Bandel
Bandel
ব্যাণ্ডেল Bandal | |
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City | |
The Bandel Church Jupiter Wagons Ltd Bandel | |
| Nickname: Portuguese city | |
Bandel Location in West Bengal, India Bandel Bandel (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°55′22″N 88°22′46″E / 22.922743°N 88.379542°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Burdwan |
| District | Hooghly |
| Subdivision | Chinsurah |
| Establishment by Portuguese | 1599 |
| Founded by | Portuguese |
| Named after | Derived from Bengali word "bandar" which means "port" |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality |
| • Chairman | Soumitra Ghosh |
| Area | |
• Total | 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st in Hooghly District |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 356,193 |
| • Rank | 1st in Hooghly district |
| • Density | 18,000/km2 (46,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712123, 712103, 712104 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chunchura |
| Member of Parliament | Rachana Banerjee (AITC) |
| Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) | Asit Mazumdar (AITC) |
| Website | hooghly |
Bandel is a city in the Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Portuguese settlers and falls under the jurisdiction of Chandernagore Police Commissionerate. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Bandel is a major rail junction station of Eastern Railway zone, and is 38 km from Howrah railway station. Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of the Kingdom of Sarawak was born here in 1803.