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  2. List of districts of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Nadia district - Wikipedia

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    Nadia (pronounced [nɔd̪iːaː]) is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influential in the cultural history of Bengal. The standard version of Bengali, developed ...

  4. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited

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    Website. wbsedcl.in. West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) is a wholly owned enterprise of Government of West Bengal, established in 2007 as one of the two successors of West Bengal State Electricity Board, and is responsible for providing power to 96% of West Bengal with a customer base of more than 2.2 crore ...

  5. Paschim Bardhaman district - Wikipedia

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    UTC+05:30 (IST) Website. paschimbardhaman.gov.in. Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district of West Bengal.

  6. Government of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the principal administrative authority of the Indian state of West Bengal, created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. [1] The Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the ...

  7. Purba Medinipur district - Wikipedia

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    Purba Medinipur (English: East Medinipur, alternative spelling Midnapore) district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of ...

  8. List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

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    This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. [1]With a literacy rate of 96.26% (male 90.69% and female 96.54%), above the national average of 90.04%, as per the 2011 Census, West Bengal ranks 20th amongst the 36 states and union territories in India in terms of literacy rate.

  9. Administrative divisions of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    The Indian state of West Bengal is divided into five administrative Divisions, namely: Presidency division. Medinipur division [1] Burdwan division [2] Malda division. Jalpaiguri division [3] A group of districts forms a division, which is administered by a ' Divisional Commissioner '. West Bengal is now divided in 23 districts, grouped under ...