Gosaba

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Gosaba is a village and community development block in the Sundarbans region of West Bengal, India, known as a gateway to the mangrove forests and tiger reserve.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf community development block
village
administrativeDivisionOf multiple gram panchayats
alsoSpokenLanguage English
Hindi
climate tropical monsoon
country India
district South 24 Parganas district
governingBody Gosaba Community Development Block
hasEcosystem mangrove forest
hasNearbyProtectedArea Sundarbans National Park
linked to: Sundarbans

Sundarbans Tiger Reserve
hasTransport boat services
road links to nearby towns
hasWildlife Royal Bengal tiger (in surrounding reserve)
estuarine crocodile (in surrounding area)
various migratory birds (in surrounding wetlands)
knownFor access point to Sundarbans Tiger Reserve
gateway to Sundarbans mangrove forests
locatedIn Ganges Delta
South 24 Parganas district
Sundarbans region
linked to: Sundarbans

West Bengal
locatedOn deltaic islands
nearestMajorCity Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
officialLanguage Bengali
partOf Indian Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
linked to: Sundarbans

Sundarbans
postalCountry India
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
honey collection
tourism
regionType rural
risk coastal flooding
cyclones
human–wildlife conflict
riverSystem tidal rivers and creeks
state West Bengal
subdivision Canning subdivision
subjectTo tidal influence
terrain low-lying coastal wetland
timeZone Indian Standard Time
tourismAttraction boat safaris in Sundarbans
wildlife viewing
tourismType eco-tourism
utcOffset +5:30

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