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| State : | West Bengal | ||
| District : | Uttar 24 Pargana | ||
| Sub-district : | Barakpur | ||
| Location : | 22 ° 37 ′ N , 88 ° 25 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 10 m | ||
| Area : | 5.2 km² | ||
| Residents : | 117,637 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 22,623 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | www.dumdummunicipality.org | ||
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Dum Dum ( Bengali : দম দম , Dam Dam ) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal with around 118,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located in the Uttar 24 Pargana district around eight kilometers northeast of downtown Kolkata (Calcutta). Dum Dum is part of the Kolkata agglomeration . The Kolkata Metro ends in Dum Dum. The city is the location of Kolkata Airport .
In the 19th century, the city was the site of a British arms depot, in which the tips of the projectiles were temporarily slit in a cross shape ( dum-dum projectile ) in order to achieve the highest possible deformation in the target ballistics . The city was founded in 1929 with an area of 3.11 km².
Web links
Commons : Dum Dum - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF file; 151 kB)
- ↑ www.dumdummunicipality.org ( memento of the original from June 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
