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List of districts of West Bengal

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to the south, and Bangladesh and Assam are in the east. West Bengal is the only state of India that has both snowy mountains (Himalayas in the north) and sea beaches (on the coast of the Bay of Bengal in the south). In between them, the river Ganga enters the state from west, before it branches off into its main distributaries: the Hooghly River, which flows southwards to reach the Bay of Bengal, and the
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West Bengal is bordered by three countries: Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh; and five Indian states: Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Assam. Sikkim and Bhutan are located to the north of the state, Nepal to the northwest, Bihar and Jharkhand in the west, Odisha in the southwest, the Bay of Bengal
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named Koch Bihar till 20 August 1949, when the state formally agreed to join India. Transfer of administration was started on 12 September 1949 and was completed on 19 January 1950, when Cooch Behar became a district of West Bengal. Chandannagar, which was earlier part of the
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Here 'Established' means year of establishment as a district of West Bengal. The state of West Bengal was established in 1947 with 14 districts of erstwhile Bengal province of British India.
468:(WBCS), and is appointed by the State Government of West Bengal. Each district is divided into subdivisions, except the Kolkata district, which contains urban area only, administered by 4050: 613:
A group of districts forms a division, which is administered by a 'Divisional Commissioner'. West Bengal is now divided in twenty three districts, grouped under five divisions:
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has the jurisdiction of the state of West Bengal. Though most of the districts have more courts other than a District Court, not every subdivision of the state has a Court.
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along religious lines. The western part remained in India (and was named West Bengal) while the eastern part joined newly formed Pakistan as a province called
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to the state and to enlargement of West Dinajpur district. Later, larger districts such as West Dinajpur, 24 Parganas and Midnapore were bifurcated.
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The following is a list of the basic demographic data for the districts of West Bengal at the time of the 2011 census by their population rank in
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The following is a list of basic economic data for the districts of West Bengal as of 2023–2024, the latest year for which data is available:
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The West Bengal cabinet has approved the creation of seven new districts on 1 August 2022. This will number district from 23 to 30. New
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was bifurcated into two districts—the North 24 Parganas district and the South 24 Parganas district. On 1 April 1992, the
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was bifurcated into the Uttar Dinajpur district and the Dakshin Dinajpur district. On 1 January 2002, the erstwhile
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A gram panchayat, which consists of a group of villages, is administered by a village council headed by a
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In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed, with 14 districts, as per
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Later, some large districts were divided into smaller districts. On 1 March 1986, the district of
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Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal (6 May 2016).
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was bifurcated into the Purba Medinipur district and the Paschim Medinipur district.
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organisation for a collection of villages. The block-level organisations are called
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West Bengal is now divided into 23 districts which includes the newly formed
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state that covers the North Bengal has also gained momentum in the 2000s.
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has a three-tier structure in the state. The atomic unit is called a
