Liluah
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Liluah लिलुआ লিলুয়া Lillooah Lilooah |
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| neighbourhood in Howrah | |
| Nickname(s): Liluah | |
 Liluah
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| Coordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.38333°ECoordinates: 22°35′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.38333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| nearest City | Howrah |
| Named for | Unknown |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| languages | |
| • official | Hindi, Bengali, |
| Time zone | IST (UTC5:30) |
| PIN | 711204, 711203 |
| Nearest city | Howrah, Kolkata |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bally |
| Climate | humid (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 42 °C (108 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 09 °C (48 °F) |
Liluah (also spelled Lillooah) (Hindi:लिलुआ, Bengali:লিলুয়া) is a town near Bally municipality in Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It has a railway junction, which is the first station after Howrah station under the Eastern Railway (India) Its history dates back to the British era when the Liluah Carriage and wagon Workshop was set up to release pressure off Howrah.
It is located at 22°35′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.58333°N 88.38333°E at an elevation of 13 m from MSL.
Liluah is 2 km west of North Kolkata and 5 km north of Howrah under Howrah Municipal Corporation from July 2015
Nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata.
Liluah is well connected with round the clock buses and auto-rickshaws. The Grand Trunk Road, crosses through the eastern half of the town the eastern half is well linked to the western half by a flyover bridge, it can also be accessed by the Benaras road (the route followed by the Bhattanagar–Esplanade minibus). Liluah can be accessed by bus route number 54, 56, 51 and 54/2. It can also be accessed by minibusses on Belurmath-Esplanade, Bhattanagar-Esplanade and Khidirpur-Ballykhal and CTC busses on Bhattanagar-Karunamoyi(Via Airport, New Town, Saltlake Sec-V) routes.
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