List of districts of West Bengal

The Himalayas lies in the north of West Bengal and the Bay of Bengal is at the south. Between them, the river Ganga flows eastwards and its main distributary, the Hooghly River, flows south to reach the Bay of Bengal. The Siliguri Corridor, which connects North-East India with rest of the India, lies in the North Bengal region of the state. Geographically, West Bengal is divided into a variety of regions—Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, Terai and Dooars region, North Bengal plains, Rarh region, Western plateau and high lands, coastal plains, Sunderbans and the Ganga Delta.[1]

Districts of West Bengal

In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed, with 14 districts, as per partition plan of the then Bengal province of British India.[2][3] The former princely state Koch Bihar joined as a district on 26 January 1950,[4] and the former French enclave Chandannagore joined as part of the Hooghly district in 1954.[5] The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 led to addition of Purulia district to the state and to enlargement of West Dinajpur district.[6] Later, larger districts such as West Dinajpur, 24 Parganas and Midnapore were bifurcated.

West Bengal is now divided into 23 districts which includes the newly formed Alipurduar district (formed on 25 June 2014), Kalimpong district (formed on 14 February 2017), Jhargram district (formed on 4 April 2017), and the splitting of the former Bardhaman district into Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district (formed on 7 April 2017). The districts are grouped into five divisions.[7][8]

Divisions are administered by Divisional Commissioners.[9] Kolkata, the capital of the state, constitutes the Kolkata district. Other districts are further divided into administrative units such as subdivisions and blocks, administered by SDO and BDO, respectively. The Panchayati Raj has a three-tier structure in the state. The atomic unit is called a Gram Panchayat, which is the Panchayat organisation for a collection of villages.[10] The block-level organisations are called Panchayat Samiti,[11] and the district-level organisations are named Zilla Parishad.[12]

Public policy experts have suggested that West Bengal's two largest districts – North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas – be reorganized into seven districts: (i) Barrackpur, (ii) Basirhat, (iii) Dum Dum – Barasat, (iv) East Kolkata, (v) South Kolkata, (vi) Diamond Harbour and (viii) Sundarban.

Geography
Main article: Geography of West Bengal

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 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 Padma River, which flows eastwards into Bangladesh.

The districts that are located at the north of the Ganga—Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Alipurduar and Kalimpong — are often referred to collectively as North Bengal. Kalimpong is a newly added district of West Bengal.[1] Geographically, this area is divided into the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Terai and Dooars region, and the North Bengal plains.[1] The Siliguri Corridor, also known as Chicken's Neck, which connects North-East India with rest of the India, lies in this region. The Indo-Bangladesh enclaves are either enclaves or exclaves of the Cooch Behar district or the Jalpaiguri district.[13]

The districts on the south of the Ganges—Bankura, Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman, Birbhum, Purulia, Murshidabad, Nadia, West Midnapore, Jhargram, East Midnapore, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas—constitute a variety of geographical regions such as the Rarh region, the Western plateau and high lands, the coastal plains, the Sunderbans and the Ganga Delta.[1] Kolkata, the capital of the state, constitutes the Kolkata district.

The uninhabited South Talpatti Island, which surfaced in the Bay of Bengal in the 1970s near the Indo-Bangladesh border, is claimed by both India and Bangladesh.[14]

History

After India gained independence in 1947, the province of Bengal was partitioned 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 East Pakistan (later giving rise to Bangladesh in 1971).[2] At the time of its creation in 1947, the state of West Bengal was divided into 14 districts—Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Calcutta (Kolkata), Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Howrah, Malda, Midnapore, Murshidabad, Nadia, West Dinajpur and 24 Parganas.[3] Cooch Behar district was a princely state 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.[4] Chandannagar, which was earlier part of the French India, had voted to join India in a plebiscite in 1949. Formally, it joined India in 1952 and finally became a part of the Hooghly district of West Bengal on 2 October 1954.[5] The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 reorganised boundaries of the Indian states along linguistic lines. As this act was implemented, the then West Dinajpur district was enlarged with the addition of some areas from Bihar, and the Purulia district was formed on 1 November 1956 from parts of the Manbhum district of Bihar.[6]