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joined as a district on 26 January 1950, and the former French
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or Tehsil or Taluka). A block consists of urban units such as
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The districts that are located at the north of the Ganga—
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has ceased to exist, but a similar organisation for the
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of the Cooch Behar district or the Jalpaiguri district.
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Divisions are administered by Divisional Commissioners.
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from existing Murshidabad District will be carved out.
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List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
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Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology
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Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues
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List of autonomous administrative divisions of India
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The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947–1967
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The 4141: 4139: 3940: 3844:"Section 98 of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973" 3778: 3776: 3774: 3604:The Sundarbans of India: A Development Analysis 3442:"Section 94 of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973" 3170: 4822:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence 4020: 4018: 4016: 3784:"Section 2 of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973" 3413:"Section 9 of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973" 513:s of the constituent gram panchayats, and the 221:from existing North 24 Parganas District. New 213:from existing South 24 Parganas District, new 46:, flows south to reach the Bay of Bengal. The 4599: 4548:List of community development blocks in India 4265: 4240:Official website of Government of West Bengal 3666:. Official website of South Dinajpur District 3641:. Official website of Uttar Dinajpur District 3563:. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009 3191: 785:Alphabetical listing of West Bengal Districts 4136: 3771: 3554: 1485:3,037.64 km (1,172.84 sq mi) 1026:5,432.69 km (2,097.57 sq mi) 436:and its supporters' movement for a separate 5492:List of cities in West Bengal by population 4013: 443: 4606: 4592: 4272: 4258: 3207:. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. 963:1,603.17 km (618.99 sq mi) 863: 525:. The third tier of the Panchayati Raj is 229:from existing Bankura district. While new 30:lies in the north of West Bengal and the 4523:List of administrative divisions of India 3953:. Official website of Darjeeling District 3951:"History of Darjeeling: Darjeeling-Today" 3374: 3372: 3370: 3274:. World Statesmen website. Archived from 3266: 3264: 3200: 3130: 3128: 3126: 3124: 529:, a district level organisation with the 310:The districts on the south of the Ganges— 256:, which flows eastwards into Bangladesh. 34:is at the south. 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Indus Publishing. pp. 168–169. 3600: 3596: 3594: 3592: 3367: 3261: 3121: 2134:3,140 km (1,210 sq mi) 2081:6,259 km (2,417 sq mi) 2018:9,960 km (3,850 sq mi) 1950:4,094 km (1,581 sq mi) 1882:3,927 km (1,516 sq mi) 1819:5,324 km (2,056 sq mi) 1751:4,785 km (1,847 sq mi) 1688:6,308 km (2,436 sq mi) 1630:3,733 km (1,441 sq mi) 1437:6,227 km (2,404 sq mi) 1331:3,149 km (1,216 sq mi) 1215:3,149 km (1,216 sq mi) 1152:3,387 km (1,308 sq mi) 1084:4,545 km (1,755 sq mi) 910:6,882 km (2,657 sq mi) 854:3,383 km (1,306 sq mi) 424:Since 2007, the demand for a separate 4587: 4253: 3689: 3687: 3685: 3683: 3681: 3460: 3431: 3402: 3237: 3235: 3233: 3231: 3135:David Christiana (1 September 2007). 815: 809: 66:is divided into a variety of regions— 62:region of the state. Geographically, 3693: 3297: 3295: 3293: 3109:List of RTO districts in West Bengal 1577:1,044 km (403 sq mi) 1384:1,467 km (566 sq mi) 1268:2,219 km (857 sq mi) 541:from the district as its members. A 389:in 1947, the province of Bengal was 4857:Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum) 4485:National Capital Territory of Delhi 3975:. India Code Legislative Department 3815:. New Age Publishers. p. 298. 3653: 3628: 3589: 549:. For the Darjeeling district, the 13: 6074:Image gallery at Wikimedia Commons 3924:. Darjeeling Times. Archived from 3678: 3228: 2221:Percentage (%) of Bengali Speakers 2143: 2090: 2027: 1959: 1891: 1828: 1760: 1697: 1639: 1586: 1538: 1494: 1446: 1393: 1340: 1277: 1224: 1161: 1093: 1035: 972: 919: 14: 6116: 4245:New Districts List of West Bengal 4233: 3694:Jana, Naresh (31 December 2001). 