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Bira

West Bengaltown

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Coordinates22.79°, 88.57°

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Overview

Bira is a Village in the Habra II CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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History & geography

Geography

Bira is located at . The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels.54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

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Geography

Latitude
22.7905
Longitude
88.5704
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
47,516
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • House Crow
    Corvus splendens Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
    1,554
  • Common Myna
    Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    1,545
  • Spotted Dove
    Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
    1,511
  • Red-vented Bulbul
    Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    1,446
  • Black Drongo
    Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
    1,326
  • Asian Pied Starling
    Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,160
  • White-throated Kingfisher
    Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,102
  • Asian Koel
    Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,039

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
5
Largest magnitude
5
Largest event
2026-02-27

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)