Later, some large districts were divided into smaller districts. On 1 March 1986, the district of 24 Parganas was bifurcated into two districts—the North 24 Parganas district and the South 24 Parganas district.[15] On 1 April 1992, the West Dinajpur district was bifurcated into the Uttar Dinajpur district and the Dakshin Dinajpur district.[16][17] On 1 January 2002, the erstwhile Midnapore district was bifurcated into the Purba Medinipur district and the Paschim Medinipur district.[18]

Since 2007, the demand for a separate Gorkhaland state has been revived by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and its supporters in the Darjeeling hills.[19] The Kamtapur People's Party and its supporters' movement for a separate Kamtapur state that covers the North Bengal has also gained momentum

in the 2000s.[20]

Administrative structure
Divisions of West Bengal

A district is governed by a District Collector, who is better known as a District Magistrate (DM) in the state of West Bengal.[21] A DM is an officer from either Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS), and is appointed by the State Government of West Bengal.[21] Each district is divided into subdivisions, except the Kolkata district, which contains urban area only, administered by Kolkata Municipal Corporation. A subdivision is governed by a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), better known as a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO).[22] Other than urban units such as town municipalities, a subdivision contains 'community development blocks' (also known as CD blocks or blocks or Tehsil or Taluka). A block consists of urban units such as census towns and rural units called gram panchayats. A block is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO),who is similar as Tehsildar and who is appointed by the Government of West Bengal.[21]

A gram panchayat, which consists of a group of villages, is administered by a village council headed by a Pradhan.[10] As per the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, each Block has a Panchayat Samiti, whose members include the Pradhans of the constituent gram panchayats, and the MLAs from the block.[11] A Panchayat Samiti is headed by a Sabhadhipati.[23] The third tier of the Panchayati Raj is Zilla Parishad, a district level organisation with the Sabhapatis of the constituent Panchayat Samitis and the MLAs from the district as its members.[12] A Zilla Parishad is headed by a Sabhadhipati.[24] For the Darjeeling district, the Zilla Parishad has ceased to exist, but a similar organisation for the Siliguri subdivision exists, which is designated as a Mahakuma Parishad.[25]

The Gorkha Hill Council, formed in 1988, administers three (out of four) subdivisions of the Darjeeling district: Darjeeling Sadar, Kalimpong and Kurseong.[26] Gorkha Hill Council manages the departments of Public Health, Education, Public Works, Transport, Tourism, Market, Small scale industries, Agriculture, Agricultural waterways, Forest (except reserved forests), Water, Livestock, Vocational Training and Sports and Youth services.[27] District administration of Darjeeling, which is still responsible for election, panchayat, law and order, revenue etc., also acts as an interface between the Council and the State Government.[27]

A District Superintendent of Police, better known as a Superintendent of Police, heads the District Police organisation of West Bengal Police. This is as per the Police Act of 1861, which is applicable to the whole of India.[28] The Superintendents of Police are officers of the Indian Police Service.[29] For every subdivision, there is a Subdivision Police, headed by a Police officer of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police.[30] Under subdivisions, there are Police Circles, each headed by an Inspector of Police.[30] A Police Circle consists of Police Stations, each headed by an Inspector of Police, or in case of rural areas, by a Sub-Inspector of Police.[30]

The Calcutta High Court 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.[31]

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:[9]

Malda division Burdwan division Jalpaiguri division Presidency division Medinipur division

