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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.
West Bengal is the state with the second highest population density in India. The state is dotted with several large and medium cities and towns. 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 ...
Kolkata district; Nadia district; North 24 Parganas district; ... List of districts of West Bengal; Cities and towns in West Bengal; References
This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the urban agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal. [ 1 ] List
The 4 (four) new districts of West Bengal namely Paschim Bardhaman district (bifurcated from Bardhaman district), Kalimpong district (bifurcated from Darjeeling district), Alipurduar district (bifurcated from Jalpaiguri district) and Jhargram district (bifurcated from Paschim Medinipur district) has been shown in this new Updated map.
Asansol is the second-largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal. [117] Major planned cities of West Bengal include Bidhannagar, New Town, Kalyani, Haldia, Durgapur and Kharagpur. Kolkata has some planned neighbourhoods like New Garia, Tollygunge, and Lake Town.
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).
Categories of West Bengal by district (7 C) Former districts of West Bengal (4 P) Proposed districts of West Bengal (7 P) A. Alipurduar district (10 C, 12 P) B.