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West Bengal is the state with the second highest population density in India. The state is dotted with several large and medium cities and towns. Historically, the main source of income of the people of West Bengal has been farming, and, as a consequence, the state previously had a large rural population skew. At the turn of the 20th century ...
This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the urban agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal. [ 1 ] List
The Indian state of West Bengal has six metropolitan cities with a population of over 500,000. List. No. Metropolis Photo Population (2011) [1] Area (Km 2)
Major planned cities of West Bengal include Bidhannagar, New Town, Kalyani, Haldia, Durgapur and Kharagpur. Kolkata has some planned neighbourhoods like New Garia , Tollygunge , and Lake Town . Siliguri is an economically important city, strategically located in the northeastern Siliguri Corridor (Chicken's Neck) of India. [ 119 ]
Kolkata has five long-distance inter-city railway stations, located at Howrah (the largest and busiest railway complex in India, as of 2024), Sealdah (2nd busiest in India, as of 2024), Kolkata, Shalimar and Santragachi Junction, which connect Kolkata by rail to most cities in West Bengal and to other major cities in India. [194]
The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.
This is a list of towns and cities in the world believed to have 100,000 or more ... West Bengal: 563,900: Ashoknagar Kalyangarh: ... Spanish Town: St. Catherine ...
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