Kalna

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Kalna

Coordinates23.22°, 88.36°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kalna or Ambika Kalna is a town in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarter of the Kalna subdivision, situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi river. The town is more popularly known as Ambika Kalna, named after the goddess Kali, Maa Ambika. It has numerous historical monuments, such as the Rajbari, and 108 Shiva temples. The city of Kalna is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Bardhaman.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kedarnath Dutta

Indian spiritual leader (1838–1914)

Nigamananda Paramahansa

Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935)

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Aghore Nath Gupta

Indian writer, a scholar of Buddhism, and preacher of Brahmoism

Azizul Haque

Bengali lawyer and activist

Mohammad Mozammel Huq

Indian writer

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Sudhamoy Pramanick

Indian advocate and social activist

Indumadhab Mallick

Indian polymath (1869-1917)

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Krishnaprasanna Sen

Bengali writer

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Jagadish Chandra Lahiri

Bengali Homoeopathy practitioner

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Nagendranath Sen

Bengali physician

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Phul Kumari Gupta

Bengali poet

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Jadunath Mukhopadhyay

Bengali physician

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Harimohan Pramanik

Bengali writer

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Nalinimohan Sanyal

Bengali linguist

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Jagannath Sarkar

member of the 17th Lok Sabha

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Ajoy Dey

Indian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Recently spotted species

Dark Grass Blue

Zizeeria karsandra

Seen 2026-09-07

Lime Swallowtail

Papilio demoleus

Seen 2026-09-07

Black-kneed Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus melaenus

Seen 2026-07-26

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Seen 2026-07-12

Lemon Pansy

Junonia lemonias

Seen 2026-07-08

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Seen 2026-02-08

Asian Openbill

Anastomus oscitans

Seen 2026-01-20

Common Silverline

Cigaritis vulcanus

Seen 2025-09-09

Asian Grizzled Skipper

Spialia galba

Seen 2025-05-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).