Alphabetical listing of West Bengal Districts
Sl no. Code[32] District Headquarters[33] Established[34] Subdivisions[9] Area[35] Population 2011[35] Population Density Map
1 AD Alipurduar Alipurduar 2014[18] 3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi) 1,491,250 441/km2 (1,140/sq mi)
2 BN Bankura Bankura 1947 6,882 km2 (2,657 sq mi) 3,596,674 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
3 BR Paschim Bardhaman Asansol 2017 1,603.17 km2 (618.99 sq mi) 2,882,031 1,798/km2 (4,660/sq mi)
4 BR Purba Bardhaman Bardhaman 2017 5,432.69 km2 (2,097.57 sq mi) 4,835,532 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
5 BI Birbhum Suri 1947 4,545 km2 (1,755 sq mi) 3,502,404 771/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
6 KB Cooch Behar Cooch Behar 1950[4] 3,387 km2 (1,308 sq mi) 2,819,086 833/km2 (2,160/sq mi)
7 DA Darjeeling Darjeeling 1947 2,092.5 km2 (807.9 sq mi) 1,595,181 732/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
8 DD Dakshin Dinajpur Balurghat 1992[17] 2,219 km2 (857 sq mi) 1,676,276 755/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
9 HG Hooghly Chinsura 1947 3,149 km2 (1,216 sq mi) 5,519,145 1,753/km2 (4,540/sq mi)
10 HR Howrah Howrah 1947 1,467 km2 (566 sq mi) 4,850,029 3,306/km2 (8,560/sq mi)
11 JP Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri 1947 2,844 km2 (1,098 sq mi) 2,381,596 837/km2 (2,170/sq mi)
12 JH Jhargram Jhargram 2017[4] 3,037.64 km2 (1,172.84 sq mi) 1,136,548 374/km2 (970/sq mi)
13 KO Kolkata Kolkata 1947 Kolkata 185 km2 (71 sq mi) 4,496,694 24,306/km2 (62,950/sq mi)
14 KA Kalimpong Kalimpong 2017[18] 1,044 km2 (403 sq mi) 251,642 241/km2 (620/sq mi)
15 MA Malda English Bazar 1947 3,733 km2 (1,441 sq mi) 3,988,845 1,069/km2 (2,770/sq mi)
16 ME Paschim Medinipur Medinipur 2002[18] 6,308 km2 (2,436 sq mi) 4,776,909 757/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
17 ME Purba Medinipur Tamluk 2002[18] 4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi) 5,095,875 1,076/km2 (2,790/sq mi)
18 MU Murshidabad Baharampur 1947 5,324 km2 (2,056 sq mi) 7,103,807 1,334/km2 (3,460/sq mi)
19 NA Nadia Krishnanagar 1947 3,927 km2 (1,516 sq mi) 5,167,601 1,316/km2 (3,410/sq mi)
20 PN North 24 Parganas Barasat 1986[15] 4,094 km2 (1,581 sq mi) 10,009,781 2,445/km2 (6,330/sq mi)
21 PS South 24 Parganas Alipore 1986[15] 9,960 km2 (3,850 sq mi) 8,161,961 819/km2 (2,120/sq mi)
22 PU Purulia Purulia 1956[6] 6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi) 2,930,115 468/km2 (1,210/sq mi)
23 UD Uttar Dinajpur Raiganj 1992[16] 3,140 km2 (1,210 sq mi) 3,007,134 958/km2 (2,480/sq mi)
— Total 23 — — 69 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi) 91,347,736 1,029/km2 (2,670/sq mi)
West Bengal located in India

Demographics

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 India[37]

RankDistrictPopulationGrowth RateSex RatioLiteracyDensity/KMComparable Country (by population)[38]
2North 24 Parganas11,060,14812.8695584.532,445Bolivia
6South 24 Parganas9,161,96118.1795677.51819Honduras
7Bardhaman7,717,56311.9294576.211,099Togo
9Murshidabad7,103,80721.0995866.591,334Bulgaria
14Paschim Medinipur5,943,30014.4496079.04636Kyrgyzstan
16Hooghly5,520,3899.4995882.551,753Finland
18Nadia5,168,48812.2494775.581,316Republic of the Congo
20Purba Medinipur5,094,23815.3293687.661,076Eritrea
23Howrah4,841,63813.3193583.853,300Ireland
35Kolkata4,496,694−1.6790886.3124,306Mauritania
58Malda3,997,97021.5093962.711,071Moldova
66Jalpaiguri3,869,67513.7795473.79621Georgia
80Bankura3,596,29212.6495470.95523Bosnia and Herzegovina
84Birbhum3,502,38716.1595670.90771Bosnia and Herzegovina
124North Dinajpur3,000,84922.9093660.13956Mongolia
129Purulia2,927,96515.4395565.38468Albania
136Cooch Behar2,822,78013.8694275.49833Lithuania
257Darjeeling1,842,03414.4797179.92585Guinea-Bissau
295South Dinajpur1,670,93111.1695473.86753Bahrain

Economy

The following is a list of basic economic data for the districts of West Bengal as of 2013–2014, the latest year for which data is available:[39]

