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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.
A group of districts forms a division, which is administered by a 'Divisional Commissioner'. West Bengal is now divided in 23 districts , grouped under five divisions: [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Presidency division
Historically, the main source of income of the people of West Bengal has been farming, and, as a consequence, the state previously had a large rural population skew. At the turn of the 20th century, however, the role of industry in West Bengal increased substantially, leading to a population move into urban areas. [1]
Subdivision is an administrative unit below district level and above the block or Tehsil level in the state West Bengal of India. Presently there are 69 subdivisions in 23 districts of West Bengal. [1] Subdivisions are a group of blocks and it is administered by Sub-divisional Officer (SDO) also called as Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM).
Proposed districts of West Bengal (7 P) A. Alipurduar district (10 C, 12 P) B. Bankura district (9 C, 26 P) Birbhum district (9 C, 25 P) C. Cooch Behar district (12 C ...
Muslims, the second-largest community, comprise 27.01% of the total population, [172] Three of West Bengal's districts: Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpur, are Muslim-majority. Sikhism, Christianity, Buddhism and other religions make up the remainder. [173]
Alipurduar district is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India. [5] The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014. [6] The district consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community
Paschim Medinipur, located in the south-western part of West Bengal, was created with the partition of the erstwhile Midnapore district, then the largest district of India, on 1 January 2002. It ranks second in terms of geographical area (9,295.28 km 2) amongst the districts of the state, next to South 24-Parganas (9,960 km 2). It ranks third ...