South 24 Parganas district

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South 24 Parganas district is a large coastal district in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for encompassing parts of the Sundarbans mangrove forests and the southern suburbs of Kolkata.

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South 24 Parganas district canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
borders Bay of Bengal
Purba Medinipur district
surface form: East Midnapore district

Hooghly district
Howrah
surface form: Howrah district

Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata

North 24 Parganas district
contains Alipore Sadar subdivision
Bakkhali
Baruipur
Baruipur subdivision
Basanti
Bhangar
Budge Budge
Canning
Canning subdivision
Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour subdivision
Gosaba
Joynagar Majilpur
Kakdwip
Kakdwip subdivision
Maheshtala
Namkhana
Pujali
Rajpur Sonarpur
Sagar Island
Baruipur
surface form: Sonarpur

Sundarbans
Sundarbans
surface form: Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

Sundarbans
surface form: Sundarbans National Park

Sundarbans
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest

southern suburbs of Kolkata
country India
hasAdministrativeCenter Alipore
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
hasEcosystemType deltaic wetlands
mangrove forest
hasHeadquarters Alipore
hasNotableProtectedArea Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary
Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary
Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary
surface form: Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary

Sundarbans
surface form: Sundarbans National Park
knownFor Sundarbans
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forests

coastal tourism
southern suburbs of Kolkata
tiger habitat
language Bengali
legislativeBody West Bengal Legislative Assembly
locatedIn India
West Bengal
locatedOn West Bengal coast
surface form: Bay of Bengal coast

Hooghly River
officialLanguage Bengali
English
partOf Presidency division
state West Bengal
timezone Indian Standard Time
traversedBy Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
surface form: Ganges–Brahmaputra delta
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode WB-19
WB-20
WB-21
WB-22

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Hooghly River region South 24 Parganas district
Ganga Sagar locatedIn South 24 Parganas district
Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary locatedIn South 24 Parganas district
Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary locatedIn South 24 Parganas district
Bakkhali locatedIn South 24 Parganas district
Bakkhali administrativeDivision South 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas district borderWith South 24 Parganas district
Diamond Harbour locatedInAdministrativeTerritory South 24 Parganas district
Metiabruz locatedIn South 24 Parganas district
Kolkata Metropolitan Area containsDistrict South 24 Parganas district