Bandel

About Bandel

Bandel is a city in the Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was founded by Portuguese settlers and falls under the jurisdiction of Chandernagore Police Commissionerate. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Bandel is a major rail junction station of Eastern Railway zone, and is 38 km from Howrah railway station. Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of the Kingdom of Sarawak was born here in 1803.

Bandel is located at 22°55′22″N 88°22′46″E and it has an elevation of 16 meter. The main river that flows by Bandel is Hooghly. The town is in Gangetic Plain.

Like the rest of the Ganges Delta of West Bengal, the climate is tropical wet-and-dry in nature. A prolonged hot and humid weather is the main characteristic of the climate of Bandel. The monsoon stays from early June to mid-September. Winter persists for almost three months, from mid-November to mid-February. The weather remains dry during the winter and humid during summer.

During the recent years, Bandel has been experiencing extremely high temperature with the maximum of 41°C occurring in the month of May. The lowest...

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