Bangaon/Bongaon (WB)

Ben: বনগাঁ banagām̐ ‘Forest Village’  [Bongaon] City, West Bengal  From Ben/Skt: bana/vana, ‘forest’; and Ben: grāma→ gaon, ‘village’, ‘(small) town’. The Bangladesh-India border checkpoint at Petrapole is 6km away. It is the largest inland customs station in Asia,...