West bengal map

• Afrikaans: Kalkutta • Afrikaans: Kolkata • Albanian: Kalkuta • Amharic: ኮልካታ • Angika: कलकत्ता • Arabic: Kolkata • Arabic: كالكوتا • Arabic: كلكتا • Arabic: كلكتة • Arabic: كُلْكَتَّة • Aragonese: Calcuta • Armenian: Կալկաթա • Assamese: কলকাতা • Assamese: কলিকতা • Asturian: Calcuta • Azerbaijani: Kəlkütə • Azerbaijani: Kəlkətə • Balinese: Kolkata • Bashkir: Калькутта • Basque: Kalkuta • Belarusian: Калката • Belarusian: Калькута • Bengali: Kolkata • Bengali: কলকাতা • Bengali: কলিকাতা • Bengali: প্রাসাদ নগরী • Bengali: মিছিলের শহর • Bengali: সিটি অব জয় • Bhojpuri: कलकत्ता • Bhojpuri: कोलकाता • Bosnian: Kolkata • Breton: Kolkata • Bulgarian: Колката • Burmese: ကာလကတ္တားမြို့ • Catalan: Calcuta • Cebuano: Kolkata (kapital sa estado) • Cebuano: Kolkata • Central Bikol: Kolkata • Central Kurdish: کەلکەتە • Chechen: Калькутта • Chinese: Kolkata • Chinese: 加尔各答 • Chinese: 加爾各答 • Chinese: 架利吉打 • Chuvash: Калькутта • Cornish: Kolkata • Corsican: Calcutta • Croatian: Calcutta • Croatian: Kolkata • Czech: Kalkata • Dagbani: Kolikata • Dagbani: Kolkata • Danish: Calcutta • Danish: Kolkata • Dotyali: कोलकाता • Dutch: Calcutta • Dutch: Kolkata • Eastern Mari: Колката • Eastern Mari: Колкате • Egyptian Arabic: كولكاتا • English (Historic): Calcutta • English: Calcutta • English: City of Joy • English: City of Palaces • English: City of Processions • Esperanto: Kolkato • Estonian: Kolkata • Extremaduran: Calcuta • Faroese: Kolkata • Fiji Hindi: Kolkata • Finnish: Kalkutta • French: Cal...

Contents • 1 General maps • 2 Maps of divisions • 3 History maps • 4 Notes and references • 5 Entries available in the atlas West Bengal English বাংলা পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Short name West Bengal Official name West Bengal Status State of Capital Kolkata Population 91,276,115 (2011) inhabitants Area 88,752 km² Major languages Bengali Major religions Hinduism, Islam More information More images General maps General remarks: • The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to • Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections. • Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries. • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned. • The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Entries available in the atlas General pages ■ ■ ■ The worl...

• • • About West Bengal West Bengal is located in the eastern part of India. It is bounded on its north by Bhutan and the state of Facts on West Bengal Official Website www.westbengal.gov.in Date of Formation 26 January 1950 Area 88,752 sq km Density 1,000/km2 Population (2011) 9,13,47,736 Males Population (2011) 4,68,09,027 Females Population (2011) 4,44,67,088 No. of District 23 Capital Kolkata Rivers Hooghly, Teesta, Jaldhaka, Rupnarayan Forests & National Park Gorumara NP, Sundarbans NP, Ballavpur WS, Chapramari WS Languages Bengali, Hindi, English, Nepali Neighbouring State Assam, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha State Animal Fishing cat State Bird White-throated Kingfisher State Tree Devil Tree State Flower Night-flowering Jasmine Net State Domestic Product (2011) 48536 Literacy Rate (2011) 86.43% Females per 1000 males 947 Assembly constituency 294 Parliamentary constituency 42 West Bengal Facts Although in area, West Bengal ranks 14th India, but it is one of the largest in population. The capital is Kolkata, India's third largest metropolitan city; other important cities and towns are Howrah, Asansol, Durgapur, Siliguri, Darjeeling, Kharagpur and Haldia. West Bengal has a single-chamber legislative assembly with 295 seats. The state sends 58 members to the Indian Parliament: 16 to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and 42 to the Lok Sabha (Lower House). Local government is based on 23 administrative districts. West Bengal History Bengal finds a coveted place even in pre...

• • • West Bengal Gets 7 New Districts, Total Number Reaches 30 | Full List West Bengal Gets 7 New Districts, Total Number Reaches 30 | Full List 7 new districts in Bengal: "The 7 new districts include - Sunderban, Ichhemati, Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, Behrampur and one more district will be named in Basirhat", said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. West Bengal Gets 7 New Districts Kolkata: In its bid to simplify administrative operations, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has decided to carve out seven new districts in the state. With this, the total number of districts in West Bengal has now gone up to 30. “Earlier there were 23 districts in Bengal now it has been increased to 30. The 7 new districts include – Sunderban, Ichhemati, Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, Behrampur and one more district will be named in Basirhat”, said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Also Read: • • • List of New Districts In Bengal • Sunderban • Ichhemati • Ranaghat • Bishnupur • Jangipur • Behrampur. • One more district will be named in the Basirhat region. Full List of 30 districts in West Bengal • Alipurduar • Bankura • Birbhum • Cooch Behar • Dakshin Dinajpur (South Dinajpur) • Darjeeling • Hooghly • Howrah • Jalpaiguri • Jhargram • Kalimpong • Kolkata • Malda • Murshidabad • Nadia • North 24 Parganas • Paschim Medinipur (West Medinipur) • Paschim (West) • Burdwan (Bardhaman) • Purba Burdwan (Bardhaman) • Purba Medinipur (East Medinipur) • Purulia • South 24 Parganas • Uttar Din...