Wiki Explores Paschim Bardhaman - Phase I

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Paschim Bardhaman district

Wiki Explores Paschim Bardhaman - Phase I is a two day event to further document some areas of district of Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. The objective of this event is to do further photo-documentation of the various heritage structures in the said area most of which have less or no presence in Wikimedia commons.

Goal[edit]

  1. Photograph heritage sites around Asansol, Raniganj, Durgapur, Panagarh, Barakar
  2. Upload media for the heritage structures of Paschim Bardhaman in Commons.
  3. Create / Update articles about the heritage structures in Bengali and English Wikipedia
  4. Create / Update items in Wikidata

Date[edit]

Date: 29th December to 30th December 2022

Participant[edit]

  1. Amitabha Gupta (talk) 15:19, 16th November 2022 (UTC)
  2. Biswas Dibyendu (talk)


Itinerary[edit]

  • Day 0 - 28th December 2022 (Wednesday) - Depart from Kolkata by Coalfield Express for Asansol town at 17:20. Check into Hotel at Asansol. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 1 - 29th December 2022 (Thursday) Cover Raniganj, Durgapur, Panagarh area. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 2 - 30th December 2022 (Friday) Cover Asansol, Barakar, Maithon Area. Night stay at Asansol town.
  • Day 3 - 31st December 2022 (Saturday) Checkout from Asansol Hotel and depart for Kolkata by Coalfield Express at 07:00

Places to be covered[edit]

[Note: Some places outside the sub-division will also be covered]


  1. KhandraYesY
  2. UkhraYesY
  3. KumardihiYesY
  4. IkraYesY
  5. NandiNoN
  6. KantaberiaYesY
  7. KajoraYesY
  8. ArrahYesY
  9. PanagarhYesY
  10. GaruiYesY
  11. HirapurYesY
  12. Chota DighariYesY
  13. BarakarYesY
  14. Maithon NoN