3290: 593:District Superintendent of Police 557:exists, which is designated as a 472:. A subdivision is governed by a 225:from existing Nadia District and 4890:Darjeeling Himalayan hill region 4687:Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli) 4448: 4281: 3922:"Memoranda of Settlement – DGHC" 3755:. AOL India News. Archived from 68:Darjeeling Himalayan hill region 4211: 4189: 4164: 4127: 4069: 4043: 3987: 3965: 3914: 3888: 3862: 3836: 3798: 3744: 3718: 3555:A.G. Noorani (31 August 2001). 3548: 3515: 3489: 2194: 4940:Protected areas of West Bengal 4920:Western plateau and high lands 4113:"Districts : West Bengal" 4026:"Police Organisation of India" 3347: 3321: 3243:"Brief History of Cooch Behar" 1535:24,306/km (62,950/sq mi) 428:state has been revived by the 174:of the state, constitutes the 147:(formed on 14 February 2017), 88:Western plateau and high lands 1: 5870:Ethnic communities in Kolkata 3726:"Call for Gorkhaland renewed" 3557:"Of Indo-Bangladesh distrust" 3185:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 3114: 470:Kolkata Municipal Corporation 462:Indian Administrative Service 38:flows eastwards and its main 6058:Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay 6028:Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury 5497:Cities and towns by district 5050:Parliamentary constituencies 5029:All India Trinamool Congress 4115:. Government of India portal 3272:"States of India since 1947" 2186:West Bengal located in India 2178:1,029/km (2,670/sq mi) 1956:2,445/km (6,330/sq mi) 1888:1,316/km (3,410/sq mi) 1825:1,334/km (3,460/sq mi) 1757:1,076/km (2,790/sq mi) 1636:1,069/km (2,770/sq mi) 1390:3,306/km (8,560/sq mi) 1337:1,753/km (4,540/sq mi) 969:1,798/km (4,660/sq mi) 509:, whose members include the 456:A district is governed by a 240: 113:. The former princely state 7: 6105:Lists of districts in India 6038:Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 4782:Great Bengal famine of 1770 4470:Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3601:Mandal, Asim Kumar (2003). 3173:"Partition of Bengal, 1947" 3102: 132:of 1956 led to addition of 10: 6121: 5794:Santiniketan Leather Goods 4867:Naxalite–Maoist insurgency 4852:Partition of Bengal (1947) 4817:Partition of Bengal (1905) 4573:District Councils of India 4538:List of divisions in India 3179:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 2859: 2140:958/km (2,480/sq mi) 2119: 2087:468/km (1,210/sq mi) 2056: 2024:819/km (2,120/sq mi) 1988: 1920: 1857: 1789: 1726: 1694:757/km (1,960/sq mi) 1668: 1615: 1567: 1475: 1443:837/km (2,170/sq mi) 1422: 1369: 1306: 1274:755/km (1,960/sq mi) 1253: 1221:732/km (1,900/sq mi) 1190: 1158:833/km (2,160/sq mi) 1122: 1090:771/km (2,000/sq mi) 1064: 1032:890/km (2,300/sq mi) 1001: 948: 916:523/km (1,350/sq mi) 890: 860:441/km (1,140/sq mi) 844: 775:Paschim Medinipur district 746:South 24 Parganas district 741:North 24 Parganas district 683:Paschim Bardhaman district 380: 244: 161:Paschim Bardhaman district 143:(formed on 25 June 2014), 6100:West Bengal-related lists 6071: 5993:Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 5958:Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 5888: 5827: 5694: 5686:Ghosts in Bengali culture 5505: 5330: 5264: 5220: 5181: 5143: 5110: 5096: 5073: 5034:Communist Party (Marxist) 4995: 4935:Sandakphu (Highest point) 4875: 4862:Bangladesh Liberation War 4710: 4696:Devil's tree (Saptaparni) 4678:White-throated kingfisher 4637: 4622: 4563:Sub-divisional magistrate 4513: 4458: 4445: 4294: 3581:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 3522:Evgeny Vinokurov (2005). 2218:Bengali (Bangla) Speakers 659:Dakshin Dinajpur district 584:, law and order, revenue 474:sub-divisional magistrate 466:West Bengal Civil Service 130:States Reorganisation Act 6095:Districts of West Bengal 5039:Indian National Congress 4787:Indian Rebellion of 1857 4660:Banglar Mati Banglar Jol 4543:List of tehsils in India 3664:"Historical Perspective" 3201:Chatterji, Joya (2007). 3171:Harun-or-Rashid (2012). 2215:Population (2011 census) 1583:241/km (620/sq mi) 1491:374/km (970/sq mi) 770:Purba Medinipur district 688:Purba Bardhaman district 452:Divisions of West Bengal 444:Administrative structure 297:Indo-Bangladesh enclaves 247:Geography of West Bengal 157:Purba Bardhaman district 22:Districts of West Bengal 6033:Michael Madhusudan Dutt 5669:Pather Panchali (novel) 5587:Prostitution in Kolkata 5055:Assembly constituencies 5020:Human Rights Commission 4553:Divisional commissioner 4183:13 January 2020 at the 3700:The Telegraph (Kolkata) 654:Uttar Dinajpur district 492:and rural units called 434:Kamtapur People's Party 5845:Economy of West Bengal 5617:Architecture of Bengal 5044:Bharatiya Janata Party 4982:Tiger Hill, Darjeeling 4152:. 