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State Name | West Bengal |
Formation Date | 26 January 1950 |
Official Language | English /Bengali |
Area | 88,752 km2 |
Population | 91,347,736 |
Number of Districts in West Bengal | 23 |
West Bengal District List | Click Here |
Governor of West Bengal | La. Ganesan |
Chief Minster of West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee |
Symbols of WB | 1. State Bird -White-throated kingfisher 2. State Animal - Fishing Cat 3. State Flower - Night-flowering jasmine 4. State Fruit - Mango 5. State Tree - Chatim tree 6. State Game - Association football |
Official Website | https://www.wb.gov.in/ |
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In West Bengal, there are total 23 districts. The Capital of West Bengal is Kolkata. West Bengal District List with all sub-division is given below. |
S.No | District | Area in sq.km | Population | Division | Sub-Division |
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1 | Alipurduar | 3,383 | 1,491,250 | Jalpaiguri | Alipurduar Sadar |
2 | Bankura | 6,882 | 3,596,674 | Medinipur | Bankura Sadar, Khatra, Bishnupur |
3 | Paschim Bardhaman | 1,603.17 | 2,882,031 | Medinipur | Asansol Sadar, Durgapur |
4 | Purba Bardhaman | 5,432.69 | 4,835,532 | Burdwan | Kalna, Katwa, Bardhaman Sadar North, Bardhaman Sadar South |
5 | Birbhum | 4,545 | 3,502,404 | Burdwan | Suri Sadar, Bolpur, Rampurhat |
6 | Cooch Behar | 3,387 | 2,819,086 | Jalpaiguri | Cooch Behar Sadar, Dinhata, Mathabhanga, Mekhliganj, Tufanganj |
7 | Darjeeling | 2,092.5 | 1,595,181 | Jalpaiguri | Darjeeling Sadar, Kurseong, Siliguri, Mirik |
8 | Dakshin Dinajpur | 2,219 | 1,676,276 | Malda | Balurghat Sadar, Gangarampur |
9 | Hooghly | 3,149 | 5,519,145 | Burdwan | Chinsurah Sadar, Chandannagore, Srirampore, Arambagh |
10 | Howrah | 1,467 | 4,850,029 | Presidency | Howrah Sadar, Uluberia |
11 | Jalpaiguri | 2,844 | 2,381,596 | Jalpaiguri | Jalpaiguri Sadar, Malbazar |
12 | Jhargram | 3,037.64 | 1,136,548 | Medinipur | Jhargram Sadar |
13 | Kolkata | 185 | 4,496,694 | Presidency | Kolkata |
14 | Kalimpong | 1,044 | 251,642 | Jalpaiguri | Kalimpong Sadar |
15 | Malda | 3,733 | 3,988,845 | Malda | Chanchal, Malda Sadar |
16 | Paschim Medinipur | 6,308 | 4,776,909 | Burdwan | Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar, Ghatal |
17 | Purba Medinipur | 4,736 | 5,095,875 | Medinipur | Tamluk Sadar, Haldia, Egra, Contai |
18 | Murshidabad | 5,324 | 7,103,807 | Malda | Barhampur Sadar, Domkol, Lalbag, Kandi, Jangipur |
19 | Nadia | 3,927 | 5,167,601 | Presidency | Krishnanagar Sadar, Kalyani, Ranaghat, Tehatta |
20 | North 24 Parganas | 4,094 | 10,009,781 | Presidency | Barrackpore, Barasat Sadar, Bangaon, Basirhat, Bidhannagar |
21 | South 24 Parganas | 9,960 | 8,161,961 | Presidency | Baruipur, Canning, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip, Alipore Sadar |
22 | Purulia | 6,259 | 2,930,115 | Medinipur | Purulia Sadar, Manbazar, Raghunathpur, Jhalda |
23 | Uttar Dinajpur | 3,140 | 3,007,134 | Malda | Raiganj Sadar, Islampur |