Howrah district
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Howrah district হাওড়া জেলা |
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| District of West Bengal | |
 Location of Howrah district in West Bengal |
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Administrative division | Presidency |
| Headquarters | Howrah |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore - partly |
| • Assembly seats | Bally, Howrah Uttar, Howrah Madhya, Shibpur, Howrah Dakshin, Sankrail, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Uluberia Uttar, Uluberia Dakshin, Shyampur, Bagnan, Amta, Udaynarayanpur, Jagatballavpur, Domjur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,467 km2 (566 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,850,029 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 83.31 % |
| • Sex ratio | 935 |
| Major highways | NH 16 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1461 mm |
| Website | Official website |
Howrah district (Pron:ɦauːɽaː) (Bengali: হাওড়া জেলা) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.
The Howrah district lies between 22°48′ N and 22°12′ N latitudes and between 88°23′ E and 87°50′ E longitudes. The district is bounded by the Hooghly River and the North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas districts on the east, on the north by the Hooghly district (Arambagh and Shrirampur sub-divisions), and on the south by Midnapore East district (Tamluk sub-division). On the west Howrah district is bordered by the Ghatal sub-division of Midnapore West district, and partly by the Arambagh sub-division of Hooghly district to the north-west, and the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore East district to the south-west.
Boundaries of the district are naturally determined by Rupnarayan River on west and south-west, and by Bhagirathi-Hooghly river on east and south-east side. On north side, the boundary is an artificial one except for Bally Canal on north-east and Damodar River on north-west.
Annual normal rainfall is 1461 millimetre per year. Annual maximum temperature varies between 32-39 °C, whereas minimum temperature varies between 8-10 °C.
Howrah district has two subdivisions: Howrah Sadar and Uluberia. Howrah Sadar consists of Bally municipality and Howrah municipal corporation and five community development blocks (CD blocks): Bally–Jagacha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail and Jagatballavpur. Uluberia subdivision consists of Uluberia Municipality and nine CD blocks: Uluberia–I, Uluberia–II, Amta–I, Amta–II, Udaynarayanpur, Bagnan–I, Bagnan–II, Shyampur–I and Shyampur–II.
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