District Gross District Domestic Product (as of 2013–14, at Constant (2004–05) Prices) Comparable Country (by GDP (nominal))[40] Gross District Domestic Product Per Capita (as of 2013–14, at Constant (2004–05) Prices)
Bardhaman ₹38,923.07 crore (equivalent to ₹1.1 trillion or US$15 billion in 2020) Gabon ₹40,634.07 (equivalent to ₹120,000 or US$1,500 in 2020)
Birbhum ₹10,291 crore (equivalent to ₹300 billion or US$3.9 billion in 2020) Sierra Leone ₹25,426.29 (equivalent to ₹73,000 or US$960 in 2020)
Bankura ₹11,729.33 crore (equivalent to ₹340 billion or US$4.4 billion in 2020) Eswatini ₹28,345.12 (equivalent to ₹82,000 or US$1,100 in 2020)
Purba Medinipur ₹26,978.96 crore (equivalent to ₹780 billion or US$10 billion in 2020) Equatorial Guinea ₹44,654.60 (equivalent to ₹130,000 or US$1,700 in 2020)
Paschim Medinipur ₹18,930.11 crore (equivalent to ₹550 billion or US$7.2 billion in 2020) Kyrgyzstan ₹27,575.49 (equivalent to ₹80,000 or US$1,000 in 2020)
Howrah ₹22,817.15 crore (equivalent to ₹660 billion or US$8.6 billion in 2020) Haiti ₹39,313.99 (equivalent to ₹110,000 or US$1,500 in 2020)
Hooghly ₹24,371.33 crore (equivalent to ₹700 billion or US$9.2 billion in 2020) The Bahamas ₹35,920.65 (equivalent to ₹100,000 or US$1,400 in 2020)
Uttar 24 Parganas ₹48,035.5 crore (equivalent to ₹1.4 trillion or US$18 billion in 2020) Bosnia and Herzegovina ₹37,010.24 (equivalent to ₹110,000 or US$1,400 in 2020)
Dakshin 24 Parganas ₹29,238.58 crore (equivalent to ₹840 billion or US$11 billion in 2020) Mongolia ₹29,745.60 (equivalent to ₹86,000 or US$1,100 in 2020)
Kolkata ₹36,031.93 crore (equivalent to ₹1.0 trillion or US$14 billion in 2020) Burkina Faso ₹67,993.29 (equivalent to ₹200,000 or US$2,600 in 2020)
Nadia ₹18,205.56 crore (equivalent to ₹530 billion or US$6.9 billion in 2020) Kyrgyzstan ₹29,006.54 (equivalent to ₹84,000 or US$1,100 in 2020)
Murshidabad ₹21,280.12 crore (equivalent to ₹610 billion or US$8.1 billion in 2020) Niger ₹25,416.46 (equivalent to ₹73,000 or US$960 in 2020)
Jalpaiguri ₹14,240.17 crore (equivalent to ₹410 billion or US$5.4 billion in 2020) Fiji ₹29,692.58 (equivalent to ₹86,000 or US$1,100 in 2020)
Darjeeling ₹10,664.32 crore (equivalent to ₹310 billion or US$4.0 billion in 2020) Eswatini ₹45,808.78 (equivalent to ₹130,000 or US$1,700 in 2020)
Uttar Dinajpur ₹6,843 crore (equivalent to ₹200 billion or US$2.6 billion in 2020) Timor-Leste ₹18,836.95 (equivalent to ₹54,000 or US$710 in 2020)
Dakshin Dinajpur ₹4,955.3 crore (equivalent to ₹140 billion or US$1.9 billion in 2020) Belize ₹23,599.48 (equivalent to ₹68,000 or US$890 in 2020)
Malda ₹12,023.94 crore (equivalent to ₹350 billion or US$4.6 billion in 2020) Maldives ₹25,412.24 (equivalent to ₹73,000 or US$960 in 2020)
Cooch Behar ₹7,895.18 crore (equivalent to ₹230 billion or US$3.0 billion in 2020) South Sudan ₹24,973.51 (equivalent to ₹72,000 or US$950 in 2020)
Purulia ₹8,340.2 crore (equivalent to ₹240 billion or US$3.2 billion in 2020) South Sudan ₹24,749.26 (equivalent to ₹71,000 or US$940 in 2020)
West Bengal ₹371,795.04 crore (equivalent to ₹11 trillion or US$140 billion in 2020) Kazakhstan ₹36,293.33 (equivalent to ₹100,000 or US$1,400 in 2020)

See also

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