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Raiganj | |
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City | |
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  Raiganj Location in West Bengal, India  Raiganj Raiganj (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°37′N 88°07′E / 25.62°N 88.12°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | 
West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Raiganj Municipality |
| • Chairman | Sandip Bisawas (AITC) |
| • Superintendent of Police | Sana Akhtar (IPS) |
| • District Magistrate | Arvind Kumar Mina (IAS) |
| • Member of Parliament | Kartick Paul (BJP) |
| • MLA | Krishna Kalyani (AITC) |
| Area | |
| • City | 10.76 km2 (4.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 183,682 |
| • Density | 18,378/km2 (47,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 199,758 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali[3][4] |
| • Additional official | English[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 03523m |
| Vehicle registration | WB-60/ WB-59 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Website | www |
Raiganj (pronounced [ˈraɪˌgʌnʤ]) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Uttar Dinajpur district. The police station was set up 125 years ago and railway connectivity reached the place 115 years ago.[when?] The city houses the 111-year-old Raiganj Coronation High School and more than 50-years-old government primary Raiganj Sarala Sundari GSFP School. Raiganj got its railway connection in 1896. The train used to go to Parbatipur junction in Bangladesh from Raiganj. It is a 200-year-old town.[5]
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- ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Uttar Dinajpur Rail Network Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 2 February 2008.