Tarkeshwar

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Tarkeshwar

Coordinates22.88°, 88.01°

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

Overview

Tarakeswar is a famous sacred city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tarakeswar is called "Baba Dham" or "The city of Shiva". It is one of the major tourist and holy place of West Bengal as well as India. Tarakeswar is a place of pilgrimage of Lord Shiva sect in West Bengal 58 kilometres (36 mi) away from state capital Kolkata.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Chandranath Basu

Bengali writer (1844-1910)

P

Pratim Chatterjee

Indian politician

E

Elokeshi

murder victim

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

Nearby places in West Bengal

• Dashghara
  6.4 mi away
• Arambagh
  14.2 mi away
• Singur
  14.4 mi away
• Gangadharpur
  15.6 mi away · pop. 8,762
• Jangalpara
  15.9 mi away
• Memari
  21.2 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Domjur
  21.4 mi away
• Pandua
  21.7 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Dankuni
  22.3 mi away
• Serampore
  22.6 mi away · pop. 265,981
• Chandannagar
  22.7 mi away · pop. 166,867
• Bhatpara
  23.8 mi away · pop. 390,467

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant

Tetraponera rufonigra

Seen 2026-09-26

moss rose

Portulaca grandiflora

Seen 2026-08-16

Bronze-winged Jacana

Metopidius indicus

Seen 2026-06-21

Mexican Honeysuckle

Justicia spicigera

Seen 2026-06-21

Popping Pod

Ruellia tuberosa

Seen 2026-06-21

Spider Hibiscus

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Seen 2026-06-21

common water hyacinth

Pontederia crassipes

Seen 2026-06-21

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Sturnia malabarica

Seen 2026-06-21

crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Seen 2026-06-21

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