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Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. [7] It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. [8] The city is located on the banks of the Teesta River and Karala River, on the foothills of the Himalayas. [9]
West Bengal (/ b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɔː l /; ISO: Paścimabaṅga, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃimˈbɔŋɡo] ⓘ, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km 2 (34,267 sq mi) as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is ...
Zohora Begum Mosque in Kolkata. According to the 2011 census, West Bengal has over 24.6 million Muslims, making up 27% of the state's population. [6] The vast majority of Muslims in West Bengal are ethnic native Bengali Muslims, numbering around over 22 million and comprising 24.1% of the state population (mostly they reside in Rural areas).
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
Calcutta North West: Ashok Kumar Sen Indian National Congress (I) Calcutta South West: Biren Roy Independent: Contai: Pramathanath Banerjee Praja Socialist Party: Cooch Behar (SC) Santosh Kumar Banerjea Indian National Congress: Upendranath Barman Indian National Congress: Darjeeling: T. Manaen Indian National Congress: Ghatal: Nikunja Bihari Maiti
Baul singers at Shantiniketan. The culture of West Bengal is an Indian culture which has its roots in Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. Different geographic regions of West Bengal have subtle as well as more pronounced variations between each other, with Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and Duars showing particularly different socio-cultural aspects.
Murshidabad in West Bengal—one of Bengal's major textile centers—became economically weak, the city which Robert Clive described as a city richer than London at the time. During Company rule, there was a devastating famine in 1770 that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 7 to 10 million people, which is known as the Chiẏāttôrer ...
Jungle Mahals (lit. jungle estates) [1] was a district formed by British possessions and some independent chiefdoms lying between Birbhum, Bankura, Midnapore [2] and the hilly country of Chota Nagpur in what is now the Indian state of West Bengal. [3] The district was located in the area known as the Jungle Terry. [4]