It has twenty-three districts and the major cities are Kolkata, Siliguri, Burdwan, Durgapur, Kharagpur, Darjeeling and Malda. The state is known all over the globe for the Sunderbans. The state covers a total area of 34,267.3 sq miles or 88,752 km2.Īccording to the census performed in 2011, the population of the state is 91,347,736. There are three divisions in the state and they are the Jalpaiguri division, Burdwan division, and Presidency division. Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Kalimpong, Kolkata, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur and West Burdwan. There are 23 districts in the state and they are as follows:Īlipurduar, Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Cooch Behar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Darjeeling, Hooghly, In terms of population, West Bengal ranks as the fourth most populated state in India.
In Bengali language, it is referred to as Paschim Banga. The capital of the state of West Bengal is Kolkata and it is the biggest city of the state as well. The state extends from Bay of Bengal in the south to the Himalayan mountain ranges in the north. Is an Indian state located in the eastern India.
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