Nalhati is a town, municipality in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. This town is named after the Shakti peetha Nalhateshwari temple, which according to the mythologies is the situated where the "nala" i.e. throat of goddess Shakti had fallen. It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas in India. Nahlati is a junction railway station where the Ajimgunj line joins the old HowrahSahebganj loop of the eastern railway. Nalhati police station under Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district looks after two administrative blocks Nalhati I and Nalhati II. Nalhati municipality was established in 2000. Nalhati is located at 2418N 8749E / 24.3N 87.82E / 24.3; 87.82. It has an average elevation of 48metres . It is on the Chhotonagpur plateau. A small portion of hill with very low altitude can be visible within the town. On the hill the Nalateswari temple and Ana Baba Mazar Sherif are two tourist interests....
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