surjyapur
* Taldi
* Tarakeswar
* Tollygunge
* Udairampur
* Ukilerhat
* Uttar Radhanagar

South Eastern
Railway|

* Abada
* Adra Junction
* Bankura Junction
* Bero
* Bishnupur
* Burnpur
* Damodar
* Digha
* Gourinathdham
* Haldia
* Jhalda
* Joychandi Pahar
* Madhukunda
* Muradi
* Purulia Junction
* Ramkanali Junction
* Santragachi Junction
* Shalimar
* Tikiapara
* Uluberia

North East Frontier
Railway|

* Adhikari
* Alipurduar Junction
* Balurghat
* Bamanhat
* Buniadpur
* Buxa Road
* Changrabandha
* Cooch Behar
* Dalkhola
* Darjeeling
* Daulatpur Hat
* Dhupguri
* Gangarampur
* Ghum
* Ghoksadanga
* Haldibari
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Malancha
* Mallickpurhat
* Mohitnagar
* New Alipurduar
* New Cooch Behar Junction
* New Gitaldaha
* New Jalpaiguri Junction
* New Maynaguri
* Radhikapur
* Raiganj
* Rampur Bazar
* Raninagar Jalpaiguri Junction
* Santragachi Junction
* Samuktala Road Junction
* Shalimar
* Siliguri Junction
* Siliguri Town
* Sivok

Suburban rail
and urban transit|

* Kolkata Suburban Railway (Chord link
* Circular line
* Eastern line
* Sealdah South lines
* South Eastern line)
* Kolkata Metro

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Stations on the Sealdah South section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway

Sealdah–Diamond Harbour line|

* Sealdah South
* Park Circus
* Ballygunge Junction
* Dhakuria
* Jadavpur
* Baghajatin
* New Garia
* Garia
* Narendrapur
* Sonarpur Junction
* Subhashgram
* Mallikpur
* Baruipur Junction
* Kalyanpur
* Dakshin Durgapur
* Hotar
* Dhamua
* Uttar Radhanagar
* Magra Hat
* Bahirpuya Halt
* Sangrampur
* Deula
* Netra
* Basuldanga
* Gurudas Nagar
* Diamond Harbour

Budge Budge branch line|

* Ballygunge Junction
* Lake Gardens
* Tollygunge
* New Alipore
* Majerhat
* Brace Bridge
* Santoshpur
* Akra
* Nangi
* Budge Budge

Canning branch line|

* Sonarpur Junction
* Bidyadharpur
* Kalikapur
* Champahati
* Piali
* Gourdaha Halt
* Ghutiari Sharif
* Betberia Ghola
* Taldi
* Matla Halt
* Canning

Namkhana branch line|

* Baruipur Junction
* Shasan Road
* Krishna Mohan
* Dhapdhapi
* Surjyapur
* Gocharan
* Hogla
* Dakshin Barasat
* Baharu
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Mathurapur Road
* Madhabpur
* Lakshmikantapur
* Udairampur
* Kulpi
* Karanjali
* Nischintapur Market
* Nischintapur
* Madhabnagar
* Kashinagar
* Kakdwip
* Ukilerhat
* Namkhana

Major branch junctions and termini marked in bold

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South 24 Parganas topics

General|

* Bonbibi
* Gangaridai
* Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary
* Jaynagarer Moa
* Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary
* Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary
* Sundarbans Reserve Forest
* Sundarbans National Park
* Sundarbans settlements
* Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans
* The Hungry Tide

Subdivisions|

* Alipore Sadar
* Baruipur
* Canning
* Diamond Harbour
* Kakdwip

Islands|

* Ghoramara Island
* Hemry Island
* Lohachara Island
* Sagar Island

Municipalities|

* Baruipur
* Budge Budge
* Diamond Harbour
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Maheshtala
* Pujali
* Rajpur Sonarpur

Community development
blocks|

| Alipore Sadar subdivision|

* Bishnupur I
* Bishnupur II
* Budge Budge I
* Budge Budge II
* Thakurpukur Maheshtala

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Baruipur subdivision|

* Baruipur
* Bhangar I
* Bhangar II
* Jaynagar I
* Jaynagar II
* Kultali
* Sonarpur

Canning subdivision|

* Basanti
* Canning I
* Canning II
* Gosaba

Diamond Harbour subdivision|

* Diamond Harbour I
* Diamond Harbour II
* Falta
* Kulpi
* Magrahat I
* Magrahat II
* Mandirbazar
* Mathurapur I
* Mathurapur II

Kakdwip subdivision|

* Kakdwip
* Namkhana
* Patharpratima
* Sagar

Archaeological sites|

* Deulpota
* Dhosa
* Harinarayanpur
* Tilpi

Educational institutes of higher learning|

* Diamond Harbour Women's University

Rivers|

* Adi Ganga
* Bidyadhari
* Gosaba
* Hatania Doania
* Hooghly
* Matla
* Muri Ganga
* Piyali
* Saptamukhi
* Thakuran

Transport|

* NH 12
* SH 1
* Kalighat–Falta Railway
* Eastern Railway zone
* Kolkata Suburban Railway
* Sealdah South lines

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Diamond Harbour
* Jadavpur
* Jaynagar
* Mathurapur

Vidhan Sabha
constituencies|

* Gosaba
* Basanti
* Kultali
* Patharpratima
* Kakdwip
* Sagar
* Kulpi
* Raidighi
* Mandirbazar
* Jaynagar
* Baruipur Purba
* Canning Paschim
* Canning Purba
* Baruipur Paschim
* Magrahat Purba
* Magrahat Paschim
* Diamond Harbour
* Falta
* Satgachia
* Bishnupur
* Sonarpur Dakshin
* Bhangar
* Kasba
* Jadavpur
* Sonarpur Uttar
* Tollyganj
* Behala Purba
* Behala Paschim
* Maheshtala
* Budge Budge
* Metiaburuz

Former Vidhan Sabha
constituencies|

* Mathurapur
* Garden Reach
* Dhakuria
* Kabitirtha
* Alipore

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in South 24 Parganas district
* People from South 24 Parganas district

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