Why visit Farakka
Townapedia lists 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Farakka Setu.
Weather in Farakka
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About Farakka
Farakka is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Farakka community development block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is also known as the northernmost point of Ganga Delta.
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Map of Farakka
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Getting there and nearby towns
Malda Airport (LDA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 31 km away.
- Paikpara 6 km southeast, about 6 min by car
- Barharwā 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Dhuliān 16 km south, about 16 min by car
- Kumārpur 16 km south, about 16 min by car
- Sangrāmpur 17 km south, about 17 min by car
- Patra 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Raghunandanpur 20 km south, about 20 min by car
- Pakur 21 km south, about 21 min by car
- Malda 32 km northeast, about 32 min by car
- Baharampur 87 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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