Dhuliyan
Dhuliyan
Dhulian, Dhoolean | |
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Town | |
Ganga River in Dhulian | |
Dhuliyan Location in West Bengal, India Dhuliyan Dhuliyan (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°40′52″N 87°57′14″E / 24.681°N 87.954°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Dhulian | 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Dhuliyan Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.25 km2 (2.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 95,713 |
| • Density | 15,300/km2 (39,700/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 742202 |
| Telephone code | +91-3485 |
| Vehicle registration | WB58, WB94 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Maldaha Dakshin |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Samserganj |
| Website | http://dhuliyanmunicipality.in |
| murshidabad | |
Dhuliyan is a municipality town in the Samserganj block of Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. This municipality was established in the year 1909 and comprises 21 wards. It is located between the Ganges and the Feeder canal.
Dhuliyan has been mentioned as an inland water transport (IWT) trading point between Murshidabad and the city of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. Low-cost barges could ply the Ganges river, called Padma in downstream Bangladesh, exchanging goods and reducing smuggling. This proposal has not been agreed to yet by the two countries.