Kharagpur

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Kharagpur is an industrial city in eastern India best known for hosting the first campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur) and one of the country’s longest railway platforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
climate tropical savanna climate
country India
distanceToKolkata_km approximately 120
governingBody Kharagpur Municipality
hasEducationalInstitution Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
hasIndustry engineering industries
manufacturing industries
railway workshops
hasInstitution Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
railway workshops of South Eastern Railway
hasMunicipalStatus municipal city
hasNotableCampus IIT Kharagpur main campus
hasRailwayColony yes
hasRailwayPlatformCharacteristic one of the longest railway platforms in India
hasRailwayStation Kharagpur Junction railway station
linked to: Kharagpur Junction
IITKharagpurEstablishedYear 1951
IITKharagpurInstanceOf Indian Institute of Technology campus
knownFor IIT Kharagpur
industrial area
long railway platform
railway junction
localLanguage Bengali
Hindi
Odia
locatedIn West Bengal
eastern India
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Paschim Medinipur district
locatedNear Subarnarekha River basin
linked to: Subarnarekha River
locatedOn Howrah–Mumbai railway route
National Highway network
nearestMajorCity Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
officialLanguage Bengali
English
operatedByRailwayZone South Eastern Railway zone
partOf Medinipur division
railwayDivisionHeadquartersOf Kharagpur railway division
railwayStationCode KGP
region Medinipur region
linked to: Medinipur division
state West Bengal
stateCapitalOf none
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transportMode local bus services
rail
road
UTCOffset +05:30

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