2011 census of India 3973:"The Police Act, 1861" 2881:Nominal GDP Per Capita 2212:District (West Bengal) 2187: 2148: 2095: 2032: 1964: 1896: 1833: 1765: 1702: 1644: 1591: 1543: 1499: 1451: 1398: 1345: 1282: 1229: 1166: 1098: 1040: 977: 924: 453: 430:Gorkha Janmukti Morcha 415:West Dinajpur district 124:joined as part of the 23: 5948:Jagadish Chandra Bose 5570:Rabindra Nritya Natya 4945:Rivers of West Bengal 4837:Bengal famine of 1943 4651:Emblem of West Bengal 2185: 2147: 2094: 2031: 1963: 1895: 1832: 1764: 1701: 1643: 1590: 1542: 1498: 1450: 1397: 1344: 1281: 1228: 1165: 1097: 1039: 1020:Bardhaman Sadar South 1015:Bardhaman Sadar North 976: 923: 601:Indian Police Service 533:s of the constituent 451: 375:South Talpatti Island 21: 5978:Satyendranath Tagore 5973:Abanindranath Tagore 5015:Legislative Assembly 4178:on 16 December 2017. 4093:on 11 September 2008 702:Cooch Behar district 664:Murshidabad district 555:Siliguri subdivision 186:, respectively. The 5983:Satyendranath Dutta 5968:Jnanadanandini Devi 5923:Subhas Chandra Bose 5898:Rabindranath Tagore 5865:Anglo-Indian people 5535:Arts of West Bengal 5266:Presidency division 5145:Jalpaiguri division 4900:North Bengal plains 4558:District magistrate 3732:on 22 December 2008 3390:on 25 February 2009 3183:(Second ed.). 2980:Dakshin 24 Parganas 2868: 2273:Dakshin 24 Parganas 712:Jalpaiguri district 707:Darjeeling district 697:Alipurduar district 635:Presidency division 630:Jalpaiguri division 608:Calcutta High Court 566:Gorkha Hill Council 387:gained independence 235:Berhampore district 141:Alipurduar district 80:North Bengal plains 6063:Nihar Ranjan Gupta 5988:Raja Ram Mohan Roy 5963:Sarat Chandra Bose 5933:Bidhan Chandra Roy 5634:Bengali literature 5515:Bengal Renaissance 5222:Medinipur division 4792:Bengal Renaissance 4767:East India Company 3561:Frontline magazine 3501:The Indian Express 3360:The Times of India 3309:on 9 December 2009 3303:"District profile" 2867: 2188: 2149: 2096: 2033: 1965: 1897: 1861:Krishnanagar Sadar 1834: 1766: 1703: 1645: 1592: 1544: 1500: 1452: 1399: 1346: 1283: 1230: 1167: 1099: 1041: 978: 925: 817:Population Density 717:Kalimpong district 640:Medinipur division 597:West Bengal Police 517:from the block. A 458:District Collector 454: 419:Midnapore district 227:Bishnupur District 215:Ichhamati District 211:Sundarban District 153:Bardhaman district 145:Kalimpong district 90:, coastal plains, 24: 6080: 6079: 6018:Dwarkanath Tagore 6008:Swami Vivekananda 5908:Kazi Nazrul Islam 5724:Bengal Patachitra 5709:Banglar Rosogolla 5520:Bengali calendars 5417:Jaynagar Majilpur 5326: 5325: 5318:South 24 Parganas 5301:North 24 Parganas 5246:Paschim Medinipur 5130:Paschim Bardhaman 5025:Political parties 4987:Siliguri Corridor 4960:Brahmaputra River 4842:Direct Action Day 4777:Bengal Presidency 4772:Battle of Plassey 4747:Cooch Behar State 4742:Mallabhum kingdom 4581: 4580: 4490:Jammu and Kashmir 4309:Arunachal Pradesh 3706:on 13 August 2004 3214:978-0-521-87536-3 3100: 3099: 2970:Uttar 24 Parganas 2940:Paschim Medinipur 2890:Paschim Bardhaman 2857: 2856: 2738:Paschim Bardhaman 2335:Paschim Medinipur 2242:Uttar 24 Parganas 2192: 2191: 1977:South 24 Parganas 1909:North 24 Parganas 1657:Paschim Medinipur 1126:Cooch Behar Sadar 937:Paschim Bardhaman 782: 781: 760:Jhargram district 559:Mahakuma Parishad 368:South 24 Parganas 364:North 24 Parganas 316:Paschim Bardhaman 231:Jangipur District 223:Ranaghat District 219:Basirhat District 149:Jhargram district 54:with rest of the 50:, which connects 48:Siliguri Corridor 6112: 5739:Dhaniakhali Sari 5649:Professor Shonku 5644:Lalmohan Ganguly 5629:Bengali language 5565:Rabindra Sangeet 5422:Jiaganj Azimganj 5191:Dakshin Dinajpur 5112:Burdwan division 5108: 5107: 5083:Matua Mahasangha 4827:Anushilan Samiti 4762:Nawabs of Bengal 4608: 4601: 4594: 4585: 4584: 4453: 4452: 4344:Himachal Pradesh 4286: 4285: 4274: 4267: 4260: 4251: 4250: 4227: 4226: 4224: 4215: 4209: 4208: 4206: 4204: 4193: 4187: 4179: 4174:. 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Index


Himalayas
Bay of Bengal
Ganga
distributary
Hooghly River
Siliguri Corridor
North-East India
India
North Bengal
West Bengal
Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
Terai
Dooars
North Bengal plains
Rarh region
Western plateau and high lands
Sundarbans
Ganga Delta
partition plan
Bengal
British India
Koch Bihar
enclave
Chandannagore
Hooghly district
States Reorganisation Act
Purulia district
Alipurduar district
Kalimpong district

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