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West Bengal




পশ্চিমবঙ্গ

English West Bengal - West Bengal
West Bengal is a state of the Republic of India. Its capital is Kolkata. The state is bordered by ► Bhutan, and ► Sikkim to the north, ► Assam and ► Bangladesh to the east, ► Bihar and ► Jharkhand, and ► Nepal to the west, and Bay of Bengal and ► Odisha to the south. Together with Bangladesh, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal.
বাংলা পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্রের একটি রাজ্য। এর রাজধানী কলকাতা। রাজ্যটির উত্তর সীমানায় ভুটানসিকিম, পূর্ব সীমানায় আসামবাংলাদেশ, পশ্চিম সীমানায় ঝাড়খণ্ড, নেপালবিহার; দক্ষিণে ওড়িশা ও বঙ্গোপসাগর। বাংলাদেশ ও পশ্চিমবঙ্গ একত্রে একটি বাংলাভাষী অঞ্চল গঠন করেছে, যার ঐতিহাসিক নাম “বঙ্গ” বা “বাংলা”।

Short name West Bengal
Official  name West Bengal
Status State of ► India
Capital কলকাতা (Kolkata)
Population 91,276,115 (2011) inhabitants
Area 88,752 km²
Major  languages Bengali, English
Major  religions Hinduism, Islam
More information West Bengal, Geography of West Bengal, History of West Bengal and Politics of West Bengal
More  images West Bengal - West Bengal (Category).

General maps

Map of West Bengal
Roads in West Bengal

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Divisions of West Bengal
Districts of West Bengal (English)
Districts of West Bengal (Bangla)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day West Bengal, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day West Bengal.

Pala Empire (700-1200)
Bhurshut (15th century–18th century)
Bengal Presidency (1849–1853)
Bengal Presidency (1858)
Bengal (1870)
Districts of West Bengal in 1947 (Bangla)
Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act, 1956
Dahala Khagrabari (English)
Dahala Khagrabari (Bangla)

Geographical maps

Damodar Basin (English)
Damodar Basin (Bangla)
Mouth of the Hooghly River
Siliguri Corridor
Siliguri Corridor

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Map of Bengal from 1776
Map of Bengal, 1893
Map of Bengal with Sikkim, 1907
Bengal and Assam and Adjacent Areas Distribution of Largest Communities, 1941 (with 1947 borders)

Ethno-linguistic maps

The Bengali language

Notes and references

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