Tamluk

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Tamluk

Total population

10,000

Coordinates22.29°, 87.93°

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

Overview

Tamluk, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world and the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta or Tamralipti, where Xuanzang, a Chinese traveller and Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian also visited the town, is now located on the banks of Rupnarayan River, close to the Bay of Bengal.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Khudiram Bose

Indian revolutionary (1889-1908)

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Chandan Kumar Bhattacharya

Poet and writer

Jadugopal Mukherjee

Indian politician

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Lakshman Chandra Seth

Indian politician

Matangini Hazra

Martyr of India's Independence Movement

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Prasanta Pradhan

Indian politician

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Samarendra Maulik

Indian entomologist (1881–1950)

Samit Bhanja

Indian actor (1944-2003)

Biman Bihari Das

Indian sculptor

Krishnendu Adhikari

Indian actor, director and producer (b. 1982)

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Akhil Giri

Indian politician

B

Biswanath Mukherjee

Indian politician

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Bisathi Bharath

Indian social worker and activist

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Rishi Das

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

Nearby places in West Bengal

• Mahishadal
  7.9 mi away
• Kolaghat
  11.1 mi away
• Bagnan
  12.6 mi away
• Panskura
  15.3 mi away
• Uluberia
  16.8 mi away · pop. 222,200
• Pujali
  17.8 mi away · pop. 37,047
• Diamond Harbour
  18.2 mi away · pop. 41,802
• Haldia
  20.1 mi away · pop. 200,762
• Budge Budge
  20.3 mi away · pop. 76,837
• Durgachak
  20.3 mi away
• Balichak
  24 mi away
• Maheshtala
  25.6 mi away · pop. 448,317

Browse all places in West Bengal →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tamluk

Midnapore salt papers

Narendra Krishna Sinha · 1954

Caste in Bengal border

P. K. Bhowmick · 2002

Art and artifacts of bone and antler in the lower Ganges Valley

Prasanta Kumar Mandal · 1993

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Scarlet Basker

Urothemis signata

Seen 2026-09-22

Scarlet Skimmer

Crocothemis servilia

Seen 2026-09-21

crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Seen 2026-09-21

Domestic Cattle

Bos taurus

Seen 2026-09-16

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-09-15

Dingy Dusk-darter

Zyxomma petiolatum

Seen 2026-09-13

Emerald-flanked Marsh Hawk

Brachydiplax farinosa

Seen 2026-09-13

Oriental Blue Dasher

Brachydiplax chalybea

Seen 2026-09-13

Ditch Jewel

Brachythemis contaminata

Seen 2026-09-13

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

Official Identifiers