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  Bally Location in West Bengal, India Show map of Kolkata Bally Bally (West Bengal) Show map of West Bengal Bally Bally (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°39′N88°20′E / 22.65°N 88.34°E /22.65; 88.34 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | Howrah |
| City | Howrah |
| Metro Station | Dakshineswar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Howrah Municipal Corporation |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 711201, 711202 |
| Telephone code | +91 33 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| HMC wards | 51, 52, 53, 54 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bally |
Bally is a neighbourhood inHowrah ofHowrah district in theIndian state ofWest Bengal. Bally is under the jurisdiction of Bally Police Station ofHowrah City Police. It is a part of the area covered byKolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).[1][2][3]
Bally is located at22°39′N88°20′E / 22.65°N 88.34°E /22.65; 88.34 and also the northernmost part ofHowrah city.[4] It has an average elevation of 15 metres (49 feet). It is more elevated in the west than the east (where flows the Hoogly river), thus leading to a problem of water logging.[5] Bally is separated fromUttarpara, Hooghly, by Bally Canal (Bally Khal) at its north. A Bridge was constructed over Bally Canal in 1846 to join the two localities.[6]
An important transportation hub of Kolkata, Bally is connected toDakshineswar, Kolkata viaVivekananda Setu andNivedita Setu.State Highway 6/Grand Trunk Road andBelghoria Expressway also pass through Bally. From here, people can avail a number of buses to go toKolkata (viaVivekananda Setu),Howrah (viaNational Highway 16) andHooghly (viaNational Highway 19).
Bally also has three railway stations ofKolkata Suburban Railway. They areBally railway station (onHowrah-Bardhaman main line andHowrah-Bardhaman chord line),Bally Ghat railway station andBally Halt railway station (onSealdah-Dankuni line).
Nearest Airport of Bally isNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport inDumdum, Kolkata.
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