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GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF WEST BENGAL
West Bengal is situated in India’s eastern region. It is one of the twenty-eight states of India. It is the thirteenth Indian state by land and the fourth most populous Indian state in India. It shares borders with Odisha to the south, Bihar to the northwest, Jharkhand to the west, Sikkim to the north, Assam to the east. The Bay of Bengal washes its southern frontier. It also shares international borders with Nepal to the northwest, Bhutan to the north, and Bangladesh to the east.
Kolkata is the capital of the state. Like other states, Agriculture is the leading economic sector of West Bengal. The state’s principal food crop is rice and other crops are potato, jute, sugarcane and wheat. The major river of Bengal is the Ganges and also several more rivers such as Teesta, Torsa, Jaldaka and Mahananda flows in the state. Darjeeling is the main hill station of the state. The most widely spoken language is Bengali in the state.
At present, Mamata Banerjee is the Chief Minister of the state.
West Bengal Map
Below the table shown are basic information about West Bengal.
Capital | KolKata |
Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
Area | 88,752 sq. km |
Population | 91,347,735 (2011 census) |
Density | 1029/ sq. km (2011 census) |
Literacy rate | 92.08% (2011 census) |
Official language | Bengali and English |
No. of districts | 23 |
Legislature | Unicameral |
Assembly seats | 294 |
Lok Sabha seats | 42 |
Rajya Sabha seats | 16 |
Hight Court | Calcutta High Court |
High Court location | Principal Seat: Kolkata Circuit Benches: Jalpaiguri & Port Blair |
No. of border shares states | 5 |
Mammal | Fishing Cat |
Bird | White-throated Kingfisher |
Flower | Night-Flowering Jasmine |
Tree | Chatim Tree |
State Day |
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