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West Bengal, India

West Bengal
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ
State
Official seal of West Bengal
Seal
Location of West Bengal in India
Location of West Bengal in India
Country  India
Established 26 January 1950
Capital Kolkata
Largest city /
Largest metro
Kolkata
Districts 23
Government
 • Body Government of West Bengal
 • Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi
 • Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (TMC)
 • Legislature West Bengal Legislative Assembly (295 seats)
 • High Court Calcutta High Court
Area
 • Total 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi)
Area rank 14th
Population (2011)
 • Total 91,347,736
 • Rank 4th
 • Density 1,029/km2 (2,670/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Bengali
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB
HDI Increase 0.509 (medium)
HDI rank 9th (2011)
Literacy 77.08% (2011 census)
Official language Bengali
Website wb.gov.in
^* 294 elected, 1 nominated

West Bengal (/wɛst bɛŋˈɡɔːl/) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal. It is India's fourth-most populous state, with over 91 million inhabitants (as of 2011). It has an area of 34,267 sq mi (88,750 km2). A part of the ethno-linguistic Bengal region, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north; it borders five Indian states, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam.

The state capital is Kolkata (Calcutta), the seventh-largest city in India. The geography of West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region in its extreme north, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region and the coastal Sundarbans. The main ethnic group are the Bengali people, with